Brain fog and working...

How many of you work full time? I am stuck now on whether or not to pursue disability... I currently work full time at a university...I am on FMLA and I do miss quite a few days a month due to my unmanaged pain.. I have been offered an opportunity to take a written test for a position that could pay 5k to 25k more than I currently make. I am scared my mental capabilities are no longer the same and the new position would require me to be the manager of the city utility company.... My worry is what if I totally screwed something up there since I would be responsible for a huge budget???!

I tried the first two years teaching, but I made too many mistakes and was sick too many days.

I have to say I totally get where you're coming from. That not having an audience can be a real boon! I substitute-teach way less often than I used to, but even a few years ago (when I wasn't as foggy as I am now), I was always thankful that there was no adult in the room when I was tearing the place apart looking for my sub notes, or not understanding the math and asking, "who would like to come up and show us how it's done?" It's not that I was doing anything wrong, per se, but....well, I know you all understand...we will eventually find our way back to where we need to be, but the journey can be long and circuitous!

Debbie

Everybody is different.

I continued to work as a professor until May of this year, and quit for a number of reasons, health included.

I was going batty with no work.

I am subbing fulltime now, and am so much happier. Yah, I have fog sometimes, but I just play it. The audience doesn't know you are making a mistake, you know, unless you tell them. I do not think I would work anywhere that my fog would be a danger. Classroom management is classroom management--whether they be sixth graders or grad students. I do NOT work with elementary school, because for me that would be overwhelming. Even middle school is a task for me-I start to wear out after lunch.

I think I may as well give it a try. I too go batty not working. I think I will save the journey towards disability for when I can seriously no longer function as a competent worker in society.

Brain fog is a major problem for me being a teacher of foreign (French) language. It gets worse when the class is noisy during a speaking activity. That` s why i work part-time- only nine classes per week, forty-five minutes each. Forgetting words in both languages, difficulty to continue the class when interrupted by something else, dyslexia-like issues etc. Those of you who teach know exactly what i mean.