Migraine overview
A migraine is a headache that can purpose intense throbbing suffering or a pulsing sensation, typically on one facet of the head. It's often accompanied with the aid of nausea, vomiting, and excessive sensitivity to mild and sound. Migraine assaults can closing for hours to days, and the discomfort can be so excessive that it interferes with your each day activities. For some people, a warning symptom viewed as an air of secrecy takes location until now than or with the headache. An air of secrecy can consist of visible disturbances, such as flashes of mild or blind spots, or different disturbances, such as tingling on one thing of the face or in an arm or leg and concern speaking.
My experience-Does anyone else worry about having to call out from work due to your migraines?
This is sort of a vent, but I genuinely do want to know if anyone else feels... I guess guilty for calling out. I had to do it this morning.
I've had chronic migraines since literally as long as I can remember. Some of my earliest memories are of me being in excruciating pain because of them. When I first began working when I got older, I really worried about what would happen if I had to call in sick, or leave early, etc. Because unfortunately, I think we all know just how many people think migraines are nothing more than headaches, and "they aren't that bad!" or "you're fine!" "It doesn't hurt as bad as you're acting like it does", etc. So calling in sick due to a migraine almost feels like an excuse just because of how some people act about it. And I think that's why I feel so guilty when I have to call in sick.
I was at my old job for almost 4 years. I was a full time pharmacy tech in a retail pharmacy. During those 4 years, I only called out sick once with a migraine. We hardly had any help and my pharmacy was a very busy and demanding. There were things that I was expected to handle solely by myself and unfortunately, it was easier to put myself through hell working with a migraine than call in and have a mess to deal with when I returned. And on the one occasion I did call out- and actually, my mother had to call for me (we together) because I was in such excruciating pain, my manager at the time got an attitude about it, and complained about my being gone for a day "over a headache" to anyone that would listen. She fortunately (for her) didn't suffer from migraines and never understood what the big deal I made about them was. I never bothered trying to call out again after that.
I've been at my current job since February of this year. I'm now a medication history tech (or med rec) in the emergency department of my local hospital. Since my work solely focuses on who is in the ED at that time, if I for some reason can't work it isn't as if I'm causing backed up work or anything. It has very little effect on anyone, it's more of a convenience thing because the nurses are used to the med recs handling the prescription stuff on patients charts. Of course it's ideal for a med rec to always be on duty (only one of us work at a time, no overlap) it still isn't a dire "we need someone in this role ASAP" and even if they did, some techs from the main pharmacy have been cross trained for the role. But even so, I still feel so guilty for calling out.
I've called out with a migraine either 4 or 5 times since February. It may not sound like a lot, but it sure feels like it compared to my old job. I actually had to get my mom to call out for me on my second day because I got sick during my first day on the job (which my coworker witnessed) and it followed me into the next day and I couldn't even get off of the bathroom floor at that point. None of my current managers have given me any sort of issue over it or questioned it. And as I said, my coworker witnessed it the day we met. But it makes me feel guilty for not being able to do my job, and it makes me anxious because I worry about someone calling it into question or giving me trouble about it. Does anyone else have similar feelings?
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