Work Advice

[hippychick]

Ummm help!


Ok so i hate my job but I was coping and it was all ok. Until last week on friday afternoon, i felt really sick and panicked and came home. So i thought ok I will be fine but my anxiety has grown worse ending in a full blown panic attack this morning and me calling in sick. MY Boss sounded so mad at me.


So what do I do? I am job hunting anyway because this job sucks. But i am finding it so hard to keep goign in this one. Part of me knows if i go to a Dr tommorrow he will sign me off sick for the week...but then i think I should go to work. If i do go off sick can i be sacked for this? I feel I am letting my emplyers down, I am letting everyone who was proud of me getting a job down. If i dont go in tommorrow i am just putting the nastiness of going in after a panic off till next week so i should face it. But what if I cant? I dont know anymore


I have lost weight, I panic a lot, my stomach is insane with nerves all the time...so i think its valid to be off work???? but then when i am i feel so so so guilty.


There is just so much going on right now and i feel so trapped i want to run away. But that aint gonna solve a lot so whats the use? lol

[Jenneh]

maybe going to the doc's and taking a week off work will do you good. and if ur company get moody about that - then leave and find another job somewhere else -- they shud be compassionate.


if you were to talk some time off sick - u cud get urself refreshed/relaxed so ur ready to fight emet and get back 2 work.


Jen xxxxxx

[Melikasa]

That can be a tough decision. Unless it is a job where they are depending on you or people (customers) are depending on you alone then I would find a job where you are comfortable.
I worked as a pharmacy technician and I had patients that relied on me so I didn't leave there till I had them taken care of. My manager at the time was a monster and I had pannick attacks all the time. Especially when I was first pregnant. She expected A LOT of me. I ended up just calling in and saying sorry but for my own reasons and medical reasons I was no longer going to be able to work there.
Unless you are financially unfit to quit before you have another job it may be a good idea to talk to you boss. I think if he knew that you were not calling in sick because you were ie. Hung over or playing hooky or something then he will be more understanding about it all.
Maybea week off IS all you need for now. Sometimes it makes all the difference. It can helpa lot too if your boss knows maybe you won't feel so pressured.
You have to do what is right for you though.

[SullyMel]

Does your employer know about your problem? If not, maybe filling him/her in on what's going on? If you have to take a week off, then you have to. Talk to your boss about it. See what happens. If he/she is not compassionate, then find another job. I don't know. Ever since I had this problem, I would call off work once in awhile or school, and my mom would push me to go. Not in a mean way or anything. She would say to me, if you still feel that bad when you get there, then come home, but I always managed to stay, and I felt better about it. That's when my anxiety was really bad. The meds helped me a lot. I felt that when I did stay, I conquered it a littlebit, you know? But it did help though. Now I can't do that b/c I have bills and crap to pay for, so I have to go. I find it better to be somewhere else doing something like work than sitting at home worrying constantly about it. I'm on Paxil though and that helps so much. Keep us posted. Hope this helps a little. [img]smileys/smilies_02.gif[/img]