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LordCrag t1_j0ahxq9 wrote

Reply to comment by skubaloob in Nearly 1 in 10 young people experience physical pain and suicidality by thebelsnickle1991

What level of pain is required to meet that threshold? Most days I have a mild headache that goes way with OTC pain meds. But I wouldn't call that chronic pain per se.

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glowstatic t1_j0ajngy wrote

Honestly I think this is really hard to gauge. I found out recently I’m not supposed to have headaches and neck pain 4x a week. Turns out what I was writing off as “headaches” are actually neuralgic migraines, I’ve been having them for about 5 years and just thought that was normal. Life is much cooler when you’re not in pain all the time, weirdly enough. So I think…. If the headaches are disrupting your enjoyment of your life on a regular basis that’s worth talking to a doctor about.

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smokeymcdugen t1_j0b2tis wrote

Get help. You should rarely have headaches. It's either something mild and fixable like eye prescription (can happen even if you see more or less clearly) or as serious as a brain tumor.

Typically if you don't have other symptoms and you are young, PCP will send you to optometrist first before and scans.

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