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The author is a New yorker columnist, and seems to be a practicing / ex-practicing doctor. They talk about their experience with their various doctors and being

The author is a New yorker columnist, and seems to be a practicing / ex-practicing doctor. They talk about their experience with their various doctors and being passed around different medications with various side effects, to some degree of success. Despite all their expertise and expense, they still cannot find a root cause (which may not exist at all), and struggle to find a medication protocol that works for them. If you really want a bad trip, head over to the r/migraine and r/chronicpain subreddits. These subreddits are full of people, with none of the resources or experiences as the author, betrayed entirely by the medical system which does not serve them, and condemned to chronic pain. The complexity and range of headache and migraine causes does not lend itself well to a 15 minute GP appointment every few months, and without the technical expertise these people turn to alternative medicine, online pseudoscience, and opiates.

tracker1 1y ago
I can't speak for others, but I've found my severe headaches are sometimes migrains, other times sinus headaches, retina pain, and/or iris pain. Most of the time, a couple over the counter "migraine" pills helps if I catch it early, most commonly starts in the morning as I wake up. If that doesn't work, in a couple hours a prescribed migraine pill... if I notice my irises are pin hole sized (as closed as can be), I have dilation drops that help. If that doesn't cut it, I'll take a cannabis gummy and just try to sleep until it goes away. A couple times a year, it lasts for a day or more. That's when it really sucks. I keep on top of taking mucus relief and allergy pills, which keeps down the sinus headaches... but I'm never quite sure what it is, as it's all just sever pain inside my head. Often coming with nausea, severe pain, dizziness and sometimes panic attacks. I also have chronic back and hip pain as well. I don't like opiates at all, they tend to come with excessive nausea.

tracker1 1y ago

I can't speak for others, but I've found my severe headaches are sometimes migrains, other times sinus headaches, retina pain, and/or iris pain. Most of the time, a couple over the counter "migraine" pills helps if I catch it early, most commonly starts in the morning as I wake up. If that doesn't work, in a couple hours a prescribed migraine pill... if I notice my irises are pin hole sized (as closed as can be), I have dilation drops that help. If that doesn't cut it, I'll take a cannabis gummy and just try to sleep until it goes away. A couple times a year, it lasts for a day or more. That's when it really sucks. I keep on top of taking mucus relief and allergy pills, which keeps down the sinus headaches... but I'm never quite sure what it is, as it's all just sever pain inside my head. Often coming with nausea, severe pain, dizziness and sometimes panic attacks. I also have chronic back and hip pain as well. I don't like opiates at all, they tend to come with excessive nausea.