question: I suffer from chronic back pain and severe RA. I have had three back surgeries and four on my left foot. I was diagnosed with depression about 30 years ago and I take an SSRI and Xanax for sleep. My problem is that no one will treat my pain. Do they all think that people with depression don t feel pain. I know a few people with chronic pain and they all are given pain meds for when they are needed. If I wasn t depressed before then this would cause it. I really hate the way doctors treat me personally - it is humiliating. I am tired of suspicious looks and accusations of drug seeking. I have become afraid of doctors and will no longer raise this problem with them