Yes, it is un-necessary agony. Best headlights I ever had was my '97 LeSabre. In the four years that I had it, I'll bet the high beams were not used more than 50 times. With the projector lights, I'd probably flipped them 50 times on one trip down River Road.
I did drive about 40 miles last night on highway (light traffic) and city with no need to use the high beams. It is just some of the smaller roads, especially with turns and hills.