Venting the Pain

Finding a doctor for the illnesses that we know of and hear of everyday is usually not too hard. So when you hear someone has a headache, you know that typically if you take a couple of aspirin it will go away within a certain amount of time. If, however, that person has a very intense head ache or migraine then he or she might need to lie down for a while, take more then the usual does of aspirin, and, after sometime, it does go away. So what if the pain doesn’t go away or if it is so frequent that you need to see a specialist? Well the first place your family doctor will send you is to a neurologist. But herein lies the issue: a neurologist is a specialist, and for him to admit that you need more help then what he can provide isn’t likely to happen. Since headaches / migraines are not easily treatable when aspirin doesn’t work, doctors move to different types of medication like anti seizure medications that take time to work. In our experience with the medications that take time to work, the doctor wants to see if after ninety days you had any relief.
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