Where to begin.......

[Guest guest]

Hi all.

I'm new to this group but not to this bloody annoying problem. I was

SO relieved when I found out I'm not alone--I always just thought I

had a screw loose or something!

Like many of the folks whose posts I've read, my troubles, too, seem

to be much worse with stress. For quite some time now, things had

been going pretty well, but I went back to school and now my stress

level is through the roof. What's really starting to drive me nuts is

my job (which never, ever bothered me before in this respect) but now

I absolutely dread it. No, I can't wear ear plugs or use white

noise because -- here's the kicker -- I'm a medical transcriptionist,

so every day I have to put on the headphones and listen to these

# & ^% & #$ doctors smacking in my ear. Most aren't too bad (except for

the ones who eat while they're dictating--didn't their parents teach

them any manners???) and I might be able to deal with it a bit better;

however, I usually end up doing this one guy's dictation a lot. He

speaks very slowly and pauses a LOT, smacking his lips just as he's

about to begin a new thought. Arrrgh!!!! I feel my blood pressure

rise and I just about explode. Any thoughts? I'm at my wits' end,

and I'm really afraid I'm going to have a stroke or do some physical

damage......

Sorry for the long post. It feels good just to vent, at least.

Thanks so much.