Chronic Pain Support Group
Physicians and professionalsdefine pain as chronic if it lasts longer than three to six months and is persistent. It's distinct from acute pain that is a direct result of injury or trauma. This support group is dedicated to those suffering from chronic pain. Discuss treatments that have worked for you, find advice for your specific experience, and find support. You're not...
I have had enough of unsolicited advice for my migraines and I am just sick of everyones stupid opinions on what I should do. I've had it all my life and it is so friggen painful so OF COURSE I've tried everything. Hell, I even signed up for an experimental trial to have my heart operated on. (I failed preliminary tests).
whenever someone hears I have migraines or I'm having one at the moment, out comes....."have you tried....(my most hated) accupuncture or excedrine or coffee or no coffee or feverfew or butterbur or an elimnation diet"" or whatever else comes to a persons mind. For heavens sake, few other people with diseases get subjected to this kind of CRAP! If I had MS or Epilepsy or Strokes or was in a wheelchair or with a cane I wouldn't get NONE of this!
You wouldn't beleive the barrage of questions that I have to politely endure while inside I just want to scream SHUT UP, DO YOU THINK I AM SO USELESS AS TO NOT TRY?
I usually wind up telling them that if you take a picture of a migrainer's brain, there are white spots because we are having mini-strokes. People don't understand the seriousness of this disease. Most times now I just clam up and change the subject.
It HURTS SO BAD that I can't speak words properly sometimes. Please please please don't be a hero and offer me advise. I am not talking to anyone here in particular so please don't think it is directed at you. I really do know that people mean well. I am just conveying what it is like to be in my shoes.
I am not an expert in anyone else's pain and suffering, so why do people feel compelled to be so with Migraines? It's not a silly headache. Don't treat me like I'm having one.
Thanks for letting me vent.
whenever someone hears I have migraines or I'm having one at the moment, out comes....."have you tried....(my most hated) accupuncture or excedrine or coffee or no coffee or feverfew or butterbur or an elimnation diet"" or whatever else comes to a persons mind. For heavens sake, few other people with diseases get subjected to this kind of CRAP! If I had MS or Epilepsy or Strokes or was in a wheelchair or with a cane I wouldn't get NONE of this!
You wouldn't beleive the barrage of questions that I have to politely endure while inside I just want to scream SHUT UP, DO YOU THINK I AM SO USELESS AS TO NOT TRY?
I usually wind up telling them that if you take a picture of a migrainer's brain, there are white spots because we are having mini-strokes. People don't understand the seriousness of this disease. Most times now I just clam up and change the subject.
It HURTS SO BAD that I can't speak words properly sometimes. Please please please don't be a hero and offer me advise. I am not talking to anyone here in particular so please don't think it is directed at you. I really do know that people mean well. I am just conveying what it is like to be in my shoes.
I am not an expert in anyone else's pain and suffering, so why do people feel compelled to be so with Migraines? It's not a silly headache. Don't treat me like I'm having one.
Thanks for letting me vent.
I am happy to say now that she is back home she is back on a routine diet (no more eating out, fried foods, etc) and the pain is under control, and we are getting the IBS under control as well (and without the medication!).
Good luck feeling better. I also suffer from migraines and can empathize with you.
Hope you are doing okay too.
BLESSINGS AND A LOW PAIN DAY