Thanks Donna for your suggestion and for sharing your practices at work. This will help me as I start to put together a plan to go back. I think that's a good idea to try going to a store or somewhere where there is a lot of stimulation for a small amount of time. I remember about a month or two ago I tried to go to the supermarket with my husband and I hardly lasted 5 minutes before I had to go to the car. Now I think it might be time to try that again.

It seems like a big part of returning will be educating the folks I work with on what I need - like you said, taking breaks and having quiet time, working in lower lit areas etc.

Did you find that your symptoms increased when you first started working again?