I was just curious if some of you are able to work? I’ve just now felt fully recovered since the start of when I’ve had my illness five years ago or so. I’m excited to maybe one day work again. Are any able of you able to work full time? Just curious
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One of the problems I have with work, which I think most of us sz’s have, is that the antipsychotic medications messed up my body temperature regulation mechanisms. I overheat in the summer, and I get hypothermia in winter. I can’t go into a job saying “I can only work when it is a perfect seventy degrees.”
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No
I’m 50
Diagnosed age 18 worked full time after that for ten years
After that had breakdown age 28 from that age tried to work numerous times but been unsuccessful. Always hoped I would one day get back to work but hasn’t happened
Might be different for you
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I’m willing to work, but stress exacerbates my symptoms so I can’t, unfortunately.
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Yes, a low stress job. I work 2 days a week unless needed for extra. My job is very flexible and caters to my accommodations. It helps that my boss is also one of my 2 best friends
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I can only volunteer two days a week, three years ago i had to stop working and had an early retirement (disability advantage)
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I can only do part time. Anything more than I and up quitting.
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I have had several full time jobs. The first 6 or 7 years I was sick I didn’t think I was sick and kept working. I couldn’t keep a job very long but I always had one.
When the VA sent me a letter in the mail that said I was a 100% disabled. Permanently and totally disabled it kind of changed my outlook on life. I still worked for about another 9 months and applied for disability.
Then about 2 years later I went back to work and worked full time for about two years. That was my longest stretch at one job. Then I got a really good job and got fired after about 6 weeks and went back on disability.
My wife and I own our own business now. We have 9 vending machines. I fill them up and fix them when they are broken. It is only a couple hours a day a few days a week.
But I have been trying to find a full time job again recently.
I got sick relatively late in life so I am used to going to work every day. But I am afraid if I come off of SSDI again I probably won’t get it back next time. So it’s going to have to be a really good job. And I probably won’t tell Social Security right away until I think I won’t get fired.
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I’m able to work. I’m on the schedule 28 hours per week. I have a low pressure, low stress job. I don’t have a lot of stress, but I believe I would if I worked 40 hours per week.
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Employers in Trinidad need to make accommodations for the mentally ill.
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Im studying a second degree part time. If i stay at the institution im studying with, i can be a lecturer that works from home because it isnt a brick university but an online one. This is my goal. Hopefully it works out.
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I am three years in on meds and feel decent but not able to do much. I can barely bring myself to watch TV. I have little to no motivation and while I recognize that fact. It’s still incredibly hard to make myself do something. I’ve tried working a few jobs but none of them work out. I either get fired or quit before I get fired.
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Are you still doing door dash?
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Like @crimby says I also have issues with overheating in the summer I mean I start shaking. Sucks!
Otherwise I do side hustles when I am able but sometimes I have to say no.
My main stress areas are dealing with people. I tried to keep a job in the past like at my last job I was slow and making mistakes so they let me go.
I don’t know who would hire me at this point anyways.
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Working full-time at this exact moment. Distracting myself for 30 seconds until the urge to yell at someone passes.
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I work full time, remote, though I’m supposed to start coming back into the office once a week.
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No I quit door dash. I started getting paranoid every time I went out
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Ive got a friend whos studying his masters at the uni i went to, who also has sz. Hes currently working full time and studying his masters
Point is, not everyone with sz is conpletely disabilitised (i know its not a word lol)
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I was working part time and going to school full time plus taking care of my moms finances and driving to see her to take her to store with psychosis; delusions and hallucinations. I did it for years before it caught up to me. Now I’m on disability. I tried to come off disability and work 3 times; each time it ruined me. So, I’m frustrated daily that I can’t live a normal life, but in my past I was a workaholic, so to go from that to creating a routine with infinite free time was a huge transition. Good things.
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Do you think is a good idea to take diazepam befor work., just in case to be calm?