Slinky, I was SO glad to read your post. Prior to my whiplash, I suffered from plain old insomnia - I couldn't fall asleep. But since I wasn't really tired either, it didn't bug me too much. Suddenly, after a car accident, I was exhausted, falling asleep all the time, and having many different kinds...

I too suffer from neck pain, although not as serious as what you have described. When it interrupts my daily functioning, I take 1/2 percocet . . . and I hate it too. I wanted to chime in here to try to reassure you about pain med addiction. Recent research regarding chronic pain has shown that peop...