When I "lost" medication that was right in front of my face...If I go through the supply too quickly, I must deal without it or risk being labeled a drug seeker if I try to convince my insurance company... By The Migraine Girl3 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments5 comments
Migraine Driven Urgent Care Trip...I have had so many providers treat me as a drug seeker.... By Amanda Workman3 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments3 comments
How A Doctor Giving Up on Me Led to Better Care Somewhere Else...So, when I told them 45 minutes later that I was still in the same amount of pain, they treated me like a drug seeker. I never wanted... By Ashley Hattle3 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments0 comments
Chronic Migraine and Pain Management...Does that mean that every patient that asks for some type of strong pain medication is a drug seeker? No!... By Steven Workman3 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments71 comments
How to Handle the Emergency Department for Cluster Headaches...They acted like I was a drug seeker and didn't give me any further treatment. I never went back to that hospital.... By Ashley Hattle4 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments6 comments
How to talk to a dr. in the emergency room w/out being treated as a drug seeker....The previous ER was not helpful and I suppose they have a list of "regulars" that they consider drug seekers. Guess I got on that list....Reactions 0 reactions Comments2 repliesTreatment
Occipital Neuralgia...Thankfully I'm now being treated by a specialist with empathetic staff, and my local ER docs no longer view me as some drug seeker....Reactions 0 reactions Comments2 repliesDiagnosis
Living a life with Migraines...I have had doctors look at me with the "Yeah, you are a drug-seeker!" I worked as a Medical Transcriptionist in hospitals.... By lanetteharris-gonzales3 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments2 comments
Emergency Room Trip...Most doctors I've seen have kind of hinted at that I must be a drug seeker, but I never had one accuse me right to my face, when... By captainquervo3 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments11 comments
New Member Question ...I am a Pastor and I am not a drug seeker for "fun". 1.When my at home meds do not work and I have to go to the...Reactions 0 reactions Comments1 replies
Migraine Triggers and Comorbidities: Dystonia...This diagnosis also is a red flag for ER and other physicians who often ignore me or consider me a drug seeker and deny treatment or try to... By ellen6 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments11 comments
How Migraines have Changed My Life...I am treated like a drug seeker. I am miserable when I go there, but the doctors only see the diagnosis and my frequent admissions.... By dblmintwin5 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments3 comments
A new type of migraine with eye pain?...I left her office feeling like a drug seeker, but I only mentioned Topamax since I know it works for me....Reactions 0 reactions Comments4 replies
Junkie Clinic Healed Me...seeker', insomia, jitters, sweats, depression, flushing, weight loss, anxiety, dependency (ie. needing higher and higher amounts of tradional painkillers...Reactions 0 reactions Comments13 replies
Antiemetics - experiences? advice?...At this point, I'm pretty sure they're labeling me as a drug seeker, even though I have extensive records showing my diagnosis of chronic migraine, their...Reactions 0 reactions Comments2 repliesTreatment
The Stigma Around Pain and Medications...This perception is that individuals with chronic pain may be drug-seekers looking for opioid medications.... By Editorial Team 3 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments3 comments
49 Years Later...I was sick of the contemptuous looks from nurses in the ER, the knowing glances and whispered conversations peppered with words like 'drug-seeker' and... By justshootme5610 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments1 comments
42 Years of Migraines...At other times, I was seen as a drug seeker just stirring up trouble.... By tammy-lrome11 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments0 comments
Weighing the Risk of MOH verses Chronic Migraine...I'm tired and fed up of being treated like a drug seeker/addict/abuser because I have a narcotic on my current medications list....Reactions 0 reactions Comments5 repliesTreatment