At what point did you stop taking pills for every ache?
Ive been realizing how automatically I reach for advil anytime my neck, back, shoulders etc start acting up, not even huge flare ups sometimes, just everyday soreness from gardening, sitting too long, sleeping weird, existing apparently lol
My doctor recently told me I should probably try not to rely on oral pain meds so much unless I actually need them, especially for the smaller day to day aches. I kinda brushed that off at first because I figured pain is pain, but I’ve been looking to try more topical stuff instead. I ended up getting a pain gel from ketro after searching around a bit and it has been good for muscle tightness/stiffness, enough that Im not automatically taking pills every single time something hurts.
Now Im curious how other people here handle this balance, do you still take over the counter pain meds for everyday pain or do you mostly try to save them for the really bad days now?