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Aww Bev my pal.... I have wondered where youv'e been!!! I only know that they are the most common of seizures and that it is a waiting game to see if any more occur...that's why they don't give any medication the first time round....i will pm you!!! Rest now your on sick leave and your right to cut the booze out a bit ( ive made you sound like you have an issue with it ) i know you haven't!!!! Don't start worrying loads over this i think the aniexty youv'e had has led to this more than the bleed ( aniexty limits oxygen levels) which can be a factor in seizures.

Hi Dawn.. Firstly i'm sorry all this is happening to you, secondly well done with your 8 hour shifts and finally do not let them get you down or make you feel like your not doing the best you can. I would be as brutal with them as they are with you....youv'e obviously tried the proffessional approach (biting your lip thingy and not saying what you really think etc) but be how they are with you...you don't owe them anything!! Ask them a direct question along the lines of " Would you prefer it if i no longer worked here?" i know lots of people may say that's rude etc but enough is enough...maybe there are things you don't do as you did before or as well as you did before....but so be it. A major trauma happened to you and your doing what you can to get some normality back....they should be working with you, without unjustified references to you appearing flustered etc!!! I said before they have a duty to you...so the breaks and computer and extra phasing are an expectation they must meet, they need to be reminded that your managers have other areas of your return that require something much harder it seems.....a heart and compassion. Tell them exactly how you feel and if they don't like the " i think" start you use try " fed up because....." I wish i could do it for you

Hi Dawn I read your post and i can't believe how some people go about themselves or how they sleep at night. I often want these people to walk in our shoes for a day and then see if they have a better understanding! I've recently returned to work so am facing my own struggles aswell...like you noise is an issue..i teach though so ear plugs isn't an option ... I know that there was a new disability act brought out though which my occupational health appointment brought to light - its where people like ourselves are classed as having protected characteristics of disability. I've been informed that the workplace has a duty to ensure adjustments are implemented to accomadate any disability. Could you make an appointment with occupational health? I'm sure they would back your corner for you and help make sure that your 'disabilities' are properly managed and accomadated without you having to deal with these people on your own. I really do wish you well and would personally speak to them for you if i thought it would make a difference!!!!!

Awww Michelle...i feel for you I teach and have a whole classroom full of little individuals.Some of my little people have specific medical needs,others educational needs - they are all different and i feel it's my job to know these things about them so i can best help,educate, and nurture them. It's really difficult when your child does not want special attention (as they see it) however you know this would help him get through each day. I know in high school they have different subject tutors..so they see lots of classrooms and teachers however could you maybe ask to see his Head of Year so you can explain the situation (he doesn't have to know this), I would have thought that after they have met you and have a better understanding of the struggle he faces daily then they would work alongside you to get an action plan in place that best suits his needs. I'm thinking of you xx

I thankyou all from the bottom of my heart for your replies...I will not let this text bother me anymore xx

Macca, Dawn....thankyou...iv'e thought about what everybody has said and your all right in everything you say....it's just hard to comprehend how some people think...but like a lot of you say it is obviously the ignorance that produces such hurtful remarks...and before this happened to me, i will put my hands up and admit, i knew nothing about it...but boy oh boy i sure do now

Winb143....I shall raise my glass of water to that...cheers xxxx

I shall read this spoon theroy....and see if it helps thanks, i feel comforted knowing you all get my anger and hurt, and that it's not because of my head explosion that i feel like this xx

Winter...make the leaflet!!!! it's a really good idea...words are hard to find sometimes

That's it Mary B....i feel like i must have bored them by being ill and now everyone is like "c-mon..get your finger out!"...am shaking my head side to side as i type because people really are strange!!!!

Awww Bev,Penny i feel really sad when i read that... it's just seems like everytime you get over one thing something else crops up...i knew today was going to be a stressy one when my cat woke me at 4am opera singing (he doesn't meow like a normal cat!!!)

Hello Scoobs and David...and thanks....think i will leave information about our horrendous carry on lying around...and see if that makes a difference... i keep screwing up my face as though everyone can see how mad and peeved i am!!!!

Carolyn your hugs are gratefully recieved....Have got headache now cos its really bothered me...I haven't had to deal with any of this before so it's completly thrown me.....am really dreading seeing this person because i really want to shake her very hard (that's putting it mildly!) I shall take all of your wise advice though and not waste my energy xx

Awwww thankyou.....am so mad i'm finding it hard to type.....wasn't sure if it was just me who found that completly insensitive and stupid. I will have to work with this person quite closley in Sept so i think i will have her take a peek at this site!!!!

Please tell me if it's just me being overly sensitive or would this really get to you too? I have just recieved a text from a work collegue asking if i'm normal now and is everything working correctly and that i shouldnt worry about returning full time to work cos i've got the perfect excuse not to do much....the text ends with lucky you! I am frothing... i feel like i'm being seen as a washing machine thats been in for repair!