Feeling guilty about not working

I’m in the 4th day of an awful migraine. Today I stayed at home and it got a little bit better until now, when I want to sleep but just can’t because it hurts so bad. It also wakes me up when I sleep.

My neurologist told me not to go to work when I’m like this. I called in today and thought tomorrow I was going to get better but It doesn’t seem like it. Also I start to doubt myself, like my brain is telling me I’m making this up and the pain is not as big as I make it up to be…

Does anyone else feel guilty when they don’t go to work because of a migraine? How do you deal with it?