Can I claim for Pre Menstrual Tension? Sick pay type of thing?

Face1992

I work part time so therefore am below the threshold for paying tax and NI.

I have always suffered from very bad PMT.

I get irritated, aggressive and my mouth absolutely runs away with me. On many occasions I've thought I could cheerfully put my hands around someone's neck and strangle them when they are getting on my nerves. I say nasty things that have repercussions for months with my family. I've walked out on partners, split up my family etc whilst "off on one".

One doctor says it's amazing I haven't actually physically attacked anyone.

I've been on Prozac on and off for years, and it's the same old story, as soon as I'm feeling fairly stable, I think I'm cured and come off it. Then it all starts again.

I've been having problems with one of the kids who on Sunday was brought back to mine in the back of a police car after threatening his older sister at his dad's house with a knife.

I just can't cope any more. Work is a massive strain. I work in a shop and tonight was called a stroppy effing cow because I asked a customer to hang on while I finished another's transaction.

I can't cope anymore with customers who never say please or thankyou and talk to me like I'm a servant of some kind. I am literally chewing through my tongue not to be nasty back because I will end up getting sacked.

I think I (yet again) need to be on the Prozac, but I need to stay away from work before I go for someone.

Would I be able to claim any benefits? My husband works full time and there are 2 kids at home under 16.

Torry_Quine

I think you definitely need to visit your GP and this time keep taking the tablets.

Cornish_piskie

Hi OP

How awful for you You say above that the Prozac makes you fairly stable then you come off it and it all starts again. Could you perhaps take some sick leave until the Prozac has kicked in again and stabilised things and then go back to work? Try to stop yourself from stopping the treatment - maybe write yourself a letter now, noting down all the horrible feelings, aggression and emotions, to open at a time when you are thinking about coming off the medication?

If that's not a possible scenario then leaving work would not necessarily entitle you to any benefits. You could try putting in your details into the benefit calculator on the turn2us website - this would give you an idea of extra tax credits/housing benefit/council tax benefit etc based on your lowered household income. A lot depends on what your hubby earns.

HTH

poppy10_2

Face1992 wrote: »

I've been on Prozac on and off for years, and it's the same old story, as soon as I'm feeling fairly stable, I think I'm cured and come off it. Then it all starts again.

So try not doing that in future.

Face1992

Torry_Quine wrote: »

I think you definitely need to visit your GP and this time keep taking the tablets.

I get very bad migraines and heart palpitation when on them. Which is how I convinced myself I should come off them.

Face1992

Cornish_piskie wrote: »

Hi OP

How awful for you You say above that the Prozac makes you fairly stable then you come off it and it all starts again. Could you perhaps take some sick leave until the Prozac has kicked in again and stabilised things and then go back to work? Try to stop yourself from stopping the treatment - maybe write yourself a letter now, noting down all the horrible feelings, aggression and emotions, to open at a time when you are thinking about coming off the medication?

If that's not a possible scenario then leaving work would not necessarily entitle you to any benefits. You could try putting in your details into the benefit calculator on the turn2us website - this would give you an idea of extra tax credits/housing benefit/council tax benefit etc based on your lowered household income. A lot depends on what your hubby earns.

HTH

Thanks for that, I've never been on the sick at work ever so I don't even know how I would go about, and ,imagine the embarassment of having to tell them that sometimes I want to physically throttle their customers.

Torry_Quine

Face1992 wrote: »

I get very bad migraines and heart palpitation when on them. Which is how I convinced myself I should come off them.

There are other medications which may be more suitable, also a referral to a gynaecologist may be a good idea if things are that bad. That's only my opinion though.;)

nannytone_2

try going on the pill. worked wonders for my friend, who used to be as bad as you say you are.

it stabilised her hormones ( which is the cause of PMT)

Face1992

Torry_Quine wrote: »

There are other medications which may be more suitable, also a referral to a gynaecologist may be a good idea if things are that bad. That's only my opinion though.;)

For a hysterectomy you mean?
That might be an idea, but would it stop the raging hormones?

sp1987

Have they ever put you on the pill? I remember all and any negative period related symptoms all but disappeared on the pill.

I'm no doctor but it is more a question to you as the ingredients alter the reproductive process so drastically (removing for me, pain and lighten the menstrual cycle immeasurably) do they not also lessen PMT type symptoms?

Maybe I am just talking out of the proverbial there but I was just wondering, and here you are so I may aswell ask.

sp1987

nannytone wrote: »

try going on the pill. worked wonders for my friend, who used to be as bad as you say you are.

it stabilised her hormones ( which is the cause of PMT)

Ahhh well now I feel like I may be onto something. I was typing my reply when you posted so missed it.