Feeling very low and work

[RachieW]

Good Afternoon,

I hoping for some advice..

I've been off work for 12 days on holiday and I'm having severe anxiety about going back. I know people will say it's because you've had a nice holiday and we all feel like that but this is different. I have depression and anxiety and am currently on 50mg of Sertraline. I'm just so exhausted and I feel drained and currently plaged by thoughts that I'm just useless and low moored. I feel like I don't want to go back to work because I feel exhausted.. I work in retail management and I just don't feel like I can do my job because of how I feel. So what I'm asking is would it be a good idea to take a few weeks sick?? I'm back to see my mental health specialist on Thursday afternoon but I'm due to go back to work on Wednesday! Do I just take a couple of days off sick and see what the specialist says? I don't know what to do and I've worked myself up about it.

Any advice appreciated, thanks.

[elizabethbinion]

I've taken off a month for depression and anxiety. I have to go back next Monday and am scared. I'm not sure the month off really helped, it may have actually made things worse than if I had just toughed it out.