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by bserge 1754 days ago
Good luck. I've been struggling for over a decade and it's just getting worse, so much worse. If you can, go to as many docs as possible.

I found stuff that works for me and then started struggling to get doctors to prescribe it.

The healthcare industry is a massive joke.

Funny enough, this week I witnessed an ambulance driving up to a guy on the ground (not homeless looking by any means), waking him up and... leaving.

I assume he was just drunk af, but come on, at least give him some water, he's literally forced to pay for your "care" :D

Would they even fix a broken arm, I often wonder.

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What do you mean stuff that works for you? Is it a medicine for a psychological condition or for something else? I am living in EU and the health care here is better I believe. Also I have money to spent and can visit doctors at will.
Then do it. Yeah I'm in the EU, too. A dirty immigrant everywhere but home where I can get my medication, namely Gabapentin and Bupropion. Far cry from an opioid or something, isn't it?

Yet it seems I'd rather be a corpse in a river to these shitheads in Belgium, UK and Germany. But tbf I had a lot of trouble getting this medication back home, too.

Sorry for bothering you with my shit.

I would suggest you go to as many doctors as possible and explain everything.

They'll send you in a lot of circles so it can take a year or more to get anything useful. No one actually cares.

If you can buy stuff illegally and try it, do it. Carefully of course. If anything seems to work, tell it to the docs (and watch their face).

Thank you kindly for the tips and your personal story.