Is anyone awake?

[feelingpantstoday]

I feel I need a kick up the arse today ladies.

I'm completely shattered and on anxiety medication which should have helped me sleep but my heart was beating out of my chest so at 3am - 7am I was walking off that adrenaline for miles, now I am crashing.

Do I work today? I know already I'm not great but I work in an administrate roll so do I keep on keeping on? I've been fighting this feeling for months and feel like a month off would be better than trying to function until the medication kicks in which may put me into a hr process.

(Just so its not drip feeding my son is a witness to a sexual abuse of a peer and we have both been physically assaulted recently)its all reported.

Hi,
Not sure if you're now sleeping.
Short and frequent absences will always be viewed more negatively than a one off extended absence, in terms of HR processes.
Depending how long ago the anxiety began you could be covered under dda.
I think that you possibly need to speak with your GP. Take their advice. If the meds will kick in and it's a case of working through until then that's one thing. If however, you could be in this same position in a month will it then be even harder to return to work?
Personally, and this is me, I wouldn't have the time off now if I didn't know a timescale for the meds kicking in and without a plan for moving forward as it would feel like I'd then have a huge weight of what's going to also happen with my job, which would add to the issues. Have you asked for referrals or looked online for local authority support for managing anxiety, cbt etc?

Do you have a good manager? If so that would be my first port of call.

I have a lovely manager but can't share the detail of the investigation.

I think the DDA would cover me there was a risk assessment at school but now they have broken off the support is no longer there. I should have planned ahead but I thought the 6 weeks would be better for us all.