r/PainManagement is a subreddit with 13k members. The most common kinds of discussions are pain & anger and advice requests, and the community frequently discusses pain, doctor, medication, meds, and opioids.
In pain and need to talk? Have a pain-free success story? Just want to talk about pain management in general? Please use this sub to ask a question, answer one or do both!
Popular Themes in r/PainManagement
#1
Pain & Anger
: "Cut off from pain clinic"
20 posts
#2
Advice Requests
: "Anyone have appt anxiety?"
12 posts
#3
Ideas
: "Creation of a new subreddit: Kratom for Pain Management; Qualified Moderators Needed"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/PainManagement
#1
Pain
: "I asked my PCP what made her decide to take my case (especially prescribing my Pain meds)"
173 posts
#2
Doctor
: "I have the best Doctor."
48 posts
#3
Medication
: "Oh my god I’m the worst person. I’m in terrible pain so I went to a pain management specialist and I asked for some pain Medication! And now I am forever labeled a drug seeker and no one will ever prescribe me anything ever again."
40 posts
#4
Meds
: "Cancelled Surgery due to Neither PM or Surgeon Giving Post Opp Meds!"
38 posts
#5
Opioids
: "Journavx and Opioids"
31 posts
#6
Chronic
: "I recently developed Chronic pain and don’t know where to start or what to do when it comes to getting treatment."
24 posts
#7
Chronic Pain
: "Chronic Pain"
24 posts
#8
Treatment
: "For those who’ve dealt with sciatica — what Treatments made the biggest difference?"
20 posts
#9
Medications
: "I asked my PCP what made her decide to take my case (especially prescribing my pain meds)"
17 posts
#10
Management
: "No longer with a pain Management doctor so my primary doctor wrote my monthly script. Heb pharmacy is now saying they will only fill this month."
17 posts
Flair Used in r/PainManagement
#1
Medication💊
: "Good news, finally!"
29 posts
#2
Seeking Support🫂
: "I Was RIGHT."
18 posts
#3
Mod Message/Announcement 📣
: "All Good Things Come to an End 1 127.0.0.1¹11"
7 posts
#4
Success Story❤️🩹
: "I asked my PCP what made her decide to take my case (especially prescribing my pain meds)"
5 posts
#5
MOD APPROVED ✅
: "Prescribing is down, opioid overdose deaths are not"
2 posts
#6
Injections/Procedures 💉
: "Cortisone injection in my wrist"
2 posts
Member Growth in r/PainManagement
Yearly
+4k members(42.6%)
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Last updated: June 8, 2026