"Sean O'Hara, 27, describes his symptoms as "a constant thumping ache" across his head, combined with intermittent intense pain down his neck or around his eyes. He said his employer was sympathetic but that, with the pain sometimes leaving him unable to fulfil his role working at a gym, he felt he had to go - a decision accepted by his former employer."
""Looking at me, no-one could tell I was experiencing a migraine attack," he said. "The foundational pain is like a rope being constantly tightened across the front of my head and a constant thumping pain across the whole of my head. "And then, in and out every day, I get different intense symptoms - above one eye, or down my neck, or right in between my eyes.""
A 27-year-old north London man experienced daily migraines for about a decade, describing a constant thumping ache across his head with intermittent intense pain around his eyes and down his neck. The pain sometimes intensified suddenly during gym shifts, leaving him unable to fulfil client-facing responsibilities and resulting in his decision to leave the role. Employers showed sympathy but required someone consistently able to perform the job. Migraine affects about one in seven people, is a complex neurological disorder with triggers and symptoms including light sensitivity, visual disturbances, nausea and vomiting, and has treatments of variable effectiveness but no cure.
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