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How do you deal with your bad days at work?
I've been self employed in the contracting business for 30 yrs, so on my bad days (mega pvc's) I just go home. To me it's disabling and feel fortunate I can leave when I want. It's too bad Social Security doesn't recognize it unless you pass out. I know if I were to continue having these, that ever finding work at least in a physical job would be impossible. It limits me to take on tougher jobs for fear I won't make deadlines.
How do you get handle it at work?
How do you get handle it at work?
I quit my high stress job because I couldn't deal with the amounts of palps I was getting at work. The worst part was feeling my heart being arrhythmic in the middle of a customer meeting where I couldn't just walk away. My mind would just freeze, inside I'd start to panic and all through it I had to pretend everything was normal. I couldn't handle that so I quit. I was lucky to be able to stop working although it did put a strain on the family finances.
As a result of this anxiety (getting them in non-opportune times), I have not been able to muster the courage to go back to work. So I too wonder how people who get thousands per day function in the work place. I get all freaky if I get them at the grocery store and now I have to leave and walk through the parking lot and god, the car is so far away.... I'm not always like this, I have improved through the years in my reactions, but I have my intense episodes that throw me for a loop where I need to get to a quiet place, away from everyone. The trick is to learn how to quiet the mind while palpitating as you continue to function. That has been a major challenge for me. But as itdood suggests, meditation helps to quiet the mind, not only when one meditates, but during the times when the heart does it's tricks.
As a result of this anxiety (getting them in non-opportune times), I have not been able to muster the courage to go back to work. So I too wonder how people who get thousands per day function in the work place. I get all freaky if I get them at the grocery store and now I have to leave and walk through the parking lot and god, the car is so far away.... I'm not always like this, I have improved through the years in my reactions, but I have my intense episodes that throw me for a loop where I need to get to a quiet place, away from everyone. The trick is to learn how to quiet the mind while palpitating as you continue to function. That has been a major challenge for me. But as itdood suggests, meditation helps to quiet the mind, not only when one meditates, but during the times when the heart does it's tricks.
SSI doesn't even recognize it when you pass out some times :(
Check the dysautonomia forum here or dinet.org there are alot of us who are denied, many like me for years - I even showed where I passed out driving and they didn't care, but then there are others who do not have severe things wrong - only fainting and they get approved on first try.
I had a TTT that showed when I faint my heart stops and my bp tanks - 3 doctors who sent in letters and testing all showed malignant problems and SSI still denied me...
I talked to attny's and they said it was because I showed I was working 10 hours per week through our business to pay for insurance. I didn't actually do the work, my husband, daughter and MIL helped me, but I got paid (W2s) - SSI says you can make $1,000 per month for 2010, but it's not true and an attny probably won't take a case unless you show no income.
I had my dr's on my side, crossed every T and dotted every I; went to my appt's and even did RFC's and I still got denied. My dr said I suffered depression due to my health problems at a young age but their dr said no I didn't I was "too strong" an individual in his opinion to suffer from depression (WTF?)
SSI does not see arrhythmia's, unless they're malignant, as a problem and even then you may get denied based on some other unrelevant thing they drum up to see if you'll keep dragging on for years in hope to get it.
It's frustrating when I've worked since I was 15 and I have life threatening problems and this happens...maybe one day I'll get lucky with one of my appeals :P
Why was I denied? because they said I could think for myself and keep a checkbook...like this matters when I'm passed out behind the wheel driving somewhere or my heart isn't beating...(note: I DO NOT drive; dr's orders) I think it's a moot point in this situation lol
Check the dysautonomia forum here or dinet.org there are alot of us who are denied, many like me for years - I even showed where I passed out driving and they didn't care, but then there are others who do not have severe things wrong - only fainting and they get approved on first try.
I had a TTT that showed when I faint my heart stops and my bp tanks - 3 doctors who sent in letters and testing all showed malignant problems and SSI still denied me...
I talked to attny's and they said it was because I showed I was working 10 hours per week through our business to pay for insurance. I didn't actually do the work, my husband, daughter and MIL helped me, but I got paid (W2s) - SSI says you can make $1,000 per month for 2010, but it's not true and an attny probably won't take a case unless you show no income.
