Anxiety Support Group
Anxiety is a physical condition marked by intense and persistent feelings of distress, fear, angst or dread. General anxiety caused by routine day-to-day stresses usually passes quickly and is experienced by almost everyone at one time or another. However, such feelings that linger over time and are very difficult to cope with, and which lack a clear cause, may indicate...
I have suffered from panic attacks for 20 years. I was even agoraphobic. I went into a hospital and over the course of months got most of my life back. I still have comfort zones and panic outside of them.
The problem now is that I'm being treated for high blood pressure and have started having panic attacks again. I left work one night and haven't been able to go back. This is my fourth week. I am working with my doctor and taking meds but I can't make myself go back to work. Its the kind of job where if you go, you are not suppose to leave. My supervisor said it's better not to come than to come in and leave. Its only a temporary job through a staffing agency.
Has anyone else had this problem? Should I try to file for disability. I have no money and my husband works but all his money goes to bills. We have 2 kids that won't see Christmas this year and I'm already a month behind on car payment. I feel like there is no where to turn.
The problem now is that I'm being treated for high blood pressure and have started having panic attacks again. I left work one night and haven't been able to go back. This is my fourth week. I am working with my doctor and taking meds but I can't make myself go back to work. Its the kind of job where if you go, you are not suppose to leave. My supervisor said it's better not to come than to come in and leave. Its only a temporary job through a staffing agency.
Has anyone else had this problem? Should I try to file for disability. I have no money and my husband works but all his money goes to bills. We have 2 kids that won't see Christmas this year and I'm already a month behind on car payment. I feel like there is no where to turn.
I have to start looking for a job soon and the thought of it scares me half to death. I KNOW we need the money, because like you, my husbands money pays the bills and I need extra money for the fun things and food!
My only plan to battle this is to work part time, explain to them that I have this panic shit and that I cannot work more than 4 hours a day and that is that. So we will see how that works. SOme employers are very understanding about it and others, I am SURE will turn me away because of it. It stinks!
I also need to work for a small company. I can't feel like a number or get lost in the shuffle of a large firm.
I work in a field that I VERY much enjoy, so that helps me a bit. I could make a lot more money if I worked in a large city, I could make a lot more money, but I would not be able to handle the stress.
No one at work knows that I suffer from Panic and Anxiety disorders. I am ashamed to tell them. However, this job offers flexibility in my hours.And that works for me!
There was a time where I thought about disability, but I knew that if I gave into this disease, I would become a shut in. I could not do that to myself or my family. So every day, good or bad, I force myself to get out into the world, and I fight for my personal freedom.
I wish you all the luck in the world. I know how hard this disease is, and I know how difficult it is to deal with.
Hang in there.