I don't know how much longer I should go trying to find work before I move back in with family.

I lost my career to fibro about seven months ago. I was diagnosed in July and out of my job by September. Since then I've applied to around 300 jobs, had maybe 10 interviews, and no one has hired me. I can't work in my field anymore and I need a job where I can sit down as much as I need to, so my options are very limited, and in this job market transferrable skills aren't getting me anywhere.

I had to take a break from applying for jobs for about three weeks because it was decimating my mental health. I just went back on Indeed yesterday to try applying again, and it was so fucking bleak I genuinely wanted to die, like I really considered swallowing all of the pills in my apartment but ended up crying on the floor for like an hour instead.

I want to go back to school to work in a medical lab, which I would physically be able to do, and I actually saved money for the last 8 years with the intent of going back to school. Now that money is going towards my rent and living expenses because I have no income coming in. I'm in a really hard place right now. I don't know if I should keep spending my savings on rent while I try to find work, or if I should throw in the towel and move back in with family in the suburbs while I finish college. I'm about to turn 36 and the idea of moving back in with my mom would have been completely absurd before I developed fibro. Before fibro I would have told you there was no way in hell I would ever move back there. But here we are. I just don't know what to do, I've been underemployed since September 2024 (I was on workers comp for four months, then off work unpaid for a month, then just part time), I've been unemployed since September 2025, I'm just exhausted and sick of being stuck in this place where I'm not making any progress and I'm just...rotting.