Today, my mother won't give me any painkillers for my migraine. She believes that "When medicine goes into your stomach, the acids stop the medicine from working" and that "It's all in people's heads when medicine works". FML
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A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I had a massive, pounding headache. I asked my mom for some painkillers and she said, "No. You don’t deserve pain relief. Ever. For anything." What? FML
Today, I woke up with one of the worst migraines I've had in months. My mother (who thinks I'm a hypochondriac) began to scream at me about "making up an illness". When I asked for my meds, she called me an addict, and dumped my $300 prescription down the sink. FML
Today, I discovered my mother has been replacing my chronic pain meds with sugar pills, to prove to me that "the placebo effect is real and works on everyone." No wonder I’ve been in excruciating pain for days. FML
Today, my mother threatened my psychiatrist with legal action because he told her the organic and herbal "medicine" she swears by don't actually "cure" mental illness like she claims. FML
Today, my mother-in-law flushed my pain medicine because she believes I’ve been using it too long and I’m addicted. I had surgery four days ago. FML
Today, I'm sitting in agonizing pain following a scoliosis surgery. I have a bunch of painkillers that I need to suppress the incredible back pain, but looks like I can't take any, because my mom has hidden them from me because she thinks I need to be taken off them. I wish my doctor was here. FML
Today, I had to explain to my girlfriend that taking triple the maximum dosage of painkillers won't actually triple its effects. She rolled her eyes, called me clueless, and said that I should "leave this stuff to the professionals." She's studying to become a doctor. FML
Today, my mom forbade me from taking any allergy medicine, because she is afraid that I'll turn into a meth addict. I have horrible allergies and can barely see or stop sneezing without them. FML
Today, I learned that pregnancy makes me more prone to migraines, but the only pain killer I can take makes me vomit. So I have to choose between being in pain and vomiting for hours on end. FML
Today, I had debilitating stomach cramps and told my mom, but she said she was too tired to take me to the ER. I had appendicitis. Thanks Mom. FML
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iAmScrubs 19
I would like to give your mum an award of excellence on behalf of all the staff of "Complete Idiot University" also known as CIU.
flockz 20
im just wondering why their mom even has medicine in the first place if she doesn't even believe in it...
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Nemmycakes 3
It must suck to have dumbass parents. You're forced to suffer because they have a double digit IQ
AmazingLadyy13 0
Wow.
xcowboys 0
the "migrain medicine" you were taking is actually just caffine. so you could then substitute your pills with coffee.
pinkdottedbow 0
Caffeine actually aggravates migraines.
Zomg_Okay 27
Thats called the placebo effect - you think its working, it actually isn't but the thought of it working makes you feel better. Medicines usually work. To be honest, your mom should give you painkillers even if she thinks they don't work because if the placebo effect made you feel better it would still be accomplishing something, right?
Symbiont 1
My mother won't feed me. She believes that when the food goes into my stomach, the acid dissolves the food and it stops working. She also tells me that people don't need to eat to survive, it's all in your head.
satanballs666 5
grabbin' pills
sdupont127 3
get up and go get the meds yourself!
HunterAlpha1 8
my mom was like this, except that she thought that modern medicine is evil. i have suffered through many, many migraines because of this.
Heliol 8
My mom has had similar theories, even saying that dandruff just means you didn't rinse the shampoo out of your hair well enough, which my dad couldn't believe when she told him why she didn't buy any dandruff shampoo for him. The first time I had a migrane she didn't believe me and I had to walk through the house practically blind after vomiting, bumping into tables and chairs with my family just watching, to find pain medicine. And then I went back to my room to sleep in the dark, bumping into stuff again.
HunterAlpha1 8
yeah, superstition(or "stupidstition") is a big pain in the ass. if modern medicine really didn't work the human mortality rate would be much, much higher. people like our moms belong in the middle ages.
Onlynamethatwasn 0
if she gets a heart attack, don't take her to the hospital.
Karlos7692 2
Actually when you experience a migraine, your brain becomes hyper-excitable, and responds to the outside environment in different ways. Now this is caused by malfunctions in certain types of ion channels in the brain, the communication process of your nervous system, Now taking painkillers, numbs the pain receptors making them slower to react giving some relief. The intense throbbing is caused by, basically, too much blood in certain parts of your head. Migraines can be caused by stress dehydration, heatstroke, etc. So it is important to get pain relief for the symptoms, and sip water with electrolytes, diluted Gatorade is fine. The last point I want to make, is before people jump to conclusions themselves on this topic, do some research or consult a doctor.
Karlos7692 2
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