In September I will be expected to go from:
Being off work for 9 months, doing nothing but changing medications. Sleeping a lot of the time and generally keeping stress to a minimum
To:
Developing strategy direction for a ministry of government
How can I square this circle?
Being out of action for so long I don’t feel capable anymore
My mother says I am worse now than 5 years ago health wise to my case worker
A day at a time. Don’t overthink it and just do it. You may be suprised or you may find it is too much but it’s worth a shot and you obviously have the skills. I’d be prepared to have a crack and have done so a few times myself till other reasons forced my withdrawal from the work force.
I posted about this as it kept me up last night. Was getting really paranoid
Yeah it’s hard to not worry about such big things. Work is a big deal simply because your expected to spend so much time there. I’m sure you’ll find good things and bad things about the new job but give yourself a chance. If it fails you move on. If you succeed it becomes a moot point.
IDK. I guess if you did it once, you can do it again.
I had my last, pre-schizophrenia job at age 19. Then I went through two years of psychosis. I spent 8 months in the hospital. I got out and 9 months later I had a job; I stayed there 4 years. I was definitely not in good shape; mentally, I was still somewhat psychotic and I had not been doing much physically before the job. I guess I’m just comparing our situations and showing what’s possible.
I often find that faced with a difficult situation, I can rise to the occasion. Maybe you will too?
I really hope so.
Think I will definitely give it my best shot
Don’t want to give up after trying so hard in the past
It would kinda suck to have made so much progress only to stop now
Thanks for sharing @77nick77
Maybe once you start this job, that old familiar feeling of working will kick in and you’ll do fine.
Try some distress tolerance skills. There’s lots of them. Just Google it if you don’t know any. All you can do is try. But if it’s too much too soon, don’t be ashamed. It’s really hard to work when you’re mentally ill. I’m so impressed with people who can do it. Just take it one day at a time. Don’t be hard on yourself. Just accept yourself as you are and do your best. That’s all anyone can ask of you. Good luck!
I agree. Once you start , hopefully everything will fall into place and you’ll feel right at home with work.
Sounds like the state you’re in is Missouri… get it? Misery? Lol jk
I like what @rogueone said, Take it day by day. You’re going to have to transition back slowly in order to build the habits back that will allow you to work and have a normal life, but you also need to be stable, so take your time and don’t push yourself too hard
Thanks for the comments
Appreciate I have posted a lot about my work situation, but having to wait so long in the process hasn’t been helpful
I applied in February!
Why were you in a hospital for 8 months?? We’re you telling them u were homicidal?
I just was. I couldn’t function on the outside, I was put inside for my own safety.
I wasn’t homicidal.
8 months is a really long time.
The longest stretch I have done was about 2 months
Time flys when you’re having fun.
It was 1981, it was a different time.
How heavy are your symptoms?
Take a medicine that does best for your symptoms and wait for newer medicine to pass trials
Things are not great symptom wise, but I am much better than I could be on other meds
I have tried over 10 APs, and the only ones left I can’t take because of my heart, plus most are typical APs now
We don’t get the newer meds here
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