If you have severe Migraines to the piont you can't work or are missing work can you get disability?

My mom has severe migraines to the piont that she is missing work and might lose her job but she has them like every week and if she can't work we don't know what to do. Someone suggested That she get disability. I wanted to know if you could get disability with severe migraines.
Answer:
There is a new development in migraine therapy:
http://www.neurologyreviews.com/feb04/nr...

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She is prime candidate for disability, because it keeps her from being able to work. So, have your mom see her doctor, %26 tell the doctor what her plans are. Next, she needs to contact the SS office %26 ask them how to get the ball rolling, so that she can apply for disability. In some cases, it's best to hire a lawyer who specializes in disabilities. They'll go to bat for your mom. Tell your mom to keep any %26 all future paperwork that pertains to applying for disabilty, so she has a record of everything. Your mom will need records from her doctor, that deals with her migraines, etc. Social Security will also send her to a doctor or two of their own choice, but this is standard procedure, so she needs to do as they ask. It's not uncommon for your mom to be turned down for disablity, once, twice, or more, but she has to keep fighting for it until she gets it. I know of no one who gets approved the first time around, so she shouldn't get discouraged %26 that's why it'd be in her best interest to hire a lawyer to handle her case. Once your mom is approved for disabilty, she will then be able to receive Medicare %26 Medicaid. She'll also be eligible for the food card too, which looks like a credit card. She'll attend a class, showing her how the card works. It really helps to be able to buy food with that card each month. Good luck to your mom!! :)

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Your mother is going to wait A LONG TIME FOR THAT SOCIAL SECURITY. I get it for hemiplegic migraines. That mimic strokes and cause paralysis on one side of my body for days at a time. I have a medi port and receive home health care. With documentation from the Mayo Clinic and Cleveland Clinic, it took me 2 and 1/2 years plus intervention from my state Congress Woman to get my Social Security approved. It is statistically proven that people that apply for disability with mental issues get approved faster than those with health problems. My aunt died of cancer. She was approved 2 weeks before passing. She had waited 1 year for this approval. Also, your mother has worked, she will be paid based on her income. Social Security Disability is different from Social Security Income which is the program that also provides food stamps and other help. She most likely WILL NOT qualify for those programs. She will get a check based on what she has paid into Social Security but nothing over the Family Cap which can be found on the Social Security website.She can go to the doctor, keep all documentation but they are still going to send her to their own doctors and it is best to start out with a Social Security attorney that will request a portion of the benefit amount and not any money up front. She will only need the attorney after her initial denial. If she is denied. I wish the best.

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Yes you can through Social Security. Call them and tell them you problem and ask for disability.

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tell your mom to take blood pressure medication to prevent the migraines. I tried everything, but did not find relief from migraines till I started on high blood pressure medication.

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Why to miss the job? We can treat it.
There is no medicine for H/A OR MIGRAINE. Not only these but for almost all painful diseases. Hence they become chronic.
Acidity, excessive wind, cold , heat, sour food and sinusitis, constipation, intestinal inflammation;
Blockage in the flow of Vital Energy are their causes. None of them can be treated with medicine. Our 100% success in treating migraine %26H/A confirms it.
Acupuncture is the best treatment. I can treat it with naturopathy and YOG, but how can you manage pl see.
Avoid late sleeping if possible;spicy, sour, stale bakery foods and alcohole.
Sweet foods, sweet fruits, milk with sugar at bed time preferably or meals, rice and good sleep will help you.
But you try one herbal remedy- two drops of drumstick leaves' juice in opposite nostril if one side pains and both nostrils if full H/A will give you rescue. Betel leaf helps but it isvery strong. Source(s):
SHREE SWASTHYAYOG TREATMENT, TRAINING %26 RESEARCH INSTITUTE
R.H. 鈥?19, Jhulelal Society, Sector 鈥?2/E, Airoli, Navi Mumbai, INDIA

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