 [ Symptoms ] what medications can i talk to my pain management doctor about to help with my sciatica and constant migraines  i am 24 years old with really bad sciatica and migraines i am seeing a pain management doctor and for now he has me on a compound cream which does nothing he talked about doing steroid shots and from everything i have read it is all been negative because they are not fda approve for the use of epidural pain relief i hate that my doctors look at me like i am a drug seeker because of me age i want to play with my son again without pain thanks in advance courtney [ Disease ] you may have ruptured your eardrum so it would be wise to see your medical provider it is not a true emergency but it would be good to be seen today or in the next two days this is really the only way to determine the extent of the damage with that said most traumatic ruptures of the eardrum will heal over time but you need to give up this unnecessary habit of using q tips