• bananafungus
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    1 year ago

    Today is the day I ask my doctor for a cert for stress leave and I’m so nervous I feel ill. I really want to ask for a full two weeks, but I feel like that’s a lot to ask for just off the cuff. It would be the perfect amount though and I would get to skip my night shift rotation which is desperately what I need.

    • Rusty Raven M
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      1 year ago

      Tell the doctor what you feel you need. If you are stressed it is from putting your job ahead of your own needs, and you won’t get better by continuing to do the same thing. Better to have the two weeks you need now than have half the time now and four weeks later because you didn’t allow enough time to recover the first time.

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      1 year ago

      Asking for things can be hard but you got this! You know what you need, advocate for yourself! Hugs 😊

    • Miss Cellophane
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      1 year ago

      When I’ve discussed this with my GP before, they said one week for sever stress might help, but it’s really not enough. Hope your GP takes the same approach and gives you the time you need.