Hi there,
Doctoral student here 3rd month on my sick leave. Are you sure you're depressed and not burned out? I was first misdiagnosed with depression and anxiety and put on Paxil. It helped a little but then I started panicking about my work again.
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Originally Posted by cslh500
Slowly over the year and a half I've been on the scheme the company has knocked me down continuously to the point I have very little confidence left and I've just had to go on sick because I was spending every day and night in a panic, I know my depression has come back but I also have severe anxiety where I can't face going back to work. I know I need to leave but my confidence is so shot I don't feel like anyone else will every want to employ me. I feel like I've completely messed up and I'm worried about quitting because if there's a break in my employment any prospective new employer will want to know why and I don't know how to explain it.
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Same problems here. I felt like I was useless at work and that I got hired because I have tricked everybody into thinking I am something good. I would cry at work and I would cry at home. I lost my motivation to do my research and my enthusiasm and passion went extinct. I would wake up in the middle of the night having having work conversations in my head. I am afraid that I will get fired and then will not find another job because my mind is so messed up.
Have you seen a real mental health professional and not a GP? What you are describing sounds like a burnout because it is work centered.