I am aware that its mandatory but at this point I am in soo much physical and mental pain that I have problems concentrating. I cannot sit nor stand in one spot for a long time. Too much that is going on around me whether it be a group of people (ncos and privates) in my office making conversation to the point that they raise their voices in laughter or in articulation of something throws off my concentration which in turn triggers my migraines. My migraines last 4 to 5 days constantly. I have been to the ER severally because when it starts I end up prostrating on the ground and have to lie down in a room with the lights off. Not only that I have physical pain in almost every part of my body; knees, ankles, back, neck. At this point I am more focused on getting out than I am getting promoted. And its not like I want to come back in after I must have gotten out 5 years down the line. To be honest I don't even care about the promotion board now because who knows when my migraine attack will start in the middle of it. I went once last year october and I almost passed out from a partially attacking migraine. I got out just in time. Sergeant major noticed and asked if I was okay and I said that "I can feel my migraine about to start and when it does its atrocious. You would pity me sergeant major". You would be surprised how many people don't actually want to go to the promotion board because they aren't ready. I am ready " by the book" but I am not ready mentally nor physically. How can I appear in front of the promotion board when I am literally a dead woman walking?