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Work Pace
Tue, 09/19/2006 - 19:26Hi to everyone.
Do any of you have trouble performing various tasks at a fast pace? I have always been slower at performing tasks and find it difficult when I try to do them at a fast pace. I was recently diagnosed with complex partial seizures. However, I was like this long before experiencing seizures. It is not that I cannot perform the tasks, it just the pace at which I am able to do them. I tend to get very confused when I do try to do them quickly. I thought I had read that the brains of people with epilepsy could not process incoming information as quickly as others. Have any of you read similar information? I wanted to know if this was a symptom of epilepsy or if this was common in healthy people, too. Thanks for your input. tlh64
Comments
Re: Re: Work Pace
Submitted by seattlecarol on Tue, 2006-09-19 - 21:47
I'm constantly badgering my neuro about this. I have a technical job and struggle with this very thing. It is becoming apparent that if there has been a lot of sz activity in the recent past I am going to struggle cognitively at work. Also, if my meds have been increased along with the sz's it's that much worse for awhile. I know the "backlog fog" well.
"1+1= I'll get back to you in a minute on that...."
On the other hand, if my brain has been calm and sz free I notice that I'm able to enjoy some of the old success on the job. So, I don't feel like we are 'brain damaged' in any way. I live for these days.
Re: Re: Re: Work Pace
Submitted by fzMousie on Wed, 2006-09-20 - 14:27
Me too.
As it stands, I'm contemplating a meeting with my boss and his boss to sit down with them and say "Look, I know I can do this, but clearly this isn't working. There are 2 1/2 months left in my contract, what do you propose?"
The thing is, in order to do that, I need to be ready for the possibility of having my contract pulled to an early close so they can bring someone else in really short term to fill for me.
Re: Work Pace
Submitted by fzMousie on Tue, 2006-09-19 - 20:35
yes, yes, yes!!! I used to be a fantastic multitasker. I still am, I guess, it's just that I can only multi one task at a time ;) My brain tends to get backlogged.