Migraine Awareness Month #11: Say What?!

What's the most ridiculous thing ever said to you about Migraines, who said it, and under what circumstances?

 

 

The most ridiculous thing ever said to me?  Well, over 26 years there have been many but the most recent one that almost made me fly off the handle took place in the ER about seven or eight months ago.  I had a migraine for weeks that wasn't going away and none of my medication was helping so I had my husband take me to the ER.  The doctor asked me what was going on and I explained to him how long I've had migraines for, how long this one has been, and what medications I'm on and what I can't take due to allergic reactions.  He then asked me what I wanted and I simply said that I wanted the pain to stop.  This idiot then said to me smugly, "You know there's no cure for Migraines."  I wanted to jump off that bed and slap the shit out of him.  I snapped back and told him that I knew there is no cure and that I want this Migraine that I've had for almost a month to finally stop hurting so that I can function.  Now, if that isn't the most ridiculous thing ever said about Migraines to a Migraineur from a doctor then I don't want to know what is.  Well, after I gave him that no-shit Sherlock response he then asked me what do I want them to give me.  Really??  Well, they gave me a dose of Morphine, Toradol, and Phernergan in my IV that made me feel super drugged up.  My nose got so stuffy that I couldn't breathe and I could not get comfortable on that stiff ER gurney.  Then, an hour later, the nurse gave me another dose of Morphine in my IV.  Needless to say, I was so damned drugged it was ridiculous.  I had no control over my body and five hours after I got home and the drugs started to wear off I got the worse rebound Migraine ever.  So, that trip was useless.  All I got was pissed off and over-medicated.  So not worth the aggravation.  This is why I hate going to the ER or urgent care for a Migraine.

National Migraine Awareness Month is initiated by the National Headache Foundation. The Blogger's Challenge is initiated by www.FightingHeadacheDisorders.com.