cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/17597430
If you don’t use pain meds on a whim, when you really need the help they will be more effective
“But I have high pain tolerance”
No you fucking don’t otherwise you wouldn’t be bitching about your fucking headache all the live long day. Eat the ibuprofen now.
I can’t, I haven’t even eaten today. I guess I really don’t need to eat much. All I had was a grape today and a slice of cheese. No that’s doesn’t have anything to do with my headache, I told you I have a high pain tolerance.
“But I don’t feel like swallowing a pill right now”
This used to be my excuse
Not a headache but close enough, and you’re right: I’m gonna take that tylenol.
Fun fact: Tylenol would never get past today’s ethics board because of how dangerous an overdose is.
You think it’s bad now? You should’ve seen it in the 80s.
Sometimes you need a little treat, go for the naproxen. Every once in awhile I’ll take one of those for a headache and it makes me realize how much my whole body hurts sometimes.
I have the fabulous genetic quirk of suddenly acquiring unimaginable stomach pain and nausea after taking ibuprofen or asprin. I also get frequent migraines 🙃
Not yet but I need to. My mom got cancer so we’ve met our family’s out-of-pocket maximum for the year, meaning all my treatments are finally free. Thanks America! /s
Particularly for physical injuries, I sometimes prefer to suffer as it reminds me that I need to be careful, which I know I’d forget if I subdued the pain.
For things like flu’s where it’s just pure suffering for nothing, I’ll suck down as many painkillers as I can have in a day.
