If you find one, let me know what he prescribed.
Dude, if it was fun, they wouldn’t have to pay us so much to do it.
That said, jobs go up and down. My job was better six months ago, blows now, and will be better six months from now. Learn patience, grasshopper; soon you will learn to reduce your G.A.F.F. and will be calm and happy.
I had a job that was a major contributor to my being on antidepressants for awhile. I highly recommend finding a different job instead.
I rather like my current job, most of the time. No job isn’t at least annoying sometimes, but my boss is awesome, the other people I work with are great, and most of the customers are okay as well. A few of them are great. A few are jerks. But that’s going to happen in any job where you’re dealing with the public.
Is there more positive than negative at this job? Are the negatives deal-breakers? Is there any reason to continue working for a bipolar idiot? I mean, other than the money, and they’ll pay you money at other jobs, too.
My experience is that nobody really likes their job all that much (unless they’re incredibly lucky). But that’s different from actually hating or dreading your job. In that case you should definitely consider resigning to preserve your mental health. I had a miserable job similar to the one you describe once (not enough work to do, criminally incompetent boss), and I lasted about ten months before my brain couldn’t take it any longer and I started to sink into a mire of anxiety and depression. I’d always thought I’d enjoy a job where I got paid to sit and browse the web all day, until I actually experienced it. The boredom and feelings of uselessness eventually wore me down.
My experience with antidepressants is that they can make a miserable situation a little more tolerable. The drug seems to induce a kind of apathy in me, which makes it difficult to get too bent out of shape about anything. The flip side is that I don’t get particularly happy or excited about anything either, so life becomes bland and uninteresting. (Losing your sex drive doesn’t help either). Antidepressants are a very temporary solution to the problem, because if you don’t stop taking the drug after a year or two because the effects have worn off, you’ll probably be so tired of being a zombie that you’ll want to quit anyway. Meanwhile, your job will still suck.
This I don’t mind. What drives me up the wall sideways is
being asked to do something right now, due yesterday, in a huge rush and a state of screaming chaos, that I could have done at leisure six weeks ago if I had been told about it when Boss Person found out about it, and
being asked to do something huge, urgent, time-consuming, difficult and a pain in the hinder parts, that is completely useless and will be obsolete and forgotten in a matter of weeks, and even moreso
being asked to do something huge, urgent, time-consuming, difficult and a pain in the hinder parts, and then told a week later when I’m almost finished that it isn’t needed and I should be doing something else.
JRB
Actually, sovtawen, my current job makes me feel like I’m on antidepressents. I don’t care one way or the other about it. By comparison, my last job was at times a lot of fun and other times incredibly rage inducing.
And I’m a bit hesitent to jump ship because I can easily go into a job where I’m back working 14 hour days for a dozen psychos instead of just one. And I’m in no hurry to do that.
That’s great that you can make a living blowing dudes under the overpass, but I need something a bit more stable.
Don’t get mad at me because you suck. I’m not the reason you’re in a crappy job you don’t like. After all the elitist bullshit you post around here, I think it’s hilarious that you don’t even have a job you like.
Maybe you should take your shit elsewhere before the Mods yell at you again.
By the way, did you ever get that generic entry level job with the salary 10% below market value?
So… most people suck? Most people do not like their job. It’s hard to find a good job, much less one you like. If you have a job that you blow loads over, you’re extremely lucky. It’s is a VERY rare thing when people say, “damn, what a beautiful Sunday! Gotta get to the office and churn out those reports!”
You’ve been nicely asked to cool it. Now you’re being told to.
On further review of the thread, msmith537, you could stand to cool it too.
Yes, but then again most people aren’t contemplating the use of drugs to get through the day. I sure as heck am not, though it would be a bit more exciting.
Sure did, and it’s pretty sweet. Sounds like it’s a lot better than your job.
Don’t be fooled into thinking that people bitching about their job constitutes hating their job. People have a certain about of bitching and moaning inside them that has to be expelled before they die. No matter how good a person’s life is, they have a preset Whining Rate that they have to keep up. If a real professional whiner were given $25 million, a mansion, free boats, servants and exemption from taxes for the rest of his life, six months from now he’d be complaining that his car-servant doesn’t wax the Lambourghini right and his Thursday hooker’s blowjobs are getting a bit predictable.
You should meet my Mom. I love her dearly and she’s a really nice lady, but honestly, she whines about her lot in life nonstop. And she lives the sweet life in every conceivable way.
Dragging the thread back to the actual question of the OP, if your job is leading you to feelings of depression and anxiety then yes, there are prescription meds which can serve as temporary help and may get you feeling well enough to gear up for the job search that others are suggesting in such a pleasant fashion. Zoloft and Klonopin, to name two. Talk to your doctor.
IANAMD, etc.
Hmmm. That explains a lot, actually.
Yeah, people are natural malcontents, unfortunately. (Or maybe fortunately – if we weren’t dissatisfied with everything we wouldn’t be driven to accomplish big things.)
Looking back, I bitched about even my best jobs. But it was all mostly minor office bullshit and petty annoyances. I didn’t fantasize about leaving every other day, and I didn’t wake up every workday with a feeling of dread in the pit of my stomach. I guess that’s what made them “good” jobs.
My guess would be that you need to figure out what you want from a job/career. Then prioritize your wants (since you won’t be able to find everything).
For example, I love what I do, but I don’t want to work crazy, insane hours. The occasional 14 hour day is okay, but I couldn’t handle that being the norm. So I work in a mid sized company rather than for one of the industry leaders. The pay is less, but it’s still good and actually having *time *to spend the pay check makes it worthwhile. Likewise, I’m not exactly wild about my boss, but she’s tolerable and I like the company. So, on balance, it works out well.
If you like your field but not your company, you need to look outside for one that suits you better. Since you’re not in danger of being fired any time soon (at least not from what you’ve said), take your time and network with people in similar positions at other companies. Find out which ones have the culture you’d enjoy the most.
If you like your company but not your boss, then stick it out, pay your dues, and network like crazy within the company to find a better slot.
Personally, I don’t think you have to love your job, but you should at least like it. I don’t exactly jump out of bed every morning eager to get into the office, but I do enjoy what I do. There’s a reason they have to pay me to do it, but it’s not a bad life.
I’ve never tried marijuana in pill form, but I highly reccommend some version of it to cope with a horrible job.
Never mind the marijuanna pill… A handy dose of LSD 25 can absorb up to 5 trillion times its weight in excess reality.
After reading about your boss, and situation, this pharmicological approach may have some great benefits:
Best of Luck
FML
in the sky with diamonds
Valium.
Also, kill your boss.