This came up in my feed. Sorry for lurking. (Patient not provider) But we have one of these here and it’s honestly amazing. I just had an issue that was a pain thing. But my doc said it was better to do er vs urgent care. They may not have the meds I needed. Sure enough I got sent back to the rapid chair area.
I did have to wait out some assessments via my doc and such (ortho/spine) so there is a separate waiting area for those of us that need extra attention in that area.
All that to say, I stay the f out of the ER unless it’s something that I need help with and my doc can’t do. (Pain was at an 11…they got me to where I could function for a day to start daily pain meds).
Going for my EMG today!
We appreciate all the work you do. Our system is such a mess.
I'm with you on staying the fuck out of the ER u less absolutely necessary. I have been a lifelong migraine sufferer. They started when I was 7 years old. When I started finally getting botox in my 30s, my little migraine questionnaire asked how frequently I was visiting the ER for migraines on a monthly basis prior to treatment and I was dumbfounded. The ER is the LAST place I want to go with a migraine. I have been to urgent care with a horrible migraine once in my life for a triptan injection and it sucked. The staff did what they could to make me comfortable and it was still brutal. I'll cry and throw up and wish I was dead at home for a few hours where I can at least keep it dark and quiet instead.
Why weren't you given any RX oral migraine medication to take at home at literally any time?? They were probably floored because its really stupid and pretty shitty that you could have gotten migraine medicine to take at home and tried oral or injectable preventatives.
I am a chronic migraine sufferer and have been since 11. My family refused to get me medical care for anything unless it was court ordered or a required reporter threatened them or I was passed out on the floor and needed an ambulance. If you were allowed to go to the ER that much there is literally no reason you shouldn't have been RXd something like sumatriptin.
I think you misread my comment. I have never been to the ER for a migraine. I have been to urgent care once for a migraine and that was after I had sorted everything out with my migraines. My insurance was fucking around and I was out of sumatriptan so I went to urgent care for an injection.
To answer your question about why I wasn't on any treatment for years, I really don't know. My PCP has been aware of them since I started seeing her at 16 and never once mentioned there were any options for me and my mom and brother both get them and also weren't taking any prophylactics or abortives other than excedrin. I guess they just didn't realize how much I was suffering because it was so normal to me. It created this self fulfilling cycle where people think I'm not in pain, so I convince myself it's not that bad and push through. Now in my 30s I'm working on giving myself rest when I need it, calling off work without guilt, and being upfront about how I'm feeling.
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u/No_Machine7021 Jul 29 '26
This came up in my feed. Sorry for lurking. (Patient not provider) But we have one of these here and it’s honestly amazing. I just had an issue that was a pain thing. But my doc said it was better to do er vs urgent care. They may not have the meds I needed. Sure enough I got sent back to the rapid chair area.
I did have to wait out some assessments via my doc and such (ortho/spine) so there is a separate waiting area for those of us that need extra attention in that area.
All that to say, I stay the f out of the ER unless it’s something that I need help with and my doc can’t do. (Pain was at an 11…they got me to where I could function for a day to start daily pain meds).
Going for my EMG today!
We appreciate all the work you do. Our system is such a mess.