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I Count the Same Notes Three Times and Still Get Them Wrong
I am thirty and I work behind the counter at a bank branch in Narayanganj. My work looks simple from outside. A customer hands me cash, I count it, and I enter the amount. For four years I did that work without much trouble. Last winter something shifted. Tears began coming while a customer was still standing in front of me, and I could not explain why.
Now a busy morning feels like a test I keep failing. I count a bundle once, lose my place, and start again from zero. Twice last month my total did not match at closing, and my senior had to stay back with me. At night I lie awake replaying small errors. Sleep comes in short pieces, and I reach the branch already tired and dreading the first queue.
A cousin who works in a clinic told me a doctor for the mind hears problems like these every day. I had never thought of my tears and poor focus that way. That evening I opened the Narayanganj doctors directory on DoctorBD24 on my phone and read the profiles at my own pace. I wanted someone who would hear the full story before judging me.
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Dr. Shahidul Islam Khandaker
I Count the Same Notes Three Times and Still Get Them Wrong
What finally pushed me to book a visit
One afternoon my senior covered my counter while I stepped outside to steady myself. Her kindness frightened me more than a scolding would have. If this kept going, I could lose the job my family depends on. That week I fixed a date and went.
He asked about my nights before my work
At the first sitting he let me finish my whole story without cutting in. Then he asked about my sleep, my daily routine, my family, and whether anything like this had happened before. He also asked about my physical health and looked at my earlier reports. If a body problem needed checking first, another doctor should see that part, he said.
The medicine part, worded plainly
He gave me a medicine and wrote down exactly when to take it each day. I follow that writing and nothing else. Stopping all at once on my own is something he clearly warned me against. If an adjustment ever feels needed, we settle it face to face at a sitting, not by my guesswork at home. When a dose leaves me dizzy before work, I report it at once rather than quietly skip it.
My aunt's search for an operation doctor
While all this was going on, my aunt's own doctor told her a swelling near her waist needed an operation. Our family had no idea where to begin comparing names. I helped her look through the general surgeon listings for Narayanganj one evening, the same calm way I had searched for myself.
Questions I carried into that room
Will he speak to my family without asking me?
No. He said my family joins a sitting only when I agree to it. So far every conversation has stayed between the two of us, and that was my choice.
Must I agree to a medicine in the first sitting itself?
Not at all. He explained the options slowly and let me ask questions first. Nothing began until I understood what it was for and how I would take it.
What if something in my body is behind all this?
He keeps that door open. If my reports or story point to a body cause, he will say so plainly and send me to the right doctor for that check.
How soon will I stop making mistakes at the counter?
He gave me no date and no promise. Change comes gradually, he said, across follow-up visits where we look at what improved and what still troubles me.
Can I keep working at the branch during this?
Yes, and he encouraged it. A steady routine helps, he said. I book my sittings outside banking hours, and my senior now knows I am getting help.
Some nights the urge to harm myself feels close. What should I do that very day?
Do not spend that night alone with the thought. Wake someone in your home, say it out loud, and get yourself to a hospital that same day. The same applies after several nights with no sleep at all, when your mind will not slow down. It also applies if washing, eating, or getting dressed suddenly feels beyond you.
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