First, An Introduction

[Pulsepoint129]

Hi, everybody,

I searched around trying to find different forums for what I seek support for. It should be noticed that in addition to generalized anxiety disorder, I also suffer from subthreshold bipolar disorder. I am presently taking Cymbalta, Risperdal, trazaodone, and Ambien (at night as needed for sleep.) I hope that I've come to the right place, I know this is an anxiety forum, but to be honest, the old question of "What came first, the chicken or the egg?" takes place as I never know whether my anxieties come strictly from my disorder or the mild bipolar. I'm a 29 year old female, engaged to be married next May, and am getting ready to start a brand new job. (Which I've been freaking out over a lot lately, and finally realized I needed to reach out to others who may be empathetic to my situation.) I plan on starting a new post in another category on this forum to detail my present anxieties. If anyone has any more questions about me, please feel free to post them here. I look forward to getting to know some of you here! :-)

[Lin]

I hope that you find this Forum helpful to you. I only started on here a couple of months ago and have already made some good friends. I have also received some good advice to help me.
In the beginning just getting a response from someone, and especially someone who understands what I am going through, is so good and makes you feel better straightaway.

[Pulsepoint129]

Thanks Lin, and anyone else reading this! I'm going to post what I tried posting in another category on this forum but it hasn't gotten approved yet. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

I hope you guys don't mind if I post more details about what is making me so fraught with anxiety.



I've worked a national drugstore chain here in the USA for the past five years. Retail sucks, as the pay isn't great, the hours are all over the place, customers can be nasty, and my manager was a bully. It was time to move on, and after quite a few failed interviews with different job prospects, I've finally found a new job that is 40 hours a week and a set schedule (first shift.) The problem is, it's in a warehouse. Now, it's not the heavy lifting that worries me, (I'm used to that actually where I work as a clerk) but the job position itself, which is Quality Control Auditor. I was selected for this position because I have *SOME* experience in handling an R.F. scanning unit and inventorying items. However, this is a million-square foot warehouse! The what-ifs going on in my mind have been driving me to the point of near panic attacks...(dry heaves, rapid heartbeat, shaking.) What if I don't catch on to the job after the initial training? What if I'm not as "good" as I thought I would be for this job during the interview? What if I make a mistake? What if I can't keep up with the pace at a warehouse? What if I get LOST inside the enormous building? What if my boss turns out to be like my old boss? What if I have an attendance "occurence" due to illness in my first few months? What if I get sick, there is no health coverage offered until you've been there six months. The what-ifs are making my head spin! Everyone in my family, in addition to my friends and soon-to-be former coworkers keep telling me up and down that I'll be fine...I WILL catch on quicker than I think...and that I need to relax.



Have any of you guys ever switched to a brand new job where your background/previous experience was limited or not at all? How did you deal? Please, if anyone has anything they can offer, I'd be ever-so-grateful!

[Lin]

I have always been lucky that with secretarial wok you can soon pick up the new type of work because got the secretarial work as a basis. However my husband has to change projects lots with learning new computer languages and new people. He struggles with low confidence and not able to make friends every time. He also struggles with the interviews each time. He has always had low confidence and it us impossible to encourage him otherwise and his glass is always half empty not full so really difficult. He has many crises during projects and I just have to encourage and listen as best I can.