Fantastic post. I've been dealing with chronic migraine for a long long time, and have these kinds of issues even with non narcotic forms of medication at times. Helping a child of mine with psychiatric issues through the maze of those meds has been mind opening as well; it's so weird to see what things are heavily heavily regulated and what things aren't.
The number of people who, unsolicited, give medical advice, is just mind boggling to me. This was true when I was pregnant, by the way. And if I had a dollar for every time someone has been like, "hey, migraines, you should try xyz it will fix it!" just, lol. As if I haven't tried or considered everything.
The one piece of ~advice at you, though, is that your primary care doctor is the only one who truly sees and deals with the whole picture, and guess what? He's totally on board with narcotics and in fact SUGGESTED them!!! There is no way that a primary care doctor in today's world would do that if he had any doubts about your ability to handle them. It's a prescription and he means you to use it. <333 Fuck everyone else, seriously. Why even respond. Just sign the freaking things you have to and let them talk at you. (Easier said than done, I get that... just being a cheerleader here).
I hear you on the fear, though -- that something will happen and it'll be taken away. Hence, the way we all stash things like that against a rainy day.:(((
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The number of people who, unsolicited, give medical advice, is just mind boggling to me. This was true when I was pregnant, by the way. And if I had a dollar for every time someone has been like, "hey, migraines, you should try xyz it will fix it!" just, lol. As if I haven't tried or considered everything.
The one piece of ~advice at you, though, is that your primary care doctor is the only one who truly sees and deals with the whole picture, and guess what? He's totally on board with narcotics and in fact SUGGESTED them!!! There is no way that a primary care doctor in today's world would do that if he had any doubts about your ability to handle them. It's a prescription and he means you to use it. <333 Fuck everyone else, seriously. Why even respond. Just sign the freaking things you have to and let them talk at you. (Easier said than done, I get that... just being a cheerleader here).
I hear you on the fear, though -- that something will happen and it'll be taken away. Hence, the way we all stash things like that against a rainy day.:(((