I really sympathise with you - I had a similar problem but never did anything proactive and ended up having a breakdown. That cost me nearly a year of productive work. My advice is do something official even if its just a well meaning email and make sure you cc your superviser or another academic in. That way you can be seen to be doing something positive

Hi Jojo,

Please dont quit now - take some time out to think about it then see if you feel better.
i have just suspended mine cos of illness and i miss my work allready-so please dont just give up you would have worked far too hard!

take care

Hiya everyone,

was wondering if anyone else has had experiences with postdocs from hell.

mine is a complete psycho - she causes big arguements over tiny things then denounces responsibility. everybody seems to take her side because she seems so nice to them!

My boss has tried to sort the problems out but has made it worse.
Help!! iam seriously considering leaving

Yeah i wanted to dye my hair before christmas - think i will avoid this though!! Thanks for all the advice

whiteknights hall is nice - i lived at Bulmershe snd that is also really nice!

Sim - what floor do you work on?

Ha! Im biology too!
welcome to AMS! (council flat esque building that the biologists live in)

Hey sparklechops!
Im at Reading - what dept are you going to be joining?
I def recommend moving into a shared house - so much calmer than halls!

Thanks everybody for the advice! I shall get some iron suplements!

Hi everybody!

my PhD is so stressfull that my hair is starting to fall out in big clumps - arrghh! has this sort of thig happened to anybody else?

I think i will start taking multivitamins!!

Not all academics are mean! The academics in my school are mainly lovely! My supervisor is very helpfull! so please dont be down on all academics - one day I want to be an academic and would draw inspiration from the people I work with!

Dont panic - Im dyspraxic (a form of dyslexia)and i get by ok!

you should have a think about what you want to do - writing lists normally works for me! and then hassle ur superviser to read it or arrange a meeting! its in their interest to help u because it looks bad on them if a student complains or quits!! dont get too down, just be persistent - you'll wear them down eventually

GO for it!
I love my PhD - I quit med school to do it!
Good luck

yep me too! i'm knackered all the time - all i seem to do is run gel after gel and never have any time to think about my lit review!

22! and in my first year!