<p>My college offers medical/psychological and learning disability special needs housing. I am thinking of applying for the medical special needs housing because I suffer from frequent migraines. Medications have stopped helping me altogether and the only thing that seems to help is rest. I frequently get nauseous during my migraines and will throw up. It drives my roommate crazy when I get a migraine because she can't really come into the room since I really need complete silence and darkness. I was planning on trying to obtain a single through the lottery, but when I told my friend about the reason behind why I wanted a single she thought I may be able to apply for special needs housing.</p>
<p>I was wondering if you all thought if this was a valid medical reason for a single.</p>
<p>As someone with disabilities myself, both physical and of the learning variety, I think so. Definitely go for it if you can. I was trying to get a single through our regular system because of my disabilities and now it looks like I may not be able to and it may be too late to take the back door in. Don’t make that mistake, if you need it, ask for it.</p>
<p>What school do you go to? It is AWESOME that you have something like this available.</p>
<p>Chronic migraine disorder is a legal disability. But not everyone who has bad migraines has this disorder (I sometimes get bad migraines which leave me nauseous but I don’t have CMD). Go see a doctor and if you have this disorder, you’re definitely eligible for the Med special needs housing. </p>
<p>btw, establishing a regular sleeping schedule where you consistently sleep 7-8 hours, go to bed at the same time daily, and eat regularly (get some kind of a snack every few hours) helps with migraines. there’s also certain foods you should avoid…i’m sure you’ve heard this but just throwing it out there.</p>
<p>I too get migraines, and I am thinking of applying for a program similar to this at my school. I say go for it and let me know if it works out for you haha</p>