WSIB affecting worth and mental health
So around 11 months ago I received a very bad concussion. It has led to post concussion symptoms and multiple different physio and medical professionals being involved. At first I was just at home getting payments while they figured things out. Then my business said they could make me work from home doing computer work. The screen time instantly made my migraines and dizziness so much worse but WSIB just kept telling me to put up with it.
A few months after that they sent me to clean offices at my work place and organize files. That honestly wasn't too bad! I felt a lot better. And as soon as I started feeling better they sent me to a different location to be a door man. Letting people in and out, watching cameras, collecting mail. This is when issues started.
My migraines increased as well as my other symptoms, physio and my doctors have noticed a decline in my health. They advised WSIB slow down my return to work. WSIB said no they wanted to see how it goes. Then they increased it more and more. Until now where I'm working 5 days a week suffering migraines and more. (note my original schedule before my injury was only 3 days per week due to the length of my shifts). They're sending me to physio and work in a town over 1 hour and 20 minutes away. I can barely afford the gas to get to work, the driving triggers my symptoms and makes it hard. Physio hasn't been helpful as they only schedule me for 15-30 minute sessions and they schedule it right for when my work ends so I have to race across town and if I'm late they don't let me attend.
Now my workplace is going against WSIB and Medical directions. Trying to get me to work 5 12 hour shifts per week, doing all my regular duties, working alone. I asked WSIB for a meeting where we went over my condition and limitations. My business said they understand. Not 2 days later they're trying to make me do work I'm not allowed to do. They said if I refuse to do it they're going to just stick me in a room and let me sit there doing nothing but staring at the floor until my time is up. At first I was reading a book which my medical team said was great to train my eyes again. Work reported me to WSIB for reading at work and I got in shit. So now I sit in a room by myself for 4-6 hours, doing absolutely nothing but staring at the floor. No book, no phone, no work.
WSIB informed me and my work they and my medical team deemed I'll make only a partial recovery. Since then work is treating me as an injured dog. They said they'll just have to try and find a good home for me somewhere or that they'll just let me sit in that room by myself for the rest of time. I got frustrated. said to them, put me back to work and I'd leave WSIB. They said no, I'm a liability until WSIB says I'm not. My only choices are sit in a corner or quit. I've gotten my union involved. They're beyond upset and have even offered me a job as a union rep in order to have something to do. My company refused and said they wouldn't release me from service or pay for me to work at the union.
I have no idea where to go or who to talk to. I'm beyond frustrated, my mental health can't take it. It's affected me and my family. I'm making full wages but I'm useless and going out of my mind sitting in a chair and spinning for 4 hours. Whenever we meet with WSIB my work tells them they've made tons of accommodations and I'm working hard. WSIB won't listen to my side, my union is doing the best they can to fight it. But it's gotten to the point I'm looking at leaving my profession that I studied my ass off for. Or just going on disability. WSIB told me not to worry I'd be compensated for hardship if I never fully recover but they won't do that or retrain me for at least 2 years and they think I'm fine cause work keeps telling them they've found a perfect position for me.
The supervisor at the location says the company is nuts. He keeps telling me to just go hide in my car or do whatever I want because they're treating me like shit. I have no idea where to go from here...but I definitely can't take much more of this. It's been 11 months of arguments between me, work, my union, medical team and WSIB. None of us can agree on anything, my workplace is lying about everything that goes on and the union and supervisor know it and have proof.