HOMESCHOOLING FOR STUDENTS WHO SUFFER FROM MIGRAINE DISEASE.
I’m not a mom or anything, but I am a teenager of 15 years. I have been suffering from really painful migraine since 2015.
It’s really hard to cope up with school. Sometimes I miss a lot of work due to taking off days because of an attack.
Studying is a very hectic job for me, as I can’t study more than 1 hour without a break or I get an attack. I have to go according to my timetable and can’t take in any new work that is being given to me rather regularly. So a lot of work remains pending, which is mostly counted as marks at the end of the year. Sometimes due to those incomplete notes, I have to jot them down which takes a long time, thus depleting my study routine.
I get anxiety, because I get scared of teachers (out of respect,) and tests that are taken quite regularly.
Loud noises and rushing triggers my attacks a lot.
Is it good for a student who suffers from migraine to do homeschooling or go to school? Please share your views or experiences.
- How wonderful of you to get this important conversation started. I'm so glad you're with us and am impressed by all you've learned about managing migraine at such a young age. What you are describing here - regarding pacing yourself carefully throughout the day to do your best to avoid a flare-up - is something that takes many of us decades to figure out. I appreciate that you've learned this important lesson and that you've tried your best to create a schedule that allows for breaks and time to refuel when migraine is so consistently depleting us on a neurological level. These types of ideal schedules, while wonderful in theory- are hard to maintain every single day- and especially under the circumstances you describe. Deadlines, tests, papers, etc- these things come up at different times and collide to ask more of you at various periods. Maintaining that careful schedule would be very hard. All to say, how you are feeling is reasonable and makes sense.
Your ultimate question regarding home school vs. in-person is one that you'd need to answer with your parents/guardian and perhaps with some good research about what is involved in homeschooling. My take from witnessing children who are being homeschooled (at younger ages than you) is that they are able to fit their work into a shorter window of the day (done in one to two hours). It surely takes initiative and a different kind of planning. Of course you miss out on the social aspect of things- so I know there are homeschooling communities that folks tap into in order to get that need met - in which they meet at local parks or the like so that kids can spend time together. I'm assuming for you, juggling migraine as severely as it sounds you have it, social stuff is perhaps not at the top of your list - but again this is a very personal decision that you and your parents/guardian would need to make together.
I hope others chime in with thoughts on this to help you further reflect. We are here for you and glad you are with us. Warmly- Holly -migraine.com team.
