I began having intense headaches about every other day. This is my experience over 1.5 months of trying to get help.

My doc tried half dozen different meds including hydrocodone 5/500, which was the only effective one, and then only if I exceeded the recommended 2 pills every 4-6 (not by much, but by some). She wouldn't continue with these due to the possibility of 'rebound' headaches. I trusted her and patiently tried more alternatives, eventually having an MRI which didn't shed any light.

I was referred to a headache specialist who said I had tried all the meds he would have me try, and that any more hydrocodone was out of the question, again citing ‘rebound’ headaches. I said that the headache pattern after taking those meds which helped did not change at all, so why would they cause a ‘rebound’? He replied that if he prescribed hydrocodone I would get addicted. So basically, the story changed. He said to come back if they hadn’t gone away in a couple of months!

My work is suffering and I have to hide the problem from my boss. I come home on bad days and can’t be around my son. I went to my docs for help and they treated me like a criminal. The search for a new doc lead me here.

I have records to document all this. In reading up on this site, the inference is that F2F docs will not prescribe the meds that help unless you have a long history with them through other docs. In my case the course of effective treatment was brief.

I live near Chicago. Can I be helped with a F2F? I understand docs make their own calls, but I don’t want to pay 200-300 dollars up front for a consult with no chance of relief. Maybe that will wind up happening but I would feel better about the decision if it was made with the benefit of some of the wisdom here.

Suggestions, names of sites, and brutally honest feedback from any experienced person here would put me forever in your debt.

drfacetoface.com has dr in Chicago. you could ask that your records be approved before booking appointment no fee for record approval.