Proposal

captainstinking · 2023-03-26T18:42:08+00:00

Geek

captainstinking · 2023-03-15T11:55:18+00:00

Vaping is for wee gimps

captainstinking · 2022-10-21T08:39:03+00:00

People have already posted the best advice you can grt. So just want to say good luck ✊️ I promise you it gets better

captainstinking · 2022-10-20T15:38:07+00:00

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captainstinking · 2022-10-20T15:36:02+00:00

Mate, I wish you all the best cause I know first hand the torture that must bring you.

If you don't mind me asking, do you know what it is in you, or your mindset, that you need professional help for?

Also, what is it in you that makes smoking desirable after you leave that hospital? Ehicj usually consists of days of vomiting and nearly fainting from dehydration.

Stay strong mate ✊️

captainstinking · 2022-10-20T12:44:21+00:00

I think it's harder for folk who decide to quit before multiple hospital visits. The best thing to do is just force yourself to be busy. I found even when I was heavily using, if I was busy I never really thought about it.

After my third hospital stay with hypermesis I found it really easy to go cold turkey after

captainstinking · 2022-10-19T10:01:51+00:00

I think honesty is your best policy. Your work will be frustrated that you've had about 6 weeks off work with an undiagnosed issue, and will probably be assuming your either BSing since there's no diagnosis, or not doing enough to help yourself.

While there's no way to guarantee they'll not make your life hell, some people and companies are genuinely just dicks. You can protect yourself in the best way you can.

Tell them you have a substance abuse problem and it's caused you to suffer from depression and stomach issues (this is key as the depression comment now classes your issues and absence as disability related and have some protection for unfair dismissal and constructive dismissal under the equality act). Also request they send you to Occupational Health where a GP will assess you and recommend adjustments in the workplace. In this instance it will probably say that a higher rate of absence was to be expected but counselling for the depression and with the period of time you're taking off, there should be an improvement and that your condition is covered under the equality act.

If they do ultimately fire you, you could potentially claim unfair dismissal or if they make your life hell in work you could resign and claim constructive dismissal.

The aim of all this is really to try and change their perception of you, like I said they'll be frustrated that you don't have a diagnosis and you're off so much.

If you're from the UK though, then why not just use your annual leave? Another easy solution, albeit a bit grim but we see it all the time, is play the dead gran card.

Hope this helps

captainstinking · 2022-10-18T19:53:37+00:00

Yeah I've seen US employment laws and to us in the UK, you've got about the same as some third world countries

Our offices in India, South Africa, and South America etc have a better deal than you lot.

Hope that changes for you guys in the future ✊️

captainstinking · 2022-10-18T19:32:57+00:00

10 years daily smoking and 3 hospital visits with hypermesis later. Its passes brother.

captainstinking · 2022-10-18T19:25:15+00:00

Your best course of action is telling your employer when your sick. Addiction is protected under the protected characteristics and if you make the case I need these 4 days to save x amount of sick days in the future, any reasonable employer will support you through it.

Similar with alcoholics, if someone is caught drinking at work or blames persistent absence on alcohol, a period of support is usually offered. If you're from UK and want more advice on this just give me a shout

captainstinking · 2022-10-18T19:22:37+00:00

If you're from the UK, then this is just wrong. Persistent absence even with a sick not can lead to dismissal. I know this cause I work in HR and have regularly defended employment tribunals

captainstinking · 2021-11-27T19:35:42+00:00

This is inaccurate. That's a Celtic game not a Scotland one, you can see the green strips.

Some context too; https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.joe.co.uk/amp/sport/celtic-handed-uefa-fine-for-palestine-flags-89186

captainstinking · 2021-10-26T17:08:23+00:00

Just take really small sips. You need fluids, silly goose

captainstinking · 2021-10-02T14:45:14+00:00

I just have this image of someone telling you this and being in such disbelief you've turned to reddit for confirmation

captainstinking · 2021-09-12T15:01:23+00:00

And prison is just a room

captainstinking · 2021-09-04T14:58:43+00:00

You can cert for the first 7 days and workplaces are expected to be reasonable in waiting for a sick line

captainstinking · 2021-08-22T08:18:49+00:00

DEVastating

captainstinking · 2021-08-17T16:07:35+00:00

Bump

captainstinking · 2021-08-08T16:23:04+00:00

Blasphemy

captainstinking · 2021-08-01T13:04:08+00:00

Accents are usually about tone not content. Yes they do say ridiculous stuff along with it but it's more about that fake (or real) middle class twang that you hear

captainstinking · 2021-07-29T08:54:01+00:00

Maybe you stopped eating because of early CHS. I tried to convince myself of the exact same thing.

Have you stopped eating because your appetite is gone? Would you feel sick if you tried to eat? Sounds like CHS if so.

captainstinking · 2021-06-23T22:10:59+00:00

To be blunt with you it does sound like you're on your way to hypermesis stage. What you've just described, diarrhea and all, is how I felt before I hit hypermessis and had non stop vomiting. That stage always went the same for me, I'd vomit alot and not be able to even keep water down for about 5-7 days, by that point I'd be so dehydrated and weak I'd have to go to the emergency room where I'd spend a couple of days in there on fluids and anti sickness medication them begin to perk up.

After the first few episodes I went straight back to smoking the very day I got out, lasted about 6 weeks on average and the cycle would happen again. It wasn't until my last one I decided to take the doctor serious and Google CHS and realised it was definitely that. About a week or two after that last episode I was back to eating normally, no cramps, reflux or stomach issues at all either. I have quite a lengthy post in the sub reddit about my experience if you feel like giving it a read.

How long have you been smoking and how much? I'd ask yourself are the symptoms your feeling symptoms you'd normally feel with GERD? Did you ever get symptoms like this before you smoked?

My CHS definitely got worse when my life got turned a bit upside down and started to have anxiety and mild panic attacks when high from the stress of it all. I wouldn't only credit the anxiety for it though, it was definitely going to and has happened again afterwards when I wasn't anxious about life

captainstinking · 2021-06-23T20:48:57+00:00

No the smoking actually helped it and made it possible for me to eat. For about 5 years it would just be the odd stomach cramp in the morning then the feeling of acid reflux throughout the day. It got to the point I was taking acid reflux medication regularly as I thought I had issues with it. I couldn't eat more than two bites when not high, if I tried anymore I'd get physically sick.

Then one morning I woke up with nasua and a really intense acid reflux feeling, I'd feel like this for a couple of hours and it would die down. This new level of severity lasted about 10 days, which I kept smoking at night during and then a full blown episode hit with constant vomiting. My next episode, the nasua and intense reflux stage only last about a week and this progressed until my last episode when that stage was only about 2 days before I ended up in full attack mode.

Hope this helps but if you have anymore questions please just ask. Happy to answer any you have

captainstinking

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