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So basically what you are saying is that you are volunteering to do an extra 5 hrs every work day. Non-profits always need cheap labour. Good place to get your feet wet, so to speak, but they need the help so they will not tell you to cut back. While you have friends monitoring how the medications are affecting you, you also need to be diligent with your workload. Borderline 5-7 is not a no. It could just mean that you aren’t there yet. If you are ADHD the more stress factors that are introduced in your life the more you are answering yes to questions that you previously thought were a no.
With your bi-polar and anxiety the more stress you are under the more you can destablize. If you surgically analyzed the job coach you were with and you still are not able to make enough changes to do the job then this may not be the job for you. Keep applying for other work while you are working here. As I tell my daughter, it is a lot easier to get a job when you are already working. When you find your niche all the chips will fall into place. My problem is the opposite. I often work myself out of a job. I can take a months worth of work and complete it in a week and a half. Biological imperative to get it done. Today. Then they walk in and find me not doing anything. In fact I start snooping for extra work. End up taking on tasks of other employees. It only takes one or two of these in the workplace before your co-workers are gunning for you, and you are inadvertently making everyone else look bad. Even though I am incredibly bright I usually come across as a cheerful moron. So they figure that if I can do it, then a trained chimp should be able to do it equally well. Gotta love working for others. 😆
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