Date: 201911
Local time of day: 1201-1800
Location: ZZZ.Airport, US
Aircraft: A320
Operator: Air Carrier
Operating under: Part 121
Flight plan: IFR
Mission: Passenger
Flight phase: Climb
Reporter organization: Air Carrier
Reporter function: Flight Attendant In Charge
Human factors: Physiological - Other
Anomaly: Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy; Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Smoke / Fire / Fumes / Odor; Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Illness / Injury
Detector: Person Flight Attendant
When detected: In-flight
Result: General None Reported / Taken
Contributing factors: Aircraft
Primary problem: Aircraft

Narrative: I was Flight Attendant A on the Airbus. I felt completely fine the entire trip. We got to 10;000 [feet] and remained seated since we were informed it would be bumpy. My head started to hurt very badly. A couple of minutes later I smelled a strong; chemical type odor. My head continued to hurt. The pilot called back and said it was safe to get up now. I immediately went to the back and asked the flight attendants if they smelled anything. They did not. I told them my head was hurting badly. I went back up to the front and started my service. I then noticed I had a metallic taste in my mouth. The pilots came out to go to the bathroom. I explained what happened to the First Officer. He told me to tell the Captain. I told the Captain when the First Officer went out. He asked if I was feeling better now. I told him I thought so but wasn't sure. He didn't seem concerned. I was confused and told the Captain that I knew something was wrong. I went out and continued the flight; still experiencing the pain in my head. I only smelled the odor two times but it went away. Upon descent; the Captain called back and said I needed to fill out a form. He said that he had never experienced any problems before. We landed at ZZZ and deplaned. The Flight Attendant found the form and I started to fill it out. It was very hard to concentrate and I wish I had had someone there to advocate on my behalf. I asked if I could fill the form out in the terminal and the Captain said no; he wanted it now. I told the other flight attendants to go ahead and leave. I was extremely upset and confused. They left; I filled out the form as best as I could. I wanted to get off the plane and didn't understand why I [was] being forced to remain there when something made me sick. I walked out and asked a driver if someone could take me to the terminal and he did. I spoke with a Supervisor and filled out a report.  I think it should be protocol that the Captain go out and investigate to see if he notices anything. It's difficult when there's only one Flight Attendant up front. I didn't want to alarm any passengers so I couldn't ask them.Every situation should be handled seriously. At the time that happened; there's a lot of confusion. I had extreme difficulty trying to concentrate and control my emotions. I had never experienced anything before and wish the situation could've been handled better.




Synopsis: A320 Flight Attendant in charge reported physiological symptoms resulting from strong chemical odor during climb which lasted until after landing.