Panic Attacks Support Group
A panic attack is a period of intense fear or discomfort, typically with an abrupt onset and usually lasting no more than thirty minutes. Symptoms include trembling, shortness of breath, heart palpitations, sweating, nausea, dizziness, hyperventilation, and sensations of choking or smothering. Panic attacks can be very sudden, appear to be unprovoked, and are often...
I've been struggling to survive here in Maine. There is not a decent paying job within 100 miles of me, according to the internet, and for three years I've been looking for a job and not finding anything.
Until 3 weeks ago - the Dollar Tree was hiring, and I put in an application and was put to work. I was on TANF and Food Stamps (that is how desperate the situation was) and I'm deeply in debt now.
The first week I worked 19.5 hours, and I called in, as I was supposed to, to find out how I was supposed to go about reporting my earnings for the TANF/Food Stamps. The second week, I put in around 15 hours, and the same with the 3rd.
They have only scheduled me for 10 hours for next week, and the only reason that this past week was 15 hours was because they called me in to cover for someone for an extra shift.
Before I even received my first paycheck, which was pathetic because we are talking minimum wage here, I got notification that I was dropped off TANF, and therefore the Aspire program. The day after I received my first paycheck, I got a letter that I've also been dropped off food stamps.
I'm not going to SURVIVE until Spring without this assistance. Last winter wiped me out, and with expected paychecks of about $50 per week, loosing the $700 between the TANF and Food Stamps is going to devistate me.
I have been working towards an online business, mostly ebay, to help support us, but have only managed to grow the business enough to pay for itself, including 1/8 of the household utilities.
I feel I have no choice but to look for a job elsewhere in New England and get an apartment and start over. The house I own here is in serious need of repair (and insulation) and the expenses are through the roof, which by the way needs to be replaced. Selling the place would be a long term project, because the housing market is so bad right now that I'd have to take a big loss, provided I could find someone willing to buy it in the first place.
The panic i feel right now is so severe that even the anti-anxiety medication the doctor gave me isn't enough. I've applied for several jobs between Portland and Boston, but I'm going to have to actually figure out how to move there should I find a job. With my "condition", I'm not confident that I can actually keep a job right now, even though that has never been a problem in the past.
What can I do to get through this?
Until 3 weeks ago - the Dollar Tree was hiring, and I put in an application and was put to work. I was on TANF and Food Stamps (that is how desperate the situation was) and I'm deeply in debt now.
The first week I worked 19.5 hours, and I called in, as I was supposed to, to find out how I was supposed to go about reporting my earnings for the TANF/Food Stamps. The second week, I put in around 15 hours, and the same with the 3rd.
They have only scheduled me for 10 hours for next week, and the only reason that this past week was 15 hours was because they called me in to cover for someone for an extra shift.
Before I even received my first paycheck, which was pathetic because we are talking minimum wage here, I got notification that I was dropped off TANF, and therefore the Aspire program. The day after I received my first paycheck, I got a letter that I've also been dropped off food stamps.
I'm not going to SURVIVE until Spring without this assistance. Last winter wiped me out, and with expected paychecks of about $50 per week, loosing the $700 between the TANF and Food Stamps is going to devistate me.
I have been working towards an online business, mostly ebay, to help support us, but have only managed to grow the business enough to pay for itself, including 1/8 of the household utilities.
I feel I have no choice but to look for a job elsewhere in New England and get an apartment and start over. The house I own here is in serious need of repair (and insulation) and the expenses are through the roof, which by the way needs to be replaced. Selling the place would be a long term project, because the housing market is so bad right now that I'd have to take a big loss, provided I could find someone willing to buy it in the first place.
The panic i feel right now is so severe that even the anti-anxiety medication the doctor gave me isn't enough. I've applied for several jobs between Portland and Boston, but I'm going to have to actually figure out how to move there should I find a job. With my "condition", I'm not confident that I can actually keep a job right now, even though that has never been a problem in the past.
What can I do to get through this?
SO I ask my case worker....so can I work, how many hours can I work...what do I have to do to keep qualifiying for this help? She was THE LEAST HELPFUL WOMEN I HAVE EVER MET!
It has taken me over a year to finally get some help and get on the meds I NEED to function in my every day life. I know I eventually have to find myself a part time job to help my ex out with bills. He was nice enough to take me back. I mean I am not starving and not nearly in as much doodoo as it sounds like you are, but it scares me half to death to find even a part time job, that offers NO medical ins. and then lose what I have fought so hard to get. It is a losing battle!
Work is SO HARD to come by and I am NOT lazy, but I NEED this medical coverage more than anything in the world. I cannot function without my meds...so what if I find a job and they take my coverage away? OMG it is a very scary world out there!
I cannot offer much advice except to tell you I am here if you ever want to talk or just vent.....just email me!
BIG HUGS