According to the WHO, a severe migraine attack is as disabling as being quadriplegic, psychotic, or in terminal stage of a cancer - via healthing_ca's VerifiedVoice Partner MigraineCanada healthing health
Migraine Canada found that only missed between 4 and 16 days per year.A study done in the US on presenteeism showed that migraine was more costly than 20 other conditions including depression, back pain, diabetes and asthma . According to a Canadian survey, people with chronic migraine report an average of 40 days of presenteeism per year.My co-workers understand, but I feel really bad that I can’t do my full part.
I do everything to go to work. I usually pay the price at home, having to rest and catch up. There’s just no weekend for me. I spent all my vacation days on migraine. And my sick days are gone too. What will happen now? Should I go on disability?According to a study on stigma related to migraine and epilepsy, people with chronic migraine were more stigmatized than people with epilepsy and episodic migraine. Stigma was directly related to ability to work. (
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