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Giving up work

NAS92374
6 months ago

Hi, I hope someone out there may be able to help or point me in the right direction. 

I am 53 Yr old female who is waiting for assessments for adhd and autism. 

I've worked and struggled all my adult life. Since reaching menopause a few years ago, life is so much more difficult, and I really feel like I can't continue as I am.

I have raised a family and worked part-time in education all of my adult life. I left this job after over 20 years when I felt I could no longer manage such a demanding role. I went from job to job, either finding no satisfaction or more responsibility than I could manage. 

For the past year, I have been  working  in a GP surgery. This is very challenging in many ways and leaves me feeling overwhelmed and overstimulated with nothing left for home life. I can spend all weekend crying and withdrawing from everyone I care about and everything that I would normally enjoy doing. It's affecting my health and relationships with my family.

I've taken time off work due to sickness, but I don't feel I can continue working at all at the moment.

Please, can anyone advise how I put this process in motion and any organisations that could walk me through this.  

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  • 6 months ago

    i dunno about it, for all im aware we are stuck in work, if there was a way out id have taken it myself.

    but you work in a gp surgery? ...isnt there anything you know from that which you can use as often to be signed off as too sick to work people go to the gp first for that dont they? so you work in the right place to be able to know that more than us id have imagined.

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  • 6 months ago

    i dunno about it, for all im aware we are stuck in work, if there was a way out id have taken it myself.

    but you work in a gp surgery? ...isnt there anything you know from that which you can use as often to be signed off as too sick to work people go to the gp first for that dont they? so you work in the right place to be able to know that more than us id have imagined.

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