When I was a kid I occasionally said I had headaches when I didn't so I wouldn't have to go to skewl but I never had to go to a doc to miss a day of skewl. Skewl really stressed me out & I would wake up with migraines sometimes anyways. I think I would of gotten a headache if I had gone to skewl those days because I really wasn't feeling the best mentally & needed a mental health day.
I never abused a medical leave at work however I did miss work for two weeks even thou I was feeling fine because I didn't feel safe returning to work. I have a tremor disorder along with other things besides my Aspergers & I didn't feel safe doing certain aspects of the job so I was seeing a numerologist to try & treat the tremors. One of the meds made me feel like I was having a stroke or something so I went home & saw my GP the next day. I was scheduled for tests but didn't feel safe going back to work in the meantime. After being out for two weeks I was no longer considered an employee due to company policy.