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Diabetes ...lost job ...feel like s***

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angelfacecuti75 · 26/10/2020 18:43

Hi there
Dunno if I will get any sympathy right now .
I've just found out I've got diabetes. 2 or 2 months ago. Type 2.
Lost 1 warehouse job, was at home for a month, then got called back for 5 months (I'd been there a almost 1 year), then lost it. Got 1 days work in 3 weeks . Got another temp job a in a warehouse but managed to lose it due to being too slow/not neat enough. They were shouting about me in a corner.
Got adhd and depression too.
Devastated. Had an almost proper breakdown fri night, was hysterical and couldn't calm down.
Felt extremely ill the last few days.
Lost father in law who we were all close too in November 2019. And lots of other poop has happened.
Got English literature degree and had lofty dreams of wanting to be a poet .
It all seems so far away from me , this happiness and joy thing. The hope thing. It sounds melodramatic but it is how I've felt for a long time.
I don't know whether to retrain, teaching never really appealed and its probably the only thing I could do legitimately with my degree.

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ChaChaCha2012 · 26/10/2020 18:48

Sounds like you've had a horrible year.

Are you getting support for the depression and diabetes? If you're on medication for the depression, and if so, is it still working? Also ADHD, have you tried medication to help with that?

What kind of work appeals to you? No point in doing something you're not suited for. Have you looked at working in the NHS or civil service?

vizlsapup · 26/10/2020 19:09

What about mental health social work? thinkahead.org/

angelfacecuti75 · 26/10/2020 19:27

Hello,
I am on medication for ADHD. I am on meds for depression. Since I went on my adhd meds my anxiety went through the roof but down in other ways because the adhd meds help me function.

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angelfacecuti75 · 26/10/2020 19:28

Maybe like writing , journalism, research or anything creative. Was previously a child protection minute taker for children's social services

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vizlsapup · 26/10/2020 21:24

Can you get your adhd meds reviewed? Are they stimulants? I was ok on them until lockdown then the anxiety was too much. I'm now just on citalopram, which is an anti depressant that helps with focus and motivation. There are non stimulant adhd meds but I had a private diagnosis and I don't want to pay atm.

There are lots of jobs like you describe in the charity sector- research, writing type roles, in policy, communications and fundraising, where typically the work life balance is good. www.charityjob.co.uk.

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