At the likely risk of upsetting any migraine sufferers on here...
In my experience the person you know who suffers from migraines is already the person with the poor attendance record. It seems to be just part of the canon of undisprovable* reasons why they have to leave work early today.

/neverhadamigraine


*cleverer people insert a real word here
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 13 Sep 2011, 13:15, 2 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

'pissflaps'?

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 13 Sep 2011, 13:20, Reply)

Le mot juste

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 13 Sep 2011, 13:23, Reply)

It's the same with period pains.
There have been times in the past when I have been curled up in a ball crying wiht the pain but tell someone you suffer with bad period pains and they look at you like you're a lazy fuckwit. I now tell people I suffer with dysmenorrhea which basically means the same thing.
( girlinthehole, Tue 13 Sep 2011, 13:20, Reply)

Up the game to menorrhagia, they'll love you for it.
I spent a couple of years involved in developing therapies for those two as well as endometriosis. Always led to awkward silences in pub conversations, I found.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 13 Sep 2011, 13:54, Reply)

...and on the internet too, it seems.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 13 Sep 2011, 13:55, Reply)

I set them up...

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 13 Sep 2011, 14:01, Reply)