Employed with ms

[Disney10]

Advise on continuing employeement with MS. I have notice more lack or failures due to illness

[Disneycde]

Hi. I am pondering the same question so completely understand, I think😐

I like your username😊👍

[rjoneslaw]

If you're starting to decline in work productivity it maybe time to step away.

Talk with your dr to see what they have to say.

For me I noticed subtle changes and after talking to my dr I knew it was time.

[RoseySawyer in reply to rjoneslaw]

Agreed. 😊❤🌷

[Jazzihorsecat]

Agree with Rjoneslaw, When I really started failing, i quit working/ well got fired & started my SSDI process, & w/ out a lawyer, kept calling my examiner here & really keeping in touch w/her & got all my disabled proof letters for her, even by my Neuro. & mental health lady & Care Giver & I got it pretty fast.!💗💐😍🍄Wish you the best in your decision.---Jazzy🌹💜

[dailygrump40]

I was released/permanently layed off. I didn't realize my performance as a diesel mechanic wasn't as good as it needed to be. But the boss did offer me any help I needed. All had to do is let him(only him) know and it was mine. Did I ask? NOPE!!!!! But he was a nice boss.

[Peruzzot]

I'm still employed. I'm 7 years and 12 days shy of a 30 year civilian retirement. I going to a pre retirement course tomorrow and Thursday. I'll be asking a lot of questions about a disability early retirement. I'm having a lot of issues with fatigue, short term memory issues, concentration issues, and a few other cognitive issues...those aren't good things in the IT (information technology) world. The "help guides" I used to write to teach people how to do tasks with various programs I'm now having to write for myself to remember how to do steps or tasks that i used to not even have to think about.

Maybe if I'm super lucky tomorrow I'll win the Powerball and not have to worry about it any more. If that actually happens be on the look out for the flying pigs, donkeys, and unicorns. Hell will have frozen over as well.🙄😎

[Raingrrl in reply to Peruzzot]

Hi Peruzzot ...I retired from my 35 year IT career in June of 2016 due to the same cognitive issues you mentioned plus vision problems. It was hard to admit I could no longer productively do my job. This was 17 years after my diagnosis so I was fortunate to last that long in a detailed, always evolving, stressful job.

[MarkUpnorth]

I worked way too many years beyond what I should have according to my doc's. But, I was running 2 companies, and that was not only my family's livelihood, but also all of my employees' and their families, of whom had become like family. I learned so many things not thinking twice. Some interesting ones: I learned how to climb a ladder without use of my legs. Had to be driven from customer to customer for a while as I could not drive with the whole world scrolling continually like an old broken tv with the vertical hold gone bad. I was on Provigil & Nuvigil to keep from running into the car in front of me in morning rush hour traffic in the city. Looked like a drunk walking into the sides of buildings going from job to job. Yep, things got harder and harder. Those things I just mentioned were easy. I took stock in post-it notes and my day-timer (pre the day of smartphones). After too many years later, I had no problem getting on SSDI with 7 doctors ranging from Neuro's, Neuro Psych,...all telling me for years, time to hang in the towel, but I'm a fighter, never giving in.

Did so, finally, only to go essentially comatose for a couple years, unable to even watch TV, till I discovered nutrition after fasting daily to keep from going comatose. I'm a born again M.S.er doing well thanks to nutrition. All the drugs......(DMT's, pharmaceutical fixes that didn't really help without creating a whole new set of problems). Never did illegal drugs, seldom if ever even had a drink. Yep, it took nutrition, not drugs. I think I'm doing well. Living with lots, but still doing well. I know the location of every bathroom anywhere I go! From Air Traffic Controller Stress levels, to nutrition, nutrition, nutrition. Now I enjoy cooking healthy! And my need dependence on post-it's is becoming less and less, thanks to my smartphone. Good thing, because I'm down to about a dozen bricks of post-its!

[Jesmcd2 CommunityAmbassador]

Hi Disney10 that is really a hard question to answer, and you will find many.

The disability requirements have changed now for MS so that is something to take into consideration. But so is your health!!!

You can call mymsaa.org

At Toll-Free Helpline: [phone] ext. 154 and they will be happy to help you!

J🌠🦃