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[[da...]]

Who continues to work and HOW?????????

[[...]]

I did, with sheer miracles. Over time I am beginning to function more. But it needs to be a flexible kind of job.

[[do...]]

I have NO IDEA how I just made it through 4 hours of work. I only work 12 hours a week and it totally breaks me. I just want to give up.

 

[[...]]

Don't. It's distracting you from the agony, most likely. Forces you to go out and function, even if the functioning isn't optimal. Please don't give it up. You will keep getting better and it'll get much easier.

[[do...]]

Don't. It's distracting you from the agony, most likely. Forces you to go out and function, even if the functioning isn't optimal. Please don't give it up. You will keep getting better and it'll get much easier.

 

I can't agree with this, I'm afraid. I'm not dealing with anxiety or mental symptoms. I can't walk at times to do the pain. Even holding my body upright in a sitting position is agony at times. The only thing that helps is laying down.

[[si...]]

I had to work to support myself or be homeless. I work 8-12 hours a day.

In the beginning I would work even if I didn't sleep for days. I could hardly walk or see clearly a lot of the time. So much anxiety and panic I would go to the bath room and do deep breathing.

I made a fool of myself countless times because I made mistakes and couldn't even put a sentence together to explain why. Early on I was so scared and afraid of the world, it took everything I had just to walk out the door in the morning.

All along I used it for distraction and even if I could hardly stand up, I told myself I don't care what others think, I am in survival mode and I am not going to lose any more than I already have.

Looking back, I have no idea how I did it. I am far from healed, but things are better than they were a few months ago.

Now going to work is much easier and somedays I enjoy being there.

 

[[Ge...]]

I am working...  Somedays I am good.. many others I feel like crap and I don't know how I don't get reprimanded for making mistakes.. but I keep going... 

[[...]]

I'm sorry, donie, I really can't judge. I've had it hard moving a lot of the time, but maybe your symptoms are more severe.

[[Ja...]]

I took one week off work the first week of withdrawal thinking this wouldn't take long.  Oh my was I wrong.    I've worked throughout this whole process besides the last 6 months. I was let go from my job after missing 3 days after a very close friend died, then going to the ER because I was having intense POTS symptoms.  They fired me the next day.

 

I haven't really had a choice through this.  I live alone and support myself.  No savings or anything.

 

On the positive side I've found a new job and have already accepted an offer.  It will be an outside job so maybe the fresh air and exercise everyday will help if my body allows it.  I guess we will see. 

[[El...]]

I went back to school two weeks ago and I was so scared and all the what ifs what looping in my head. But I'm sooo glad I did, now when I wake up in the blue mood crappy mornings I feel awful and I kick myself to school and it's so nice with the distraction, I think it's been helping me mentally and physically

[[tw...]]

Me. I've worked through 3 month taper and since jumping off. In a high-stress, deadline-oriented job. I've missed a few days this year due to ER trips, doctor visits, etc. But only a couple. Luckily, most of the day, I sit at a desk and don't have to interact with people too often. If anything, I seem to have LESS symptoms at work; I think that is because I'm distracted. I did go a few days where I was completely confused and my short term memory was SHOT. Luckily I told my assistant what was going on and she had my back. She was able to help me through. I'm mentally okay now, just dealing with physical symptoms mostly. It's still majorly sucks though.