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Disability pension
I am currently applying for a disability pension with my
husband as my carer.
I just cannot figure out how I would get a job in the first
place.
I used to buy and renovate houses but my main a...
Well it is 6 months since I applied to Centerlink and over a month ago since I had a job assessment interview with one of their psychologists where I broke down in tears during the interview. I haven't heard any news at all.
I couldn't continue the psychiatrists depression medication due to the excessive side effects and now only take a tiny dose of medicinal cannabis oil once a day. It is helping my brain I feel but thinking and remembering is still a struggle. Gosh I took a lot of things for granted in my life before!
I feel so trapped atm. I would dearly love to get my own little car, be able to drive it wherever I want, get some training and have a job or even a small business but I have no idea how to go about it while this Tamoxifen shreds my brain and messes with my body temp all the time. Yes, for most the hot flashes settle but for some like me they just never do.
I am grateful so far this winter I have managed to avoid any nasty flu bugs as I think with my low immunity it would set me back. Just getting a little suspicious freckle removed from my leg took three whole weeks before the stitches were removed. I seem to be living in slow motion.
I couldn't continue the psychiatrists depression medication due to the excessive side effects and now only take a tiny dose of medicinal cannabis oil once a day. It is helping my brain I feel but thinking and remembering is still a struggle. Gosh I took a lot of things for granted in my life before!
I feel so trapped atm. I would dearly love to get my own little car, be able to drive it wherever I want, get some training and have a job or even a small business but I have no idea how to go about it while this Tamoxifen shreds my brain and messes with my body temp all the time. Yes, for most the hot flashes settle but for some like me they just never do.
I am grateful so far this winter I have managed to avoid any nasty flu bugs as I think with my low immunity it would set me back. Just getting a little suspicious freckle removed from my leg took three whole weeks before the stitches were removed. I seem to be living in slow motion.