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Is there any way to get prescribed stronger migraine meds?

I have quite a bad migraine basically every day (always at least 5 times a week) to the point it sometimes makes it very difficult to do anything or study but doctors tend to treat me as if I'm exaggerating my pain, potentially because I'm young and female and potentially because I see my doctor at home fairly often about different health concerns. At the minute I take cocodamol and ibuprofen and codeine (the over the counter ones) but they don't work that well in the small doses that are available over the counter (I don't mention that to any doctor I see). I'm abroad rn so I'm potentially going to try a doctor here and then will also try a different GP when I go home. But what would I say to get them to actually take my pain seriously and believe that I'm in the amount of pain I say I am instead of just dismissing me and refusing to prescribe anything. and before anyone says it, this is a post about needing medication for a genuine health issue, not drug seeking

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Reply 1
Original post by Anonymous
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This is obviously some sort of weird sponsorship deal but like what kind of meds? Prescription ones?
There is medication that can be prescribed to reduce the likelihood of having migraines and GPs can prescribe it. But perhaps the headaches you are having are not migraines and that's why your GP hasn't suggested it. And as has already been mentioned to you in your other threads, the co-codamol and codeine are likely to be giving you rebound headaches since you are using them regularly so it would be sensible to cut down/stop, especially since you don't think they are helping much anyway.
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Reply 3
Original post by black tea
There is medication that can be prescribed to reduce the likelihood of having migraines and GPs can prescribe it. But perhaps the headaches you are having are not migraines and that's why your GP hasn't suggested it. And as has already been mentioned to you in your other threads, the co-codamol and codeine are likely to be giving you rebound headaches since you are using them regularly so it would be sensible to cut down/stop, especially since you don't think they are helping much anyway.

They are helping though, it's way worse if I don't take them at all, I just need a stronger dose as my tolerance goes up
Original post by Anonymous
They are helping though, it's way worse if I don't take them at all, I just need a stronger dose as my tolerance goes up

That is not how chronic headaches are treated though, and no one in their right mind is going to prescribe you stronger opiates. It has nothing to do with you being young and female, it's just literally not an appropriate treatment.
Reply 5
Original post by black tea
That is not how chronic headaches are treated though, and no one in their right mind is going to prescribe you stronger opiates. It has nothing to do with you being young and female, it's just literally not an appropriate treatment.

So far they have refused to treat me at all and just told me that some people get more headaches than others. I have never specifically asked for opioids and have been seeing doctors about my chronic headaches since I was a literal child and didn't know what opiates were.
Original post by Anonymous
So far they have refused to treat me at all and just told me that some people get more headaches than others. I have never specifically asked for opioids and have been seeing doctors about my chronic headaches since I was a literal child and didn't know what opiates were.

Well go back and be more specific - have a look on the NHS or patient.info website at what medications are available to prevent migraines and tension type headache and ask to discuss those specifically.
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Reply 7
Original post by black tea
Well go back and be more specific - have a look on the NHS or patient.info website at what medications are available to prevent migraines and tension type headache and ask to discuss those specifically.

I’ve been going consistently for nearly 10 years and been pretty specific about my symptoms and they still refuse to help and just dismiss me. I’m going to change GPs when I go back to UK and if not see someone privately and see if they’ll prescribe me just codeine on its own
Original post by Anonymous
They are helping though, it's way worse if I don't take them at all, I just need a stronger dose as my tolerance goes up

Utterly unhinged way to look at it. The known concept of rebound headaches from substance abuse is explained (and has been before) and you're all 'Yeah but No!' which is how you answer near everything...

You are your own worst enemy by far.
Reply 9
Original post by StriderHort
Utterly unhinged way to look at it. The known concept of rebound headaches from substance abuse is explained (and has been before) and you're all 'Yeah but No!' which is how you answer near everything...
You are your own worst enemy by far.

I’ve tried stopping taking it and my pain gets much worse until I start taking it again
Original post by Anonymous
I’ve tried stopping taking it and my pain gets much worse until I start taking it again

Doesn't change the fact you consistently abuse them and lie about it to Doctors etc. Garbage in = Garbage out. You are in no way qualified to medicate or diagnose yourself and seem completely incapable of thinking critically - like if I ask you directly if you accept the science behind rebound headaches and how they may apply to you you'll almost certainly deflect or argue over accepting a fact that doesn't suit your narrative.
Original post by StriderHort
Doesn't change the fact you consistently abuse them and lie about it to Doctors etc. Garbage in = Garbage out. You are in no way qualified to medicate or diagnose yourself and seem completely incapable of thinking critically - like if I ask you directly if you accept the science behind rebound headaches and how they may apply to you you'll almost certainly deflect or argue over accepting a fact that doesn't suit your narrative.

the rebound headaches aren't as bad my unmedicated headaches are
Original post by Anonymous
the rebound headaches aren't as bad my unmedicated headaches are

Exactly, the fact you think you can just power through them with stronger self medicated doses long term is wildly irresponsible bordering on delusional - rather than accepting any possible fault in your own choices it's another 'Yeah but No!'
Original post by StriderHort
Exactly, the fact you think you can just power through them with stronger self medicated doses long term is wildly irresponsible bordering on delusional - rather than accepting any possible fault in your own choices it's another 'Yeah but No!'

I have tried stopping taking it and my pain is so bad I can barely get out of bed
Original post by Anonymous
I have tried stopping taking it and my pain is so bad I can barely get out of bed

Again, that doesn't change the facts, you are already deep into drug dependency and your intake will just increase until a lethal dose is reached, you are not going to just 'stop' having these rebound issues over time and increased dosages.

Nothing will change for you until your attitude and accountability does.
Original post by StriderHort
Again, that doesn't change the facts, you are already deep into drug dependency and your intake will just increase until a lethal dose is reached, you are not going to just 'stop' having these rebound issues over time and increased dosages.
Nothing will change for you until your attitude and accountability does.

We're talking about headache tablets from Boots here, not heroin
Reply 16
wow, all my posts getting deleted yet again

anyway. no one on tsr can prescribe them to you, a private doctor might. nhs doctors are notorious for being overly cautious. (is this post good enough for you, tsr, have i phrased things properly this time?"
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Original post by Anonymous
We're talking about headache tablets from Boots here, not heroin

We're talking about opiates, heroin is an opiate or are you going to deny that too?
Original post by StriderHort
We're talking about opiates, heroin is an opiate or are you going to deny that too?

Implying I'm going to have a fatal overdose on OTC headache tablets is a bit of an overreaction
Original post by Anonymous
Implying I'm going to have a fatal overdose on OTC headache tablets is a bit of an overreaction

No it isn't, you are an obvious abuser of these drugs, you are trying to access more powerful ones and your professional medical opinion is that you can just pushing through the effects with higher doses.

Your complete disregard for these risks will logically result in a lethal dose - it would be literally insane to think self medicating more and more opiates wouldn't end that way.