Should I put in for a stress leave at work?

[ironpony]

I've been having a lot of problems with insomnia and memory loss problems lately, and it's been causing me to perform poorly at work and make mistakes, not being able to remember or keep track of things.

 

Today I got much more stressed about it when my boss came over and told me it's becoming a worse problem, and that I've been warned before about, and that this is my final warning. So I thinking final warning is pretty serious.

 

I got stressed out about it and thought maybe I should put in for a stress leave after that, based on my friend's suggestion if I can do that? Does anyone know how that works likely?

 

I vented to my gf about it over text messages on my break. She got so worried about me and thought I was going to snap, so while I was working later, she came down to see me and kept insisting that she take me to the hospital cause something is wrong with me. She kept insisting and co-workers over heard, but I had to talk her out of and get her to leave so I could go back to work cause I thought I was thin ice already.

 

So if I should put in for a stress leave, would her coming down and saying that work against that, or for that, or how will it affect it do you think?

[d0nnivain]

If I licensed medical doctor writes out that you need to be out of work for medical reasons, you are entitled to time off. Your stress & your GF's worry do not rise to that level without medical documentation.

[Foxhall]

I think a period of stress leave would be beneficial for you. Usually Doctors will be accommodating with that, they are quite tuned in to the whole mental health dynamic nowadays,

 

having seen a few of your threads, you are quite influenced by what other people think,

 

no harm to start being more decisive in your own mind,

 

you feel stressed , you need some time out,

 

go get that sorted- no need to be getting other peoples approval and that includes your girlfriend/family.

[preraph]

You need to go on and go to the hospital and see a neurologist there. It sounds like you have something that really needs to be diagnosed and as soon as possible, Ironpony.

[ironpony]

Oh okay thanks. Well my gf says I should go the hospital even though my doctor says I just need to see a psychotherapist. But would a hospital run a neurological test, on a walk in, without a doctor's note or anything?

[preraph]

I don't even know what country you are in and it's different everywhere, but go to the hospital and at least find out. You should go to the ER and tell them your symptoms and that even your boss said you need to see what is wrong and that people have suggested you might need to see a neurologist or have a brain scan. They might not have a neurologist but I just had an MRI in the ER a few months ago and they can see if it's something growing up in there. And then go from there and see what they recommend. Keep us posted!

[ironpony]

Okay maybe I will go in a couple of days when I am free more.

 

Also my gf said that when her friends met me the other day, that they asked if I was on drugs, cause it appeared that I was. I am not on drugs aside from trying sleeping medications here and there. I asked my other friend if I give off that impression and she said yeah I do, since this insomnia problem started a while back. So maybe if that's true, that I give off that impression, maybe they think I am at work.