I'm so sorry you're going through this. When I was diagnosed with Epilepsy at 35 I was fired for being drunk on the job 😳. I was having a reaction to the first medication they gave me. I tried the legal fight but that only stressed me out more creating more seizures 🙄 i dropped it.
I did file for SSI and was accepted. It took one appeal. They always say no the first time.
Jobs are necessary especially for men...it is part of their identity like children for women. That same thought process was rampant in my husband when he retired. He wanted to wait, his job was very stressful but he was also addicted to the job. He was very good at what he did. It was about this time that my last possible alternate for a Parkinson's diagnosis, a possible back issue, that he did it. He emailed his retirement. In shock, they tried to get him back but he explained that I was ill. Two weeks later I got my diagnosis that I was stage 3 Parkinson's and it is aggressive. He came home and I became his focus. My point is that you are not your job. You are not just a Parkinson's diagnosis. You are a man with skills and dreams. This is the time to evaluate. Look at your situation financially and make a plan and reinvent your future. Can you survive on SSI? Can you create a home business? I recognize that applying for a different job at our age is difficult, while we have a great work ethic and experience some companies aren't looking for this. Maybe you have a hobby that can be turned into a business....there are opportunities. Don't focus on a crummy boss who i already don't like, get free rent in your head! To be honest, the real reason I am not employed is probably due to the fact that my medications have erased almost any filter i may have had 😆 my husband says my mouth would get me fired before I was hired 🤣 I do hope that you can walk past t. his moment of frustration and discover a new moment as this too shall pass. Today is the day you worried about yesterday. Prayers for you my friend 🙏

I agree. Concentrate on the task at hand. No multitasking with Parkinsons.
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Thank you to everyone who has responded. I am going to use a headset with a microphone to dictate, rather than type, reports. I will be getting an Apple Watch to help with reminders for tasks, appointments, and taking my meds, etc. I am allowed to take breaks when needed. My doctor prescribed an anti-depression medication. I am hopeful that these changes will enable me to continue doing what I love and buy me time to plan thoroughly for when I will need to step aside and let someone else take over.

@A MyParkinsonsTeam Member, FMLA is doctor approved leave for you to take for yourself or a family member. It does provide information relating to your restrictions as identified by yoir doctor. Legally you only have to provide that medical information to your HR department or representative to ask for accommodations.

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I hope you have told your boss and co-workers that you have PD and that your doctor filled out your FMLA paperwork. You will be amazed how much you can do with just a little bit of help. The FMLA will list what you can usualy do and jobs that you might not be able to do or can only do with help.Hang in there and let others help you. (this was and is the hardest part of PD-) Miss independent