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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Comments (190)
Tektite 14
Go get meds elsewhere. Its not like she's gonna stop you.. unless you're 12.
trgower13 0
wait Obama isn't the anti Christ? haha. he is terrible anyways
trgower13 0
whoops that was suppose to be a reply to something. I'm stupid. haha
misomalu 0
your mother's an idiot
IAmTheHeavens 0
Your mother is a herp derp.
Xotoolyxo 16
I think your mom took all the pills 0.o
ThorneCrossed 9
...and that's why there isn't a cure for AIDS- no one believes they're cured!
crosscountry123 0
that's actully quite correct. studies with a placebo have shown the power of the mind can add to or heal a sickness.
ThorneCrossed 9
yeah but I think I'm fairly correct in saying that most medicine aren't placebos
crosscountry123 0
mhmm. I understand that. but the tests show that maybe if she did other activities to distract herself it may work better to help her headache then popping pain killers.
monnanon 14
If it was just a headache then yeah I would agree but a migrane can be quite debilitatitng and usually requires some sort of meds to ease it. The placebo affect can fool you into thinking you are better but in the case of a migrane no amount of positive thinking will shift it.
crosscountry123 0
Yeahh thanks thats what I was goin for! you just put it in more intelligant words;)
amadan 0
You're mom is an idiot.
catkat1988 17
Congratulations, you mom is an idiot. We should probably also stop prescribing penicillin as people only imagine their infections disappearing, right? Depending on how old you are and how frequently you get migraines, you could buy your own pain meds, though. I've had migraines since the age of 5, and at some point when I was a teenager, I started buying my own migraine meds to keep my parents out of my business (not that my parents were anywhere near that stupid, but it's still nice not to have to discuss every pill you take).
TEM123 4
It's true.