The transition period was utterly chaotic until we regained...

The transition period was utterly chaotic until we regained control and caused an unusually high level of stress in the facility, ... We were so busy working our flights and trying to manage the situation that there was little time to take care of routine, but essential work. Instead what you had were controllers finding a flight in their airspace and having to find out from the previous controller where that flight was and where it was going. It definitely slowed the system and we couldn't work as many planes as quickly as we usually do. Controllers did a remarkable job to keep the system together.