Band 7 NHS and hating it!

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Hi All, first time I've posted on here but regularly search other threads re advice, so hoping I get good advice/opinions from this!
I've been working for a year in a band 7 role within NHS. Have been in my department for 5 years plus as a band 6 so thought I knew what I was getting into. Not the best year for anyone in the NHS admittedly but am absolutely hating the new post. So stressful and also have a new manager throwing so much at me to deal with.
Has anyone else been in this position?
Want to ask to step down to band 6 role, I know of very few people who've done this.
Unbelievably I was financially better off as a band 6, doing weekends/nights etc.
My colleagues are really great and supportive but at the end of the day I'm miserable and it's having a very negative effect on my home/personal life as I'm so tired/anxious/stressed
Is a year not enough time to throw in the towel or is life just too short to stick at something that makes you miserable??

The main issue for me with Band 7 roles was the hours. It was often a 60 hour week. Just accepted that’s what it was. I left.

Oh well done OP! So glad you’re in a better place. Isn’t it a wonderful feeling?!?

I know a few managers that stepped back from a band 7 to a band 5. They have no regrets.

I’m glad you’re also happy in your new role.

I've been a band 7 in two different jobs for a total of around 10 years and even had a band 8 secondment at one point.
I went back to a band 6 job about 9 months ago (back to a job I had previously left in 2006) and I can't tell you how much my life has improved.
Yes I work my arse off when I'm on shift, yes I'm sometimes late going off duty but, crucially my work doesn't follow me home and that to me is priceless. Money wise I haven't noticed much difference probably because I work more unsocial hours as a 6.
I'm 50 now and for the first time in quite a number of years I can see me working until retirement without killing myself.

Yes I've been band 7 and want nothing to do with it any more and the last three who were promoted all went back down to a 6. The department and managers are lovely but its all just too much WORK.