I am so sorry. Go apply for disability.

Can you move in with a relative or friend for a while? Maybe sign up with a temp agency.

Keep a schedule, and a journal, to help you sort through all the thoughts. It will help you reduce the anxiety. Best wishes.

If my unemployment accepts even though I quit that should help for awhile. Disability takes long, and I really want to work. The job I had my boss caused so much stress.

Hi beachshore,
Believe it or not, most of us with anxiety disorders still work. We may take a couple of weeks off if we are having a particular bad time, but most people with anxiety disorders find ways to cope. Have you read through the posts on this site? Most posts give examples of ways to deal with panic attacks and anxiety so you should read some of them. Also, go online and find out how others with this disorder help themselves with breathing and meditation exercises and going to talk to a psychologist for talk therapy. There are many tools you can learn to help yourself fight this disorder so that you can get back to work. Good luck.

I can't work. Doctors said no but I am disabled with a walker. Stupid genetic illness!

Ps go to your doctor. Get notes verifying why You had to leave.

Sorry, beach shore! I meant to respond to mim52.

Marci, I haven't worked in three weeks. I have depression and anxiety. I have always managed it with meds, therapy, and breathing. This time is worse than ever. I want to work, he'll I had a great job, nice pay, insurance, but just taking the dog for a walk, going to the store has been difficult. I have been waiting in my meds to help, but it takes time. I honestly don't want to get on disability, but when your boss makes your work environment impossible, and does unethical things, enough was enough. Right now I'm taking it hour by hour, day by day.

Hi mim52,
I certainly understand how a stressful job can bring on debilitating anxiety. You must take care of yourself so quitting your job was probably a wise decision. I just meant that your goal now is to get strong and well enough to find another job. Focus first on researching ways to help yourself cope with your anxiety. Prescription drugs can be one source for finding relief from panic attacks but, in the end, you also should find alternative ways to help yourself, too. It takes work to conquer anxiety disorders. :)

Over here if you quit your job it's something like a 16 week stand down so you'd better have that $ saved. In extremis there is an emergency unemployment benefit which can kick in in as little as a week, and that's for students or battered wives or what have you. But kicking your job because you say your boss is unethical doesn't qualify unless you are documenting some form of abuse.

If you develop anxiety so bad you can't work they would expect you to be under the care of a counsellor/psychiatrist and would require a medical certificate to go on a sickness benefit, for the period of time required to get you back together. I think there is a stand down of 1 week and you are expected to use up all sick and annual leave from your job first. Over here you'd be sent a letter after the first month, then after the next 3 months, then after the next 6 months to see if you are 'fit for work' and would require to provide a med cert each time. If you could not provide one you would be transferred to the 'jobseeker' allowance and be required actively seek employment, to front up regularly and meet requirements (set number of job applications a month, etc.)

Thank you Marci

Thank you

Hey, I just wanted to let you know I'm going through a very similar thing. I HATE my job and there was some real opportunity there so I really beat myself up and took a lot of time thinking about the "right decision." Everything in my life has been super stressful, and as someone with anxiety, we both know how a lot of stress makes us feel. While you may have liked your job, it's clear that the cause of stress was your boss. And screw that crap. You don't need to put up with it.

I think you made the right decision in quitting, because that definitely worsened your mental state. You have to take care of your mental state before you take care of your work state. It sounds like you shouldn't have any trouble finding new work and that it's just on you to get better. And I think you're doing exactly what you need to in taking it step by step and day by day. That's something my therapists have always told me to do, but with my anxiety, it's very difficult for me to do. So kudos to you for doing it!

It doesn't sound like your work ethic is an issue and your head seems to be in the right place with all things considered. As long as you don't beat yourself up about your situation I think you will get out of it!

She was pure hell, sent joking emails, and even spoke to my friend about my job. She was horrible. Thank you so much for the kind words.