amora
18-10-09, 17:40
Hi everyone
I've just signed up to this site after doing a 'google' search for 'sign off work - stress'.
I went to my Dr a few weeks ago, saying how i was unable to cope with pressure at work. I had recently come off Peroxatine and i felt great in every way - my anxiety and panic attacks had pretty much gone, but slowly i felt less and less able to cope at work. I work in product marketing, so nothing hugely typical as being a particularly stressful job, but i have targets, unobtainable deadlines, no support and a product remit that is too wide for any experience marketer to cope with. I took the role on 7 months ago - i went from 1 product category to 5 with no added benefits. I saw it as a brilliant opportunity to further my experience and i was really excited. I was promised an assistant/exec and 7 months on this has not materialised. All my colleagues can't believe how much responsibility i have for a relatively junior marketing manager. However, i was coping up until i came off the Paroxetine about a month ago but since then i've felt like i've been unravelling...
I have another Dr appt tomorrow morning and i am going to ask to be signed off work - how long i dont know. My question is - if i tell the Dr everything, is it likely he will advise i take the time off or will i need to ask for it? I then need to find the strength to phone my boss and tell her i'm not coming in which i am dreading - i'm very anxious about it. She hasn't been hugely supportive over my anxiety disorder even though I broke down and told her everything ( she had been shouting at me on the phone and i couldn't take it).
Secondly, I have been thinking of going back on the Paroxetine - i might ask for some diazapam as well as these really helped me in the past...
I'm getting myself so worked up about tomorrow and need some like minded people to calm me down and tell me it'll be ok! :)
X
I've just signed up to this site after doing a 'google' search for 'sign off work - stress'.
I went to my Dr a few weeks ago, saying how i was unable to cope with pressure at work. I had recently come off Peroxatine and i felt great in every way - my anxiety and panic attacks had pretty much gone, but slowly i felt less and less able to cope at work. I work in product marketing, so nothing hugely typical as being a particularly stressful job, but i have targets, unobtainable deadlines, no support and a product remit that is too wide for any experience marketer to cope with. I took the role on 7 months ago - i went from 1 product category to 5 with no added benefits. I saw it as a brilliant opportunity to further my experience and i was really excited. I was promised an assistant/exec and 7 months on this has not materialised. All my colleagues can't believe how much responsibility i have for a relatively junior marketing manager. However, i was coping up until i came off the Paroxetine about a month ago but since then i've felt like i've been unravelling...
I have another Dr appt tomorrow morning and i am going to ask to be signed off work - how long i dont know. My question is - if i tell the Dr everything, is it likely he will advise i take the time off or will i need to ask for it? I then need to find the strength to phone my boss and tell her i'm not coming in which i am dreading - i'm very anxious about it. She hasn't been hugely supportive over my anxiety disorder even though I broke down and told her everything ( she had been shouting at me on the phone and i couldn't take it).
Secondly, I have been thinking of going back on the Paroxetine - i might ask for some diazapam as well as these really helped me in the past...
I'm getting myself so worked up about tomorrow and need some like minded people to calm me down and tell me it'll be ok! :)
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