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Things you do to boost your daily energy?
- Thread starter scorpionldr
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If you feel like you have a problem with sleep or anything else, it's something you should talk to your doctor about. The answers you've given to these questions don't indicate a glaring sleep problem. But keep in mind that the questions I was asking were not the only important ones, and they were geared towards scorpiondlr's issue
Interestingly enough, you don't show the typical 'sleep' signs for depression. Someone who is depressed will oftentimes fall asleep as fast, or faster than a normal person. But a depressed person will very often wake up too early, and will be unable to fall back asleep.
But there are many types of depression, and sleep is just one aspect of the problem.
I usually have problems with not being able to fall asleep in the first place, in the worse cases, it might take me about half an hour or more. And it looks like no matter how much sleep I get at night, I still have a tendency to fall asleep at school. Like a few days ago, I got 11 hours of sleep at night and I dozed off in Biology...
So here's an update on my situation: I thought I nipped it in the butt. I went to work, really tried to keep it together, and I've ended up in a new class (the entire class I've been with) and we've had a new trainer for the past week or so. I've talked to this guy about making sure I understand the material, grasp everything, keeping track of the information (since it's been clear for the duration of the time that we were doing everything BUT the job on hand; everything other than ensuring I'd actually get a chance to work with the **** material and develop a work process). I'll admit, at times, I do get a bit run down, and sometimes I have winces, but lately this guy brought it up to me (AGAIN, for someone else) and we were talking, and he's like "well I'm just trying to keep track of everyone, and sometimes it seems like your just having trouble focusing on the material, and I just want to make sure that when I'm giving you a final exam on Friday, that your gonna be able to pull this off so you can handle an actual claims file. I can see your test scores have been improving, but it's just important to keep aware."
OK, semi-legit comment, and at least he's not doing this **** in public, so I'm like "yea well, I'm really trying to keep it together, and I can assure you, I have tons of notes on information, log-ins, repeats of codes and terminology and standards for each of the departments that came in. I'll admit, I will try to visualize working with the material in my head which makes me close my eyes for a few seconds, and I do wince a bit, but I've really been holding it together, I think. I'm much more an auditory listener than I am a visual listener, and I've been doing what it takes to ensure that I stay awake." I have been doing somewhat well on exams (sometimes the material sticks, sometimes it doesn't, we review it before we take the exams and then briefly see what was correct after, sometimes I just don't get it that well tho. It just ****** me off to no end that I try to keep track of someone, and then I have to hear "IT DOESN'T LOOK" like I'm doing something, especially when they know they're wasting time and money foisting paperwork upon us and belittling this entire "this is what a c-____ form looks like, this is what it does....." thing upon us. People learn jobs by doing it. Anyways, that's my rant for the day.
BTW, I've been keeping it pretty solid (minimal IMO twitching and wincing) with vitamin water, vitamin C, B-100, coffee and fruit.
OK, semi-legit comment, and at least he's not doing this **** in public, so I'm like "yea well, I'm really trying to keep it together, and I can assure you, I have tons of notes on information, log-ins, repeats of codes and terminology and standards for each of the departments that came in. I'll admit, I will try to visualize working with the material in my head which makes me close my eyes for a few seconds, and I do wince a bit, but I've really been holding it together, I think. I'm much more an auditory listener than I am a visual listener, and I've been doing what it takes to ensure that I stay awake." I have been doing somewhat well on exams (sometimes the material sticks, sometimes it doesn't, we review it before we take the exams and then briefly see what was correct after, sometimes I just don't get it that well tho. It just ****** me off to no end that I try to keep track of someone, and then I have to hear "IT DOESN'T LOOK" like I'm doing something, especially when they know they're wasting time and money foisting paperwork upon us and belittling this entire "this is what a c-____ form looks like, this is what it does....." thing upon us. People learn jobs by doing it. Anyways, that's my rant for the day.
BTW, I've been keeping it pretty solid (minimal IMO twitching and wincing) with vitamin water, vitamin C, B-100, coffee and fruit.
Dude, what's with the twitching and wincing? I strongly suggest you get to the Doc. You may have a deficieny or something else. Since it's seriously affecting your ability to do what everyone else in the class is doing without a problem, it's not something that can be solved by vitamins.
It doesn't sound like your "keeping it together", more like "you're barely hanging on".
If others are pointing out the obvious (you have trouble focusing), doing more of what you're doing is not getting the job done. You need a new perspective of someone trained (a doctor) to figure this stuff out because your behavior is not "normal".
Imagine getting this job and having to sit at a desk for 8 to 10 hours a day, looking at forms, filling out forms, talking to people, writing memos, organizing your work flow, interacting with your colleagues, explaining things to your boss, etc. Since you're having trouble making it through the training, actually doing the job may be more of a nightmare for you.
Since you've been fired before, this is nothing new to you. You seem intent on accomplishing something that you're not ready for, either physically for mentally, knowing what your limitations are and not taking the necessary steps to improve yourself and then you start blaming others for your situation in hopes of rationalizing your situation.
Good luck.
It doesn't sound like your "keeping it together", more like "you're barely hanging on".
If others are pointing out the obvious (you have trouble focusing), doing more of what you're doing is not getting the job done. You need a new perspective of someone trained (a doctor) to figure this stuff out because your behavior is not "normal".
Imagine getting this job and having to sit at a desk for 8 to 10 hours a day, looking at forms, filling out forms, talking to people, writing memos, organizing your work flow, interacting with your colleagues, explaining things to your boss, etc. Since you're having trouble making it through the training, actually doing the job may be more of a nightmare for you.
Since you've been fired before, this is nothing new to you. You seem intent on accomplishing something that you're not ready for, either physically for mentally, knowing what your limitations are and not taking the necessary steps to improve yourself and then you start blaming others for your situation in hopes of rationalizing your situation.
Good luck.
^Agreed, see a doc. I know the hell of pushing through a work day with a condition (depression). I hoped it would get better and tried all the tricks in the book for about 6 months to no avail.
I've dealt with depression for about twenty years now. Meds help, but you still have to deal with what creeps 'round the edges.
Exercise. Doesn't have to be hard. I just went for a 25-minute walk a little while ago, for just this reason. If I don't, my energy level not only goes down, but the depression says "hi!"
Exercise. Doesn't have to be hard. I just went for a 25-minute walk a little while ago, for just this reason. If I don't, my energy level not only goes down, but the depression says "hi!"
