- cross-posted to:
- chronicillness@lemmy.world
- cross-posted to:
- chronicillness@lemmy.world
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/17597430
Just one more day of medication overuse migraine bro, I promise
20 mg isotretinoin, 1g effervescent paracetamol, oh yeah, it’s hepatitis time.
I remember that my neurologist said there is no analgesic that can help with my migraines and I should just take the meds as soon as I can or face a week of suffering, but I can’t just take them every time I think it could be it so I just gamble my productivity for the week.
My mom has a similar condition
If she feels a migraine coming she has to take Relpax (eletriptan) ASAP. If she takes it too late, it may not work.
On top of that, it’s the only medication that works for her migraines. Even worse, the medication needs a prescription in South Africa (it’s OTC in some other countries); it’s stupid expensive; each box has like 4 pills; and the pharmacists keep saying Pfizer is going to stop producing it. I don’t think generics are available. Haven’t checked in a while.
Btw Isn’t isotretinoin for acne? Do you need a prescription for it?
All the triptans are great, all expensive as fuck, fortunately effervescent paracetamol works better for me than any triptan.
>Btw Isn’t isotretinoin for acne? Do you need a prescription for it?
Yes and yes. Prescription like every 6 months and blood tests to check if my liver doesn’t want to kill me for treating it so bad. But I have the skin of a Korean model and my hair has 0 grease now, it’s great.
I went through so much lip balm over the course of a year while taking isotretinoin. Miraculous how well it works though. The acne hasn’t returned since finishing the treatment a year ago.
Oh right! At least one per month, beeswax or petroleum based for you? I preferred beeswax, the vanilla flavoured one smelled so good I wanted to kiss myself.
Not pain, but if I do anything less than strictly sensible I often feel I have an obligation not to correct it, because I should learn not to do whatever the thing was in the future. Trouble is, I never remember the thing itself. All I teach myself is it’s not ok to try to do things better than I did last time. That’s unhelpful. I know why I do it but my psychologist terminated service because she didn’t feel she could help me anymore so I don’t know how I would stop.
Saved.
Not a headache but close enough, and you’re right: I’m gonna take that tylenol.
Sometimes you need a little treat, go for the naproxen. Every once in awhile I’ll take one of those for a headache and it makes me realize how much my whole body hurts sometimes.
^ this guy hurts
Fun fact: Tylenol would never get past today’s ethics board because of how dangerous an overdose is.
You think it’s bad now? You should’ve seen it in the 80s.
If you don’t use pain meds on a whim, when you really need the help they will be more effective
Yeah but a lot of people never use them. Like I’m chronically ill, with chronic pain and only use maybe a couple times a year cuz of weird masculine “deal with the pain instincts”. I need to remind myself of this meme more often ahahha
Not really. Tolerance for pretty much any drug drops relatively fast.
Just dont take ibuprofen for every little thing and you should be good.
iirc it’ll fuck your liver up pretty bad taking ibuprofen often
Acetaminophen (Tylenol) is what fucks up your liver. Ibuprofen will cause stomach problems such as ulcers, but it won’t damage your liver.
Drug tolerance is generally not associated with acetaminophen or NSAIDs although using them frequently to manage headaches can definitely cause rebound headaches on discontinuation
My headaches are usually a deficiency of something simple. I’ll eat and meal and drink a quart of water… If that doesn’t do it then it’s time for some ouch-away.
Mmm but I don’t have headache medicine.
I read this todsy and took the pill.
It was painless. Afterwards.
Same applies to HRT
Wait, what?! HRT isn’t even PRN! Why are people treating it like polyjuice? I have never heard of this.
what kind of person gets on HRT and then doesn’t take it??
In my analogy the person would be avoiding starting in the first place.
It’s not about glory, it’s about feeling the discomfort so that it will influence your behavior as intended. Can’t speak for chronic illnesses, but if you’re having the occasional cold or whatever, why not just take the message and lay in bed for the time being?
That background image just unlocked a bunch of happy memories from when I was a little girl. Then reminded me that I should go take ibuprofen for this headache 😅
Found a new community to subscribe to!
Welcome. We rule here.
But it doesn’t help 😿
Same here
🫂
My hesitation is the frequency. If you’re having to take it all the time, 1. There’s a bigger problem. 2. You build a tolerance, which can affect other things.