Chris has a supportive employer but still feels that brain fog is impacting his career.

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You know, understanding only goes so far. The work still needs to get done and there’s still things that I can’t do as readily or at all sometimes. Especially because my job is pretty analytical and I have these days where I have this brain fog, have this lack of focus and because of this cyclical but unpredictable nature of my symptoms, it becomes hard to plan. You know, for my boss to say, “OK, I want you to” – say to me in the morning, you know, “I need this by the end of the day,” there are days when that’s fine and there’s days where that’s simply not workable. And so it’s led to kind of this sort of gradual shifting how my tasks are assigned. You know, it’s meant that I’ve had to sit out competitions for promotions that I otherwise would’ve been potentially qualified for. It’s led to the shifting of some of what were once my main responsibilities to other colleagues. You know, we’ve made it work but I’ve gone from being a senior analyst who was leading projects and, you know, called on for my advice a lot to being someone who’s, you know, “We’ll see what we can give you that fits with what you’re able to do” and to no longer being the lead on anything. So that’s had an impact on me emotionally as well.

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