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Need advice on this ongoing medical situation

Hey y'all I'm 28 weeks + 5. I know I've posted about this like 3-4 times now across this platform but I'm beginning to worry and think that this isn't just a migraine anymore. This is DAY 12.I had a full preeclampsia workup yesterday and had to do a second 3-hour glucose test and I'm just waiting on results but my doctor prescribed me some medicine (butalbital-acetaminophen-caffeine) for my ongoing migraine on Wednesday and I've already gone through a quarter of the bottle and have zero refills and nothing is working. The acetaminophen and caffeine in it is SIGNIFICANTLY less than what I was taking before and that didn't touch it either. I just have the other ingredient added now. She also had me start on magnesium and it just feels like this headache is getting worse because it's waking me up out of a dead sleep at this point. I know it's not vision related as far as my glasses prescription goes because typically when it is, I'll get nauseated and sleep and rest will help that go away. I however told them that it does get to the point where I can't see out of my left eye because I can hardly hold it open since that whole side of my head hurts that bad and it feels like I'm getting beat repeatedly with a baseball bat. I'm worried about going to the hospital because every time I go they don't do anything and dismiss me and all they want to do is push fluids. My urine is practically clear from the amount of water I'm drinking. I don't think I can mentally and physically handle this anymore and just don't know what to do because I'm worried about my body for this baby since they won't do anything or try to figure it out. Do I just go and just demand they do something at the hospital til they figure it out? With this being day 12 of excruciating pain, I don't think I can keep living like this 😭😭😭 also to note, when I called the nurse yesterday, her first question was are you sure you're drinking enough water? YES I MIGHT AS WELL HAVE GILLS 😭 I'm begging them at this point and I don't have options to go anywhere else for treatment at the moment.

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Have you contacted your primary care about possibly getting an MRI? I had a brain mri without contrast while pregnant and got answers on some headaches I was having.

Hi girl, if it’s money issues that’s the reason you can’t go anywhere else, I’ll happily pay for u to go and get help elsewhere if theyre not helping? So sorry this is happening to you x

@Samantha So I moved here at the end of June and I don't have an actual PCP. I only have my OBGYN and haven't found a PCP yet. But it takes about 2 months to get seen by a specialist out here to get referred and that would be so much closer to delivery by the time they do it. :( I have wondered a lot these past few days if I need one because something just isn't right!

Ah That’s hard. It took me a longgg time to get into a pcp too. Like movement I called for an appointment and got it for April and got my answers in May when I was in my second trimester. Mine impacted my birth plan so I would try to see if you can see what’s going on sooner than later.

@Samantha moving definitely made things pretty difficult in this situation. That's for sure. I'm trying so hard to get them to listen but I don't know what else to do to get them to listen because I have called the nurse hotline like five times in the last week and they just keep telling me to drink water. They tell me I can't take anything else and they won't do anything else. They essentially said I have to suffer through it. I'm sobbing right now because I have never been in this much pain in my life from a headache and I'm so worried they're going to put me in the psych ward because it's affecting me that bad. I just don't know what else to do :(

I would definitely get another opinion. As someone else has mentioned the fact nothing is working you need some scans to check it’s nothing like a blood clot

If you have ANY family history or bad heart or blood clots definitely mention it… maybe mention it even if you don’t… Even if it was a cousin or great grand parent.

@Susannah I know that my dad has heart disease and my grandfather passed away from a pulmonary embolism. I do have full family history in my chart so they are aware but I do always go over it just in case!

@Ceri-Ann It's definitely difficult because I've been to the ER three times for separate issues and all they want to do is push fluids each time because I'm pregnant. But I can't get a single person to listen to me and the next emergency room is over an hour away and I can't drive myself that far. The one close to me is 10 minutes but I haven't been during the day so maybe the daytime staff will be better than the night time staff. 🙏🏼 I definitely agree that I need some type of scan because I worry about clots!

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