Kati
Patient in training
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My wireless connection is down (that is the free wireless I get from a neighbor) so I have been forced to use the desktop- and that means that I can't spend too much time on it due to OI symptoms.
I have tried on 3 occasions to work with people on the phone to get my own wireless connection working, and during all these occasions, I felt increasingly "stupid" where I feel like the blood is leaving my brain, I feel chest pain, I can't think clearly, I try to find buttons on the screen and it takes longer, I get frustrated, irritable, and dizzy and then i am useless for a few hours. It has never been a good experience and I am not done yet with the wireless issues... :worried:
In the light of my disability insurance planning my return to work Retro eek I wonder how I can prove that this indeed is cognitive dysfunction, exacerbated by stress perhaps? The OT commented that I was able to drive, so why can't I sit up for an hour??? ( Personally I think driving is not too bad perhaps due to the fact that my knees are up high almost at heart level. I am still get tired and need to lay down after going out, and feel totally off when I am out. Driving is the better alternative right now (as opposed to public transportation, and since I don't have much support over here to do errands).
So my 2 questions are: Is this cognitive dysfunction? And how do you explain to your disability what is going on, how do you prove this?
I have tried on 3 occasions to work with people on the phone to get my own wireless connection working, and during all these occasions, I felt increasingly "stupid" where I feel like the blood is leaving my brain, I feel chest pain, I can't think clearly, I try to find buttons on the screen and it takes longer, I get frustrated, irritable, and dizzy and then i am useless for a few hours. It has never been a good experience and I am not done yet with the wireless issues... :worried:
In the light of my disability insurance planning my return to work Retro eek I wonder how I can prove that this indeed is cognitive dysfunction, exacerbated by stress perhaps? The OT commented that I was able to drive, so why can't I sit up for an hour??? ( Personally I think driving is not too bad perhaps due to the fact that my knees are up high almost at heart level. I am still get tired and need to lay down after going out, and feel totally off when I am out. Driving is the better alternative right now (as opposed to public transportation, and since I don't have much support over here to do errands).
So my 2 questions are: Is this cognitive dysfunction? And how do you explain to your disability what is going on, how do you prove this?