Career Path > Navy:Getting Out
How little is too little?
Rerun:
See the actual doc. Right now it's pretty much free. The machine can be a life saver
and you can pretty much do any job while on the machine. On the other hand you haven't really qual anything in a business that is getting smaller by the day.
GLW:
--- Quote from: Rerun on Jun 18, 2015, 09:29 ---......On the other hand you haven't really qual anything in a business that is getting smaller by the day.
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true that,...
--- Quote from: GLW on Mar 27, 2014, 02:56 ---
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OBTW,....
half of that is the Navy's fault from a different tack also,...
it's the USN that keeps telling these guys that if they go nuke there's a guaranteed 6 figure salary waiting for them, no strike that, there's a six figure salary hunting them down with gold paved streets and fuzzy bunny rainbow bonus machines after they EAOS,...
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Ksheed:
Rennhack,
Is there anyway to generate a statistic on who quotes themselves the most? I think GLW may be our leader. :)
oops hit the wrong key :(
HydroDave63:
--- Quote from: ksheed12 on Jun 18, 2015, 01:16 ---Rennhack,
Is there anyway to generate a statistic on who quotes themselves the most? I think GLW may be our leader. :)
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That's because he is....The Archivist!
Ssquid326:
--- Quote from: Frank Cable on Jun 18, 2015, 06:40 ---If you have sleep problems now, why on earth would you want to work more shift work?
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I don't mind the shift work. I've been working with a sleep behavioral therapist, and it's her opinion that if I can regulate my sleep schedule with a sleep aid like this to get back on track for a length of time, then continue the learned sleep "skillset" I should be okay. The issue is with "the pill" scenario, which I've pushed off for a long time because of this reason. I would only ever go back to shift work again if I felt healthy and capable of it, and I've heard that the civilian sector would be more accepting of using prescribed sleep medication as necessary to do the job.
--- Quote from: Druid on Jun 18, 2015, 09:29 ---I'm assuming that you are agreeing with sleep disorder diagnosis but not the anxiety disorder diagnosis.
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Bingo.
--- Quote from: Druid on Jun 18, 2015, 09:29 ---So you know that you've learned how to learn. Pick a direction and run with it.
I just went and looked at my former shipmate profiles that I've connected with on LinkedIn. There's about twenty of them and I'd say only four or five are actually working in the power industry directly. One works for a professional training company, several work in non-power utility plants (two at separate universities and one at a metal production plant and another at a chemical plant). There is another besides myself in the medical world. He's retrained as a physical therapist. There's still another that's a program manager for a college athletics program. Hard work and the ability to learn quickly are valuable assets and will take you far.
But seriously, take care of your health. Talking to a counselor and taking pills may help you mask the problem, but only constant therapy and exercises will rewire the brain back to something semi-normal. I had to do this for a balance problem. I had an ear issue that went undiagnosed and my brain changed its wiring to compensate. When the ear problem resolved, the new neural pathways remained. It took about four months of weekly sessions with a therapist and assigned exercises several times a day to regain a fairly normal balance state.
Best!
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Thanks for that feedback. I guess that I could be pushing too hard to stay in a similar job/field. And I'm right there with you about the exercises, like I've said about the sleep habit and behavior stuff I've tried going through for months. Going to hold onto it.
--- Quote from: HydroDave63 on Jun 18, 2015, 09:11 ---I know a guy who knows a guy who had a friend....that had similar symptoms. Turned out to be sleep apnea. Get a sleep study done ASAP, as that they aren't cheap, and should be covered by your present "employer". If it turns out to be apnea, it isn't mental, there are no drugs for it, and the handy little CPAP device will be a lifesaver. Otherwise, apnea hugely increases risk of stroke. Seeing the 'actual doc' is the BEST thing you can do in this situation, ASAP.
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Done multiple sleep studies for sleep apnea that have rendered nothing. Boat doc thought that'd be it too. No cigar.
--- Quote from: HeavyD on Jun 18, 2015, 07:55 ---That statement right there should be covered by the Post 9-11 GI Bill, provided you're separated with an Honorable discharge. Or maybe I'm missing something.
Also, to echo Frank Cable's question, if you're having sleep issues now the commercial nuke world isn't going to help that any. You can do operations, maintenance, QA, planning, etc. in any number of industries besides nuclear that won't run you into the ground. Just sayin.
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In regards to the post 9/11, I was under the impression that discharge category was General - Medical (with an under honorable conditions or something) and that it wouldn't qualify. If so, that'd be great and it would take a lot of stress off of the shoulders.
And I guess the general trend is "Commercial nuclear probably isn't right for me. It'd be better to learn a new trade with as little experience as I have.", is that right?
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