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I can't tell you what's right for you. I can say: Don't dismiss them out-of-hand. Don't take them without doing whatever you need to do in order to feel you're making a good decision. If you feel like your doctor is prescribing them because the pain is "all in your head" or something, get thee to another doc if possible. But if you feel like s/he understands what is going on with you, ask as many questions as you need to about how this is meant to help, what s/he hopes it will do, how long is a reasonable trial, how will you know if it's working or not, what side effects could you experience, which ones are likely to go away, etc etc.