Originally Posted by lady_express_44

Well, I had quite different results after my second big TM attack then after my first, and it really depends on how you are feeling and how hard your job is (for the symptoms you still have).

Either way, I would suggest you PLAN a progressive back-to-work program. What that might mean is that as soon as you feel you can take things on, first try to achieve some routine at home.

What I did was force myself to get up early for a week, just like I would if I had to go back to work that week. I disciplined myself to 2 - 4 hrs of a routine every day, doing things that were similar to my job (like "researching" or "organizing"). In other words, I pretended I was working.

If I did ok with that after a few days, I organized with my employer to actually work two or three 4-hr days the next week. If that was ok, I moved to four 6-hr days the following week . . . etc.

You will not have the stamina that you used to, at least initially. Things will tire you out much easier, and depending on how quickly you jump back in to full-time, it might be all you accomplish in a day for 3 or 4 weeks.

It's hard to guess any of this, cause every time it will be a little different. Just don't lock yourself into more than you can handle fairly easily, but keep taking one step ahead.

You are "out of this" though, Joe. This should be the only time you ever go through anything as this severe again too. I just got lucky (NOT!) and experienced it more then once . . . but that is very rare.

Cherie