Work/Worries/Panic/Stress/Advice

Marcon

simplyanonymous wrote: »

I will see my doctor tomorrow and mention the issue and get some more medication. I have a large understanding regarding my medical issues

Really? Are you sure? Propranolol is normally used for the short-term relief of anxiety. From what you are saying it sounds as if you've been taking it for some time?

Beta blockers are known to cause sleep problems, especially insomnia, so it might be one to raise with your GP. Getting more sleep should help to make you feel quite a lot brighter - and beta blockers aren't going to help.

Ozzuk

I think you are falling into the trap that the employer isn't kicking up much of a fuss so it must be okay. It really isn't. 3 times in 3 months and off again now? In the vast majority of situations you'd be out.

'I'm very rarely late' - you shouldn't be late at all, you've only been there 3 months! Again, you come across as being late sometimes is fine.

I'm not having a go at you (I have anxiety as well) but I think you need a bit of a wake up call. I'm no Doctor, but I thought propranolol was a reactive medication - you take it (or at least I do) when I'm facing building anxiety. If that is the same for you then you should look at other options to support this medication - I had a really tough time at work so was put on something I took daily to help reduce overall anxiety levels. I also tried counselling. And a lot of self help/exercise/healthy eating/reduce drinking. And no coffee. Ever.

Some or none of that may work for you, but you need to find what does.

If you carry on as you are then you will be posting that you've been dismissed, once a month sickness is not sustainable for an employer.

simplyanonymous

From the time I've been there I have gone above and beyond by being committed and doing my work despite the 3 sick absences I've had.

simplyanonymous

Ozzuk wrote: »

I think you are falling into the trap that the employer isn't kicking up much of a fuss so it must be okay. It really isn't. 3 times in 3 months and off again now? In the vast majority of situations you'd be out.

'I'm very rarely late' - you shouldn't be late at all, you've only been there 3 months! Again, you come across as being late sometimes is fine.

I'm not having a go at you (I have anxiety as well) but I think you need a bit of a wake up call. I'm no Doctor, but I thought propranolol was a reactive medication - you take it (or at least I do) when I'm facing building anxiety. If that is the same for you then you should look at other options to support this medication - I had a really tough time at work so was put on something I took daily to help reduce overall anxiety levels. I also tried counselling. And a lot of self help/exercise/healthy eating/reduce drinking. And no coffee. Ever.

Some or none of that may work for you, but you need to find what does.

If you carry on as you are then you will be posting that you've been dismissed, once a month sickness is not sustainable for an employer.

I tend to take propranolol as and when needed but not all the time. This is because i don't have a dependancy on it as much as i used to several months ago.I don't drink coffee, could i ask what other medication has helped your anxiety for work and if so maybe i could ask the GP for it? I have a good diet (pescatarian) and don't eat or drink anything that makes the anxiety worse i'm rather healthy. I know what you mean and i should never be late and it's very rare i am. I'm always on time.

simplyanonymous

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Grab hold of the positives - you enjoy your job. You've had support so far that may well continue.

If not shift working, any chance you can attempt to go to bed earlier.

I even knew of someone with ME who would work and grab a nap at lunch time. Had their hours adjusted etc.

If you can pick up a magazine called "Slim, Fit & Healthy" July/August 18 that has a really good article on 7 ways to stop worrying.

We all have times when applying for benefits becomes a must but that doesn't have to define a future if you are able - by the time the first meeting for UC (so far so good and I've deliberately not wanted to read up on it) comes around I'll have had 4 job interviews. And that's without the rest of week passing. #getting more interviews unemployed, then employed! Life can be rebuilt and I don't think I'm in a exclusive part of the country, should the very worst happen.

I appreciate your response, thanks.:A

Ozzuk

Sorry I can't remember what it was called, and it may not work for you anyway. I think it was for depression as well - I wasn't overly depressed (had that in the past though!) but it reduced levels. Talk to your doctor about options, rather than I want this med.

I stopped after 5-6 month as my overall stress levels improved - I very rarely take propranolol now, can't remember the last time. There is a great book 'Panicking about Panic) by Joshua Fletcher that helped.

Regarding sleep - do you just lie there worrying if you can't sleep? I have issues sleeping, sometimes forcing yourself to get up and do something can help - next time your brain thinks 'sod this, if I don't sleep I'll have to get up'. Also, if I can't sleep I try thinking to myself 'I'm warm, comfortable, nothing I need to be doing' and just enjoy the quiet. Often I then drop off.

Good luck!

simplyanonymous

Ozzuk wrote: »

Sorry I can't remember what it was called, and it may not work for you anyway. I think it was for depression as well - I wasn't overly depressed (had that in the past though!) but it reduced levels. Talk to your doctor about options, rather than I want this med.

I stopped after 5-6 month as my overall stress levels improved - I very rarely take propranolol now, can't remember the last time. There is a great book 'Panicking about Panic) by Joshua Fletcher that helped.

Regarding sleep - do you just lie there worrying if you can't sleep? I have issues sleeping, sometimes forcing yourself to get up and do something can help - next time your brain thinks 'sod this, if I don't sleep I'll have to get up'. Also, if I can't sleep I try thinking to myself 'I'm warm, comfortable, nothing I need to be doing' and just enjoy the quiet. Often I then drop off.

Good luck!

Thankyou, I will be okay.

z1a

lincroft1710 wrote: »

3 sick absences in 3 months would not be regarded as good attendance by the majority of employers. Your priority should be to make every effort to attend work and get there on time..

Agree entirely, I think I've been off ill 3 or 4 times in 26 years.

theoretica

I think a bit of your problem is the language you use. 'Just' three sick absences in 3 months is not at all a good sick record to have and talking as though it isn't much to have been off does not do yourself any favours. It is nearly 5% of working days. I am sure it is a small proportion of the days you feel rough, but it is a lot in absolute terms. I suggest you start saying you know you have a lot of sick absences and that these are likely to be a problem but you are working on it with your doctor and you really appreciate how understanding your employers are being about it.

elsien

simplyanonymous wrote: »

From the time I've been there I have gone above and beyond by being committed and doing my work despite the 3 sick absences I've had.

Doing your work isn't going beyond, it's what you're paid to be there for.
I'm with the others - while appreciating that your anxiety and insomnia make life difficult for you, it would benefit you to try to find more strategies that will keep you in work. You seem to be saying that a higher sickness level than the norm is ok if you work hard while you're there. Your employer might not see it that way in the longer term.
I do wish you well though and hope you manage to get things onto a more even keel.