What can i do about my situation because of my migraine headaches?
I have an serious illness condition and i have migraine headaches & verdigo so i'm very sensitive to flouresecent lights & noises. The school official doesn't want to provide homebound services even though the doctor filled out the application. I'm currently having a migraine right now and i feel very bad. Should i go to the emergency ? I'm helpless and none of the medications is helping !!! What should I do about my situation ? The school wants to file my absences as truancy.
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1. First of all, an employer is not required to allow you to work from home just because your doctor suggests this. If your employer is aware of your illness they do have to try to accommodate you under the Americans with Disabilities Act. But there is a catch. If the employer is able to show that it is an undue burden on them to change your work environment, then they are not in violation of the act and they can release you from your employment. Working from home could be seen as an unreasonable accommodation. They are not required to allow you extra time off just because you are ill either. If you miss too much work or your missed time is in excess of what is permitted in the written company policies, they can terminate you and classify it is sub-par work performance. If you work in a "right to work" state like Arizona or Colorado, they do not even have to provide you with a reason for your termination and filing an ADA claim is that much harder in those states.As far as your illness and the migraines, you need to see a doctor that specializes in the treatment of migraine headache. Most of the time these are neurologists or pain management specialists. They will be able to help you find a preventative medication that will reduce the frequency and severity of the migraines, as well as help you find an appropriate and effective abortive medication for when a migraine breaks through. If you have not seen a specialist like this you need to ask your PCP for a referral to one in your area.
Going to the hospital every time you get a migraine is going to get very expensive and also, they will label you as a drug seeker after numerous visits. I know that sometimes there is no other way to get migraines under control than to go to the hospital. I have had to do this 2 times because my medication did not get rid of the migraine. I always waited at least 48 hours before I went in though. My mom is a nurse and told me to avoid making trips for migraines unless I had tried everything to get rid of them, including going to see my family doctor first. She has worked in the ER for more than 10 years and said that migraine headaches are one of the most frequently reported pain issues for people who are drug seekers and hoping that the doctor will send them home with a prescription for narcotic pain medicine. I am not saying this is what you are doing and I certainly know how you feel, but you need to try and stay away from the ER unless the migraine is the most extreme pain you have ever felt in your life.
2. I feel it hard to believe that you are having a migraine and you feel well enough to look at the monitor. Wow, It must be that you're confusing migraines with something else. A true migraine sufferer would find this an impossible thing to do. If you're in your teens then I'd be willing to bet that these so called migraines happen at certain times. There is usually a pattern, but you still would not be on the computer, and you'll grow out of it in a year or two. How did you get a doctor to go along with that diagnosis? I hope he/she didn't write anything just on you're say. Without having the symptoms while there, or seeing the brain pattern on an EEG machine than it's hard to diagnose. Especially with the medication available not helping a bit.It should have helped a true migraine in some way.
If you absolutely need to be home schooled, then your mom has to go to the school board itself and take it to them. But I hope you realize that it comes out of the school's budget, so if someone gets really ill, or has an accident and can't go to school for those reason's then there may not be enough in the budget for everyone. You need to ask yourself if you need to be at home to learn. Don't forget all the functions you'll be missing out of.
