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How are your migraines affecting your work and how do you feel about that? (lemm.ee)
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As the title says. For me it's always the same: at first, my boss is understanding, but when I miss work because of a migraine for the 15th time, that compassion kind of dulls away... At some point, they start complaining that I am unreliable and they always seem to be waiting for when I get better, as if there is a cure for this chronic condition.

I always feel like somehow it is my fault for being sick and I feel like I let my team down even though I know it's the last thing I want.

How do you guys cope with it? What do you tell your boss? How do coworkers view you? Any tips and tricks are always welcome!

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[–] meneervana@lemm.ee 1 points 2 hours ago

That's really fortunate! I'm so sorry for your friend, that sucks. I'm right in between; my migraines come often (about twice a week for a few weeks and then sometimes a few weeks with no migraines at all) and the pattern is kind of unpredictable. I do not work from home so if I am sick they have to know. Sometimes it feels like they don't really believe me or like they think I am overplaying it which I am not. But then sometimes when I haven't had a migraine for a few weeks Im like... "I'm cured! They're gone! I made this all up!" And then one day I get smacked with a migraine again....