afpsych
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Hi all,
So I'm finishing up my civilian deferred residency in June and still awaiting my PCS orders (because of COVID and the stop order) for starting active duty in August. I was having somewhat bad anxiety for the first few years of residency but late last year (last few months of 2019) it got to the point where I was just having extremely bad anxiety and could barely function many days. I was able to not miss work (because I didn't want to put out my co-residents), but I was having tons of trouble at home, could barely take care of my baby daughter, etc. I finally saw my PCP in January and was put on Lexapro. I'm doing a bit better but I don't think I'm anywhere near as controlled as I need to be, and it's making work quite difficult. I've been trying to contact like...anyone right now (credentialing office, physician placement guy, etc.) but nobody is answering e-mails or phones. Is this anxiety going to keep me from going active duty?
I don't want to leave the Air Force or god forbid pay back all the money I borrowed. Will they separate me from Air Force because of this? Or could they potentially let me stay in but just keep me stateside? I just want to get it under control. Will they at least give me time to get my anxiety under better control?
Thanks,
afpsych
So I'm finishing up my civilian deferred residency in June and still awaiting my PCS orders (because of COVID and the stop order) for starting active duty in August. I was having somewhat bad anxiety for the first few years of residency but late last year (last few months of 2019) it got to the point where I was just having extremely bad anxiety and could barely function many days. I was able to not miss work (because I didn't want to put out my co-residents), but I was having tons of trouble at home, could barely take care of my baby daughter, etc. I finally saw my PCP in January and was put on Lexapro. I'm doing a bit better but I don't think I'm anywhere near as controlled as I need to be, and it's making work quite difficult. I've been trying to contact like...anyone right now (credentialing office, physician placement guy, etc.) but nobody is answering e-mails or phones. Is this anxiety going to keep me from going active duty?
I don't want to leave the Air Force or god forbid pay back all the money I borrowed. Will they separate me from Air Force because of this? Or could they potentially let me stay in but just keep me stateside? I just want to get it under control. Will they at least give me time to get my anxiety under better control?
Thanks,
afpsych