Brain fog is ruining my life. Please help...
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I was diagnosed with Fibromyalgia 4 months ago. My employer kindly made reasonable adjustments by reducing my hours but because things didn't improve (mainly my cognitive ability to keep up with things) I was advised to resign. I was advised against my case going to a capability panel as the outcome wouldn't likely be in my favour. There was no where for me to be redeployed as there was no where for me to go.
So now I am unemployed and I feel totally lost. How am I meant to get another job if my brain won't take anything in? I do puzzles and quizzes to try and encourage my brain but I just can't do it. I have to work as I've just got a new house and a new car and my husband earns too much to claim any sort of benefit but not enough to live on.
I am so low at the moment. I've lost a job that I loved and I'm fed up of people saying that I shouldn't be miserable because I have the car; the house; the loving family...... I've just lost my identity and my contribution to society is just another unemployed waste of space......
Can anyone shine a light.....?
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tiswas24537 stephanie1972
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you can also take a look at the on line at brain training courses that help alot of sufferres back to a full recovery .
stephanie1972 tiswas24537
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tiswas24537 stephanie1972
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caroline271 stephanie1972
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stephanie1972 caroline271
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Together with the fog I also feel spaced out all the time and I've had this for two years....! So frustrating. ...
gillian81509 stephanie1972
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stephanie1972 gillian81509
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gillian81509 stephanie1972
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magnesium
cod liver
vit b complex and .....
Coconut water which I mix with a pint of water and its full of potassium good for aches
loads of cabbage veg etc
try and get into volunteering cab, etc as you have valuable skills
I was a professional lost my job really collapsed into mh just coming out now due to volunteer work and joining art classes
see if you can find work that allows you work at home etc
tiswas24537 gillian81509
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has any body tried hemp milk you can get it from sainsburys .
gillian81509 stephanie1972
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fibrillation is classed as a disability therefore they can't ask you to resign until THWY HAVE PROVED THEY TAKEN ALL STEPS TO ACCOMODATE YOUR DISABILITY UNDER EMPLOYERS LEGAL REQUIREMENTS
you are entitled to free assessment by gov agencies
different hours fighting computors speech to text flicker screen chairs desks seating assistants
as for saying don't go to court as a disabled person you were effectifly discriminated against
hope you are getting all benefits you are entitled to car
pip car etc
stephanie1972 gillian81509
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They couldnt allow me to carry on part time and I proved that i just couldn't do the job.
Menieres disease is a disability which I told them about before i was employed and they got me a voice recorder for meetings which was good for my hearing (or not) and also proved useful for my poor memory and slow minute taking skills for my Fibromyalgia.
They allowed me to reduce my hours on a temporary basis which lasted 3 months with no signs of improvement. ...
I'm not so sure I'd be entitled to any benefits as I can walk, talk and do things for myself. It's just my brain that doesn't work.
I don't think I have the energy to fight this anyway. These things can take months to resolve and in that time I have to find another job.....
christine26761 stephanie1972
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tiswas24537 christine26761
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when i was ok again i just stared back on my gold planning to add the otheres one at a time which i always do when iv been ill because of having such a sensistive system .
and iv noticed the gold is working better for me on its own . so iv not added my other vits . so far so good . just thought it worth a mention it as you can over do vits like anything else .esp with a weaker system like fibro /me sufferers.
christine26761 tiswas24537
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christine26761 stephanie1972
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stephanie1972 christine26761
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It seems here in the UK that only immigrants or those with half a dozen children are the ones who don't have to work and can afford to live.....
gillian81509 stephanie1972
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christine26761 stephanie1972
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About the Superannuation, even if you only worked there for a week and were paying into a super fund, you have full entitlement to a pension, hope you were paying into one precious...:-) xxxx