Published on 12, July, 2020
Hi I’ve got aspergers, I’m finding my job very difficult at the moment. I don’t enjoys the job itself, I struggle being around my colleagues especially my team leader. I’m stressed everyday in work and then I take that stress home!
i can’t go on the sick cos I can’t afford to, I can’t claim benefits and I feel trapped in an environment that’s making me unwell.
I really don’t know what to do.
This has killed more jobs for me in the last five years than most other things I've done. My solution was to only take short term contracts and move jobs a lot. If all you crave is a permanent job, then that advice isn't going to help you that much. in my case i grow bored of jobs very quickly, mostly within 4 months I leave and grab something new. occasionally I can last up to a year, but their is always some fallout when i do that, or i start setting myself crazy challenges at work. At the last place i redid an area of a warehouse and optimised it massively based on products that were frequently picked, then got a disciplinary for it, and subsequently told the line manager were to stick his job. Then had a new job by 9am the next morning in a different warehouse. This is the cycle i worked for five years.
Practial advice. Any chance your doctor would let you have some valium? My advice, dont use it a lot if you can get it. No more than a tablet a week. I break mine into quarters and only use a quarter at a time. Since it has a long half life in the body it does the trick for acute stress and anxiety. i wouldnt recommend taking it a lot as it is addictive long term if you use it too much and the withdrawal is said to be worse than coming off heroin.
I think propranolol is a bit of a sledgehammer to crack a nut type solution. But if it works for you, try it. Just be wary around machinery, as it can make you dizzy and in bad cases pass out.
Maybe I won’t be using propranolol a lot then as I drive, don’t think that would be a gd idea