DEAR DR. GOTT: I have been having chronic headaches for years. I am on a prescription called Flexeral. People think I like taking meds and they think nobody has that many headaches every day. The past couple of years or so, they go down to my back. I’m seeing a specialist now and I asked him if it’s something that happened when I was younger. He said he doesn’t think so and we’ll be working on one thing at a time.

I am in my 50s now. I was around 15 when this problem started. A friend of my relatives banged my head on the floor. I tried getting medical attention but the relative who told him to do it was more worried about keeping his family together. In the past I tried over-the-counter stuff and I got yelled at for that. I’m tired of pain and people thinking I like taking pills. I’ll keep with the specialist for now but I would like to hear what you say on this matter.
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