during 2020 I was working with Walmart in a warehouse. I had had the job for a while and it wasn't bad but suddenly there was a “pandemic employment issue” and they started working the employees for 6 days a week I was working three twelve-hour days and three tens. I had to be there at 4:30 am every day. I was losing sleep I was irritated and it led to me having a mental breakdown. I lost my mind and had to do something so I decided to get on medication and therapy.
The Therapy was great I was using an online service to talk to professionals but my medication was a new issue I had never felt before. The Phycologist decided to put me on a medication called Venlafaxine. I know medications affect people differently, but despite my complaints about not being able to wake up and having emotional outbursts, he pushed me up to 225MG.
When 2021 rolled around I was late at least twice a week every week, but I had PTO I could cover it with. I told all of my supervisors about the problems I was having with sleep. they acted sympathetically and told me I needed to get it fixed. when I told my therapist about my medication she told me to get off of it and that I shouldn't be on it. they moved me to a different psychologist who wanted to get me off the medication as fast as possible. the timeline worked like this I started the medication in January of 2021 and by July I was at the max dosage. That's when Walmart fired me. I showed them all the info, showed them that the week after I started the medication I started being late, and before them, I only had 2 cases of being late the prior year. that I was trying to get off the medication because I had just realized what was going on but they didn't care.
I lost the job and I lost my insurance so I couldn't afford the therapy or the medication withdrawal schedule. so I had to do it myself. four months of painful hallucinations and mood swings. I could not work. Everything my life was is just gone now because of this crap.
Here I am in 2022 I don't have a job I'm behind on credit card bills I can't afford rent or utilities can't afford food even. I've applied to over 45 places in the past three weeks alone. no one is calling me back.
At the end of the day, Walmart worked me to death, and when I tried to fix it they fired me. I don't know what I'm going to do to get by. I'm 25 and I'm probably going to get evicted in the coming months because despite all the hiring signs no where is calling me back.
Sorry for the rant, I just don't have a place to talk about it, I've got no one to help because my family is just as bad off as I am. thanks for reading my ramblings