well last cycle it was getting hard to hide my condition even for an over the road truck driver. i told my dispatcher about my condition and gave her the web address to this site. next time i saw her she said "oh my god thats what you go through?" "yeah pretty much". she told me to do what ever i had to do.

other employers haven't been as understanding. the best thing you can do is tell the truth and let the chips fall where they lie.

I have been fortunate to have some good bosses in this respect. 
they are usually not interested in the details - they get enough of that from other co-workers.  I explained that I get periods for 6-8 weeks where I get disabling bad headaches, but they usually occur in evenings and at night.  It generally will not affect my work, other than it becomes hard to get enough sleep in mid-cycle.  But I also explain that I will likely get one or two while at work, and will simply need to leave the building for about an hour.  And, for a cyclic guy, it will all be over soon.  If he wants to know more, I can go on, but he really isn't interested in all the gory details.  In my case, it has little impact on him getting his team's work done.

Some of us have it worse, and it affects work more.  And some of us have jerks for bosses.  One of the reasons that bosses get paid more is that they are supposed to be able to deal with employee issues.

I found that, compared to other chronic whiners, this is relatively easy for him to deal with.  I wish you luck as well.

As you know, you’re quite vulnerable: a $7 person, on probation, not open with the boss, and subject to short term disability.

You must cover your tracks quickly: print the letter which has been mentioned; tell the boss and offer the letter and any medical information asked for; and work quickly with your doc to try a couple of pill form abortive meds which you can use ON THE  JOB as needed. It’s not a good idea to try and use injection Imitrex (with the social label of drugs/needles) in your current status. Can’t haul in oxygen equipment given your job status.

This leaves an oral form of one of the triptans or Zyprexa. A series of quick trials will reveal which works more dependably and quickly for you. I would hope that your doc would supply some samples before you have to  buy any one of them.

If you don’t have a headache doc now, going this route would likely take more time (waiting time) than you realistically have to resolve this dilemma. If you have an open, receptive primary care doc, print out the treatment article (Rozen) and show him what you are asking for and be honest about why this is a rush job.

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Here is a link to read and print and take to your doctor.  It describes preventive, transitional, abortive and surgical treatments for CH. Written by one of the better headache docs in the U.S.  (2002)
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Michigan Headache & Neurological Institute for another list of treatments and other articles:

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Finally, don't make the mistake of waiting to take an abortive to see if it's REALLY an attack, i.e., letting it develop. (Too many folks try this route to save money.) Important to get an abortive into your body at the first sign of a developing attack or else you won't get the best response--and that's not a situation which you can afford.