Migraine-out a week?

smaces_twin

Employee was out over a week with a migraine. He has intermittent papers approved. I don't think their is anything I can do. Any ideas?

deniseE

Migraines are tricky little devils...and if you've never had one...consider yourself lucky....

sometimes the medication prescribed to help alleviate them actually causes "cluster headaches" which are no more fun than the one you were trying to rid yourself of!!

If the Dr. certifies it...I don't know what you can do....

lnelson

Agree with Denise.
I also have an ee with migraine on FMLA...Nothing you can do if certified.

smaces_twin

My wife has migraines (I'm usually the cause x:D) so I can sympathize. But a week? I can't imagine.

deniseE

some people are better at working through them than others....that's not to say that they are not any more/less debilitated...and there are the other side effects....

many of the medications have caffiene which may get rid of the headache in time...but the person cannot sleep...others cause extreme nausea...which comes with a migraine anyway...it really just depends...

I agree that a week is a long time..but I wouldn't rule out the possibility that it could happen...although hopefully, this is not frequent!