Moomin1986
10-03-16, 06:37
Hi All,
I've suffered from ongoing Anxiety for 9 months, I've had some really bad times with it where I've had severe physical symptoms like constant dizziness, no eating, emotional distress, depression, slurred speak etc ..
Anyway I started taking citalopram 4 months ago which dramatically improve the physical symptoms - all good I thought! I was able to deal with work and the daily struggles with managing a team. I didn't have any time off work as I pushed through it suffering every day when I got home.
However the last 4 weeks have been hell!
I've got 2 members of staff off on long term sick (one that's been off for 5 months so far and one for 6) - one of these staff members is now saying they attempted suicide in the last week because of me managing them through a long disiplinary process for poor performance . You can image how that made me feel.
I've also had 2 other members of my team hand their notices in due to stress from the lower than required staff levels because of the other 2 off on long term sick .
No out of 6 staff I started with, I have 2! And the company I work for won't authorise me to backfill the positions due to money problems.
So basically I'm on a sinking ship! I'm trying desperately to hold it together but am now experiencing all the physical symptoms I had before again and to be honest I just want to walk away from the whole situation - my work ethic is winning over at the moment but I don't know how long that will last!
Any advice or support?
Thanks!!!
I've suffered from ongoing Anxiety for 9 months, I've had some really bad times with it where I've had severe physical symptoms like constant dizziness, no eating, emotional distress, depression, slurred speak etc ..
Anyway I started taking citalopram 4 months ago which dramatically improve the physical symptoms - all good I thought! I was able to deal with work and the daily struggles with managing a team. I didn't have any time off work as I pushed through it suffering every day when I got home.
However the last 4 weeks have been hell!
I've got 2 members of staff off on long term sick (one that's been off for 5 months so far and one for 6) - one of these staff members is now saying they attempted suicide in the last week because of me managing them through a long disiplinary process for poor performance . You can image how that made me feel.
I've also had 2 other members of my team hand their notices in due to stress from the lower than required staff levels because of the other 2 off on long term sick .
No out of 6 staff I started with, I have 2! And the company I work for won't authorise me to backfill the positions due to money problems.
So basically I'm on a sinking ship! I'm trying desperately to hold it together but am now experiencing all the physical symptoms I had before again and to be honest I just want to walk away from the whole situation - my work ethic is winning over at the moment but I don't know how long that will last!
Any advice or support?
Thanks!!!