chiquita
New member
- Joined
- Mar 26, 2016
- Messages
- 1
- Reason
- DX FIBRO
- Diagnosis
- 05/2015
- Country
- NOR
- State
- Oslo
Hi, is there anybody here who has managed to maintain a professional career after developing fibro? Is it even possible?
I've been diagnosed just about a year ago but have been living with it longer. Before the diagnosis I used to make up for the bad days but putting more hours, spending evenings in the office, etc. Now I am on and off on doctor's sick leave. The company has been ok with it, luckily the state finances it for a while, long-term it is not sustainable of course and I was hoping I could make myself better and return to work.
I had better days, better weeks even, and I was hoping that I could somehow manage to bring it under control. My fibro is (in my opinion) a result of Iron/Vitamin D collapse due to very old and undiagnosed Hashimoto. So, I thought if I bring it back to normal, I'll be able to return to work normally. Was it fallacy perhaps? Almost a year has passed and things are as unpredictable as ever.
As everybody knows, it is very hard to communicate to people that even though you 'look fine' you are not fine at all. I try to push myself and be in the office, even tough I am not very productive. Sadly, I think while it helps me to maintain some degree to normality, it really is not helping how people see me in the office.
The thing that gets me most is the good day/bad day variation. I can feel fine for a week, make plans, promise people that I will deliver by certain deadlines, all based on how I feel at the moment. Then - tah dah- I'm a broken wreck feeling like a rusty bicycle that screeches as it goes... Concentration goes out of the window, deadlines are missed, clients complain, bosses are angry...
In a space of a few years, from being extremely successful professionally I went to being nervous, having zero confidence and anxiety about work assignments. The bosses are kindly hinting that I am not able to manage. I am not blind and I see it too - I am not being productive enough to sustain my position.
So, is it the end? Has anybody managed to pull through this?
I've been diagnosed just about a year ago but have been living with it longer. Before the diagnosis I used to make up for the bad days but putting more hours, spending evenings in the office, etc. Now I am on and off on doctor's sick leave. The company has been ok with it, luckily the state finances it for a while, long-term it is not sustainable of course and I was hoping I could make myself better and return to work.
I had better days, better weeks even, and I was hoping that I could somehow manage to bring it under control. My fibro is (in my opinion) a result of Iron/Vitamin D collapse due to very old and undiagnosed Hashimoto. So, I thought if I bring it back to normal, I'll be able to return to work normally. Was it fallacy perhaps? Almost a year has passed and things are as unpredictable as ever.
As everybody knows, it is very hard to communicate to people that even though you 'look fine' you are not fine at all. I try to push myself and be in the office, even tough I am not very productive. Sadly, I think while it helps me to maintain some degree to normality, it really is not helping how people see me in the office.
The thing that gets me most is the good day/bad day variation. I can feel fine for a week, make plans, promise people that I will deliver by certain deadlines, all based on how I feel at the moment. Then - tah dah- I'm a broken wreck feeling like a rusty bicycle that screeches as it goes... Concentration goes out of the window, deadlines are missed, clients complain, bosses are angry...
In a space of a few years, from being extremely successful professionally I went to being nervous, having zero confidence and anxiety about work assignments. The bosses are kindly hinting that I am not able to manage. I am not blind and I see it too - I am not being productive enough to sustain my position.
So, is it the end? Has anybody managed to pull through this?