Think i want to walk out of work

seven-day-weekend

What is it with antidepressants that so many depressed people don't take them? I'm sure if they had a broken leg they wouldn't be saying 'oh the Dr wanted to put it in plaster but I said no'.

Antidepressants are there to help you feel better until you get better. I'm not saying a change of job wouldn't halp too, but anti-d's will lift your mood and enable you to be more motivated to do something about your situation.

Go to the Dr first of all, take your medication (bearing in mind they can sometimes take several months to work) and then begin looking for a new job and/or a course to update your skills.

I wish you well.

Oldernotwiser

seven-day-weekend wrote: »

What is it with antidepressants that so many depressed people don't take them? I'm sure if they had a broken leg they wouldn't be saying 'oh the Dr wanted to put it in plaster but I said no'.

Antidepressants are there to help you feel better until you get better. I'm not saying a change of job wouldn't halp too, but anti-d's will lift your mood and enable you to be more motivated to do something about your situation.

Go to the Dr first of all, take your medication (bearing in mind they can sometimes take several months to work) and then begin looking for a new job and/or a course to update your skills.

I wish you well.

Having been on and off anti depressants for many years I have to agree with this.

Not only may anti depressants make a difficult part of your life bearable but they may well lift the fog of negativity that surrounds you and enable you to do things, like further education, that would enable your life to change in positive ways so that you wouldn't need to take them anymore.

St0lli

nirelandguy wrote: »

I actually cancelled this years summer holidays as they will be ruined anyway so pointless.

I thought you couldn't afford a holiday according to a previous post of yours?
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=1766519&highlight=

Maybe its not just work that is the problem. Quite often what people percieve to be stress at work or lack of motivation is often caused by issues external to the workplace ie financial or relationship problems. Perhaps if your company offer a counselling service through an external company it may be worth trying....

System

wigglebeena wrote: »

I thought you couldn't afford a summer holiday according to another thread?

I can't, I should of wrote time off work or leave if you want to call it that.

System

Oldernotwiser wrote: »

So you tried something once, over 10 years ago, and you've never tried it again? That makes as much sense as going to your doctor for help and then not taking the medication!

No, I have had 2 goes at the Open University, the most recent being in September last year, I dropped out by January.

Horace

Seriously, perhaps it is time to consider working for yourself. I get bored very easily which is why I have had quite a few jobs but now I am settled and do what I enjoy doing which is organising events etc. Working for yourself can be hard but it can also be of benefit too plus you can pick your own hours.

System

Horace wrote: »

Seriously, perhaps it is time to consider working for yourself. I get bored very easily which is why I have had quite a few jobs but now I am settled and do what I enjoy doing which is organising events etc. Working for yourself can be hard but it can also be of benefit too plus you can pick your own hours.

Thats what I've always wanted to do, even at school in careers when all the other kids wanted to be Police men/firemen or what ever, the only thing I knew was I wanted to work for myself, Which may also be why I didn't give a !!!!!! about my GCSE's

I think its time I really did get out of there, I'm at the stage now were if I make a mistake at work I really couldn't care less which is so unlike me as I'm the type of guy that if a jobs worth doing its worth doing right.

So the time has come, I need to get the old brain in action and figure out exactly what I want to do.

Thanks for the help all, it helps even just talking about the situation.

pinkshoes

Sounds like you're suffering from a classic case of boredom!

Ok, for the time being, TRY and make your job more amusing. I used to work night shift in a plastic box factory, and used to set myself silly mini targets, I learnt to read a book 1/4 of a page at a time whilst keeping up with the machine, and I did complicated maths in my head so I didn't get bored thinking of nothing!

I have no qualifications but I'd like to think I am a fairly intelligent guy, I have various skills, for instance I can type 80-90 words per min, I can build a computer from scratch, I can build and design websites, I can program in JAVA and HTML, All skills that are essentially useless to me stuck on a production line.

Also use the time at work to plan out your future. If you can build and design web pages, then set up your own business, advertise, work in the evenings, then when you have enough steady work, you can jack in the boring job!!

The only motivation you need is the thought of a happier life doing something you love.

St0lli

A lot of companies pay an Employee Assistance Programme to help in all sorts of matters ie whether it is a workplace issue, a relationship breakdown, or a financial issue that is causing distress, they offer support when it is most needed. If your company doesn't offer anthing and you are in a union ask if they have anything similar.
It may help you to talk to someone who is impartial to everything on a face to face or phone to phone basis as things can be misunderstood by posting on forums as you may be reading things as being unhelpful when people actually mean to help you.... If that makes sense?

System

St0lli wrote: »

A lot of companies pay an Employee Assistance Programme to help in all sorts of matters ie whether it is a workplace issue, a relationship breakdown, or a financial issue that is causing distress, they offer support when it is most needed. If your company doesn't offer anthing and you are in a union ask if they have anything similar.
It may help you to talk to someone who is impartial to everything on a face to face or phone to phone basis as things can be misunderstood by posting on forums as you may be reading things as being unhelpful when people actually mean to help you.... If that makes sense?

Low paid factory work doesn't have them type of schemes or unions, infact they don't have anything, no pension,no sick pay,no extra for overtime.

Sounds like you're suffering from a classic case of boredom!

Ok, for the time being, TRY and make your job more amusing. I used to work night shift in a plastic box factory, and used to set myself silly mini targets, I learnt to read a book 1/4 of a page at a time whilst keeping up with the machine, and I did complicated maths in my head so I didn't get bored thinking of nothing!


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I have no qualifications but I'd like to think I am a fairly intelligent guy, I have various skills, for instance I can type 80-90 words per min, I can build a computer from scratch, I can build and design websites, I can program in JAVA and HTML, All skills that are essentially useless to me stuck on a production line.
Also use the time at work to plan out your future. If you can build and design web pages, then set up your own business, advertise, work in the evenings, then when you have enough steady work, you can jack in the boring job!!

The only motivation you need is the thought of a happier life doing something you love.

Yes thats what I'm going to do, and the thought of "The sooner I can get this up and running the sooner i'll be out of her" should keep me going.:D