Would you take anti depressants just to stay in your job?

Question

I have been at work for approx 8 weeks now and finding I am getting terribly depressed because the job is so routine. It is working in a call centre and the repetition is driving my CRAZY. My question is would you take anti depressants just to stay at work. I am hoping taking the medication will make me less crazy at work.

Answer 1

If the choice is take drugs to tolerate the job or quit...well I think it would depend on the step after that.  Would you look for another job?  Is this the first time a job has made you depressed?  If you answered yes, then quit.  Even in a bad economy you can find a new job at your skill level!  Maybe look for a Reception or Administrative Assistant job that carries a more varied day to day job duty.  

Register with a temp agency!  It is a great way to gain experience and see a variety of jobs, companies, and industries.  If you register with 3 or 4 you can stay busy and once who have done a few small assignments they will give you better ones!  

Answer 2

Contact a doctor and arrange an appointment to discuss it.

Answer 3

yes try it out. hope it works for u if u find that its still not helping then maybe try looking around for another job good luck

Answer 4

I have and would.  With the pressures of today, just having a job is important.  Perhaps you can ask your supervisor if there are special projects you can do in addition to your regular duties.  In my company there was a particular department of marketing, I was on the phone filling requests and providing information to people for 8 hours a day.  It was extremely boring and after being in merchandising for almost 9 years, I almost felt like there was no reward.  But then, I would get a client who was doing something very important and needed our product.  I learned to put myself on their end and realized what I did was an important function.

Remember, you have a job when so many others out there are having a hard time finding anything.  

Answer 5

no i would not take anti depressants, i would look for another job

Answer 6

we are working not just to earn money but to do something we like and have fun and enjoy with it. we spent not less then 8 hours working everyday why should we touture ourself until get sicks you should realise you have the power to chose. is this the life you dream of, get suffer then have a better life. plese leave this work before you gettng worse and hard to cure.

       WE CANNOT CONTROL THE DIFFICULT PROBLEM OF LIFE,

        BUT WE CAN CHOSE TO MAKE LIFE LESS DIFFICULT,

       WE CANNOT CONTROL TOTALLY WHAT HAPPEN TO US

        BUT WE CAN CONTROL HOW TO RESPONSE TO THESE      

       HAPPENINGS.

hope to see you have better life.. good luck

Answer 7

Forget about prescription drugs, they are much more dangerous then the pharmaceutical companies would have you believe.

Learn how to live in the NOW

Go buy the book "The Power Of Now" by Eckhart Tolle.