6 in 10 migraine sufferers never stay home from work: “Burned with guilt”

Sophie is not alone. Research shows that more than 60% of patients never stay at home when they have a migraine. “In principle, it is better not to go to work, because the productivity level drops enormously during such an attack,” says Annick Verstappen, neurologist at the ZNA and GZA hospitals. “But people don’t want to give in to it. It’s not always appreciated either, because it’s not really seen as a full-fledged reason to stay at home. And often that makes things much more difficult, because their medication can’t act in the same way, As a result, the process drags on unnecessarily.”