I had my dr's on my side, crossed every T and dotted every I; went to my appt's and even did RFC's and I still got denied. My dr said I suffered depression due to my health problems at a young age but their dr said no I didn't I was "too strong" an individual in his opinion to suffer from depression (WTF?)
SSI does not see arrhythmia's, unless they're malignant, as a problem and even then you may get denied based on some other unrelevant thing they drum up to see if you'll keep dragging on for years in hope to get it.
It's frustrating when I've worked since I was 15 and I have life threatening problems and this happens...maybe one day I'll get lucky with one of my appeals :P
Why was I denied? because they said I could think for myself and keep a checkbook...like this matters when I'm passed out behind the wheel driving somewhere or my heart isn't beating...(note: I DO NOT drive; dr's orders) I think it's a moot point in this situation lol
I started doing meditation. I changed my reaction to stress. I started exercising to burn off stress hormones. I eliminated caffeine. There's all sorts of stuff you can do.
Not processing stress well is something that can be corrected. Stress is a nasty bugger, it is harmful to our health.
I feel that once I got my stress under control my heart settled down.
As further proof I've had an extremely stressful month with 2 deaths in my family and extreme work stress with layoffs and other folks on my team suffering close family deaths. My heart has been acting up more than it has in the last 18 months.
Some stress is self inflicted. That's what you want to get a handle on. Some is out of your control like what I just went through and you have to take other measures to take the load off your shoulders like meditation, forcing yourself to be more social, forcing yourself to do something you enjoy even if you don't feel like it.
Not processing stress well is something that can be corrected. Stress is a nasty bugger, it is harmful to our health.
I feel that once I got my stress under control my heart settled down.
As further proof I've had an extremely stressful month with 2 deaths in my family and extreme work stress with layoffs and other folks on my team suffering close family deaths. My heart has been acting up more than it has in the last 18 months.
Some stress is self inflicted. That's what you want to get a handle on. Some is out of your control like what I just went through and you have to take other measures to take the load off your shoulders like meditation, forcing yourself to be more social, forcing yourself to do something you enjoy even if you don't feel like it.
No sparring today ;)
I also like you am self employed, which makes it harder to take time off if needed.
Before my ablation I had to give an all day seminar and I panicked about what if an attack happened. I tried to keep calm in the run up to it, went to bed early the night before to try to get some sleep. On the day I had a couple of anxiety meds with me just in case. It was a long day to say the least with more than a couple of palpitations. The anxiety meds slow my heart down a little bit, they don't stop the paps but they make the other symptoms easier to handle. (fainting, sweating etc...)
I have to say though I have kept my schedule to the minimum, and will do for the rest of this year. I get money from the social (albeit not much) as my doctor gave me sick leave, but back to work next week with the reduced schedule.
You know an ablation may cure you, why not take the risk ;)
I also like you am self employed, which makes it harder to take time off if needed.
Before my ablation I had to give an all day seminar and I panicked about what if an attack happened. I tried to keep calm in the run up to it, went to bed early the night before to try to get some sleep. On the day I had a couple of anxiety meds with me just in case. It was a long day to say the least with more than a couple of palpitations. The anxiety meds slow my heart down a little bit, they don't stop the paps but they make the other symptoms easier to handle. (fainting, sweating etc...)
I have to say though I have kept my schedule to the minimum, and will do for the rest of this year. I get money from the social (albeit not much) as my doctor gave me sick leave, but back to work next week with the reduced schedule.
You know an ablation may cure you, why not take the risk ;)
I have been wondering this exact same thing. I sure hope you (and I) get some answers. I get PVCs too but most debilitating to me are my episodes of tachycardia. When my heart starts to race, I can't focus on much of anything due to fear and to the general discomfort of something amiss. I'm in university now so if things get bad, I too am able to go home. It's not a great idea to miss classes, obviously, but it's not a huge deal and no one's making me stay. I'm not working now either so I don't need to worry about that. However, I do have to give a presentation in one of my classes on Friday and I'm so scared that I'll have an attack during it and will have to stay. I'm more afraid for the days when I'll have to work and be required to get through the day no matter what happens to my heart.
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