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I am having trouble completing my insurance forms. I am not a writer by trade.
I write software, but that hardly counts.
Particularly right now with generalized anxiety disorder I have a great deal of difficulty concentrating so as to express myself.
I tried writing a three page letter two days ago and it took me two full days... over 10 hours of work at least... maybe 1500 words at most.
I have to answer the following question
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From my perspective, I am unable to return to my full job at [Employer name] due to the folowing medical issues:
(To allow us to assess your appeal, please include as much information as you can about how your medical condition and/or treatment affects your day to day functioning and what part(s) of your job you feel you could not do because of your medical condition).
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I work at a desk. I take meetings. I do support calls over the phone. I type, I type, and I type. I have to think about abstract ideas in order to organize programming code intelligently. When you are at a professional level you can't just throw code into a program, you have to think about it.
This is all I have so far. I just have no way of explaining how each of these symptoms of GAD affect my work. My biggest trepidation is that my insurance company has a habit of twisting anything I type into a corner they choose that will disqualify me for coverage.
If I say anything about my workplace affecting GAD, I get told "workplace issues are not an illness, they must be resolved in the workplace. We expect you to return to work immediately." I learned not to even remotely suggest my workplace triggers or affects my GAD in any way. That is a bear trap I won't walk into again.
nausea
diarrhea
tiredness
irritability
sleeplessness
memory loss
disorientation
restlessness
hand and leg tremors
muscle tension and muscle cramps
vomiting
So, I have to find a way of explaining how these problems affect my work, without expressing them as a workplace issue. What I pretty sure about is I have to lead with the symptoms, not my workplace chores.
I understand how someone with these issues won't perform well at all. But right now i can't explain it to save my life.
Are there any writers on the forum that have any ideas? I need help. It took me almost an hour to write this post.
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