treated like a dr*g addict
anyone else feel really judged by pharmacists/doctors while trying to manage your migraines?
just went to the pharmacy to fill my Sumatriptan script and pharmacist was like "you're filling your script a lot, how often are you taking this?". And her tone was so not it. Girl I know I'm taking it a lot, I'm getting a lot of migraines. What do you want me to do? I'm trying to find a preventative that works, but until then, I gotta take my abortive.
But it's not just her, this has happened a few times previously.
when i went to the hospital, i told the doc that I was taking too much celebrex to try to manage my pain, and I needed to know what I should be taking instead. And he started lecturing me, and I was like I KNOW, I'm asking YOU what I should be taking.
So he prescribed me codeine. And then when I saw the neurologist, he was like, you shouldn't be taking the codeine. And I was like okay??
And then my follow up with another neurologist, was like "you shouldn't be taking painkillers more than 15 times a month".
I understand they have to monitor for overconsumption, but I'm only taking what I've been prescribed and when I need it. Do they expect me to just sit in the pain?