quitting a job due to bipolar

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Registered: 01-01-2007
quitting a job due to bipolar
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Mon, 01-01-2007 - 12:58pm
Hi there! i am new here, and was hoping to get some advice. I have recently been diagnosed with bp and post tramatic stress disorder along with anxiety and depression. I have been at my very stressful job for 6 years and recently had a breakdown. I have been off work for 2 months on employer disability benefits, but they are forcing me back to work. My phyc doc does not think i am stable enough to return to my job and i am thinking of quitting in the hopes that i can try and collect unemployment. Unfortunetly my husband had to quit his job about 6 months ago due to my illness and he is currently collecting unemployment. I am terrified to have to quit my job, because i am the one that holds the insurance and benefits ect. We have two children and i made a decision to go back to school, to get out of the current job i am in. My job consist of basically me being a punching bag. I work in a retention center for the phone company and 98% of the time i am getting yelled at and getting called every name in the book. again... my doc does not think i am stable enough to handle this type of work, but i don't know what to do.. if anyone has any advice i would appreciate it so much. thank you
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Registered: 12-29-2005
Mon, 01-01-2007 - 9:48pm

Were you on FMLA? I know you don't get paid while on it but at least you wouldn't loose your job or have to work. I'm sorry you are going through this. I dont' understand why your spouce had to quit while you still worked. I don't work anymore. I did apply for SS but didnt' get it. And I would have to say that I am stable off the meds anyway now so... Good luck!

April

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Registered: 09-01-2004
Tue, 01-02-2007 - 9:32pm

As someone who ended up on disability thanks in a major way to a phone company job, you have my sincere sympathy--they're enough to drive anyone crazy!

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Registered: 11-28-1999
Wed, 01-03-2007 - 12:21pm
Marci seems to have given a lot of good advice. Instead of just quitting, could you look into just getting a less stressful job? Is there another dept. of the phone co. that you could move into? Have you consulted w/ HR about this? What about your DH going back to work? It seems it would be really stressful for there to be both parents unemployed w/ a family to support and nobody getting anything. Then how would you live? If you quit, you probably can't collect unemployment cause that's for people who were laid off. Good luck.