To quit my job

[MrsCharlesDarwin]

Been a sahm for 9 years and I’ve just gone back 3 days per week.
I work in a job I really love from 8.30 to 5 and then I run and collect kids and get home by 6.
The issue is for the next two hours are unbearable. I feel so tired - the whole gamut: heavy dry eyes, can’t find my words, clumsy and stumbling, extreme nausea, tearful etc.
I’ve been to the gp a number of times and had lots of tests. I am 99% certain it’s down to my SSRI antidepressants. Gp consulted a psych who advised lowering the dose by 5mg. This helped a bit, but the tiredness crept up again.
On my days off I just nap and do chores.
I can get through a day with a one hour nap, but the work day is hellish.
Dh suggested spending hours out over 5 days, but I really don’t want to go to work every day, and that’s a pain with school holidays (ours have stupidly long breaks).
We don’t massively need the money, wibu to call it quits?

Call it quits if it's bringing you down, but if you love your job maybe give it a go? Getting back to work is generally exhausting, and even starting a new job especially within the first month or so. Takes some adapting!

But if it isn't positively benefiting your life just leave it, I'm sure there are others. I'd kill for a 3 day job though! Haha.

How long have you been back at work? If it's fairly recently you have gone back then it will take time to adjust to the new routine. I can remember starting my first full time job after uni and finding it exhausting for the fisrt couple of months and i didbt even have kids!

If you enjoy the job then it would be a shame to give it up.

Can you ask your GP for different medication? Or can you ensure you have something very basic for dinner on the days you work to take the pressure off when you get home?

Do you work there days in a row? Would spreading it out and doing day Mon/Wed/Fri be a possibility? Or can you work from home 1 day a week and go into work just two days?

I hope you find a solution as it seems a shame to have to give it up when you like it so much?

Why did you go back to work in the first place? If it was because you were bored and fed up, it's wise to try and remember that.

I'd give it some more time. Try it for a year and then see how you get on or while working try and find somethiing with 5 half days maybe? Or even a job share?

CHildcare during the holidays isn't your issue. It's a family issue and holiday clubs are available if you can afford them.

When I was 23 I got my first job after uni. It was a busy tiring job but I really enjoyed it. A couple of weeks after I started I went to a festival, sat down on a blow up couch and promptly fell asleep - in the middle of a field with music blaring! I was so tired I couldn't think straight and that was in a healthy young adult with no children.

Feeling tired when you start a new job is totally normal. It'll take you some time to get used to it, so my advice would be to hang in there for now, make adjustments where you can and see how you feel in a month or two. If you're still really struggling, think about quitting. Don't give up a job you love because you're adjusting.