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lighterthanair) wrote2012-08-15 04:53 pm
lighterthanair) wrote2012-08-15 04:53 pm
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Thankfully, no referral to the neurologist. Nope, instead I've been told to increase my daily dose of antidepressants to see if that helps cut down on the tic attacks, and talk about this with my psychiatrist when I start going back to group therapy next month.
I was going to go back to work after my doctor's appointment, but instead, I think I'm going to take the rest of the afternoon to relax a bit. Maybe make some tea. My doctor reccomended taking a little 5-minute break every hour at work, get up and walk around, go outside, just do something else so that I can feel as though I'm not confined to a desk and so can relax myself a little. He thinks that'll help with the outbursts. I agree, but I told him that work's going to have a hard time accepting that, because every moment that we're not on our scheduled breaks and lunch, we're to be at our desks, taking calls or working on something for a previous caller. Logging out to go calm myself down? Not acceptable.
He looked at me like that was the craziest thing he'd ever heard, and said, "I don't understand why jobs like that even exist. You should at least be allowed to get up every hour and go stretch your legs."
I wish.
But rather than go back to work for the remaining couple of hours I'd be there, I'm going to make myself a cup of tea, down another partial pill of Celexa, do some embroidery, and watch a little TV. Snuggle some kittens. Get into my pajamas and read a book. Whatever it takes to relax my body and convince my muscles that they don't need to go haywire anymore. Then tomorrow I'll go back and try to take my doctor's advice to heart, and try to get up and even just go to the bathroom every hour or something. Walk around the building. Actually, no, I probably can't do that last one, because it would involve leaving the building on paid company time. But something.
Be much more relaxing if they'd let us have books or craft supplies on the floor, to work on between calls. That would keep me happier. It's how I survived two and a half years at another crappy job, after all.
So I'm going to try to be more positive here, too. I really ought to post some pictures of the craft projects that I've worked on, or something. Give people something interesting to read other than health gripes and work woes.
I was going to go back to work after my doctor's appointment, but instead, I think I'm going to take the rest of the afternoon to relax a bit. Maybe make some tea. My doctor reccomended taking a little 5-minute break every hour at work, get up and walk around, go outside, just do something else so that I can feel as though I'm not confined to a desk and so can relax myself a little. He thinks that'll help with the outbursts. I agree, but I told him that work's going to have a hard time accepting that, because every moment that we're not on our scheduled breaks and lunch, we're to be at our desks, taking calls or working on something for a previous caller. Logging out to go calm myself down? Not acceptable.
He looked at me like that was the craziest thing he'd ever heard, and said, "I don't understand why jobs like that even exist. You should at least be allowed to get up every hour and go stretch your legs."
I wish.
But rather than go back to work for the remaining couple of hours I'd be there, I'm going to make myself a cup of tea, down another partial pill of Celexa, do some embroidery, and watch a little TV. Snuggle some kittens. Get into my pajamas and read a book. Whatever it takes to relax my body and convince my muscles that they don't need to go haywire anymore. Then tomorrow I'll go back and try to take my doctor's advice to heart, and try to get up and even just go to the bathroom every hour or something. Walk around the building. Actually, no, I probably can't do that last one, because it would involve leaving the building on paid company time. But something.
Be much more relaxing if they'd let us have books or craft supplies on the floor, to work on between calls. That would keep me happier. It's how I survived two and a half years at another crappy job, after all.
So I'm going to try to be more positive here, too. I really ought to post some pictures of the craft projects that I've worked on, or something. Give people something interesting to read other than health gripes and work woes.