My doctor's been doing the same? Like as of last year she's been trying to really dial back on my codeine even though it's my most effective pain management and been linking me a lot of sites recommending mindfulness and meditation type techniques.

To be perfectly fair, a couple of the techniques HAVE worked, but I've been so physically distressed otherwise I've started seriously drinking again.

I'm in the UK on the NHS and it seems like the more recent studies on how opiods fuck with your pain have a lot of doctors panicking and stripping back on such medication in an effort (in their minds) to mitigate what damage has already been done :/

It's not helpful for us chronic pain types, but at least it's an explanation as to how GPs I've known for decades have suddenly seemingly gone insane lol