I have been diagnosed with major depression and I am on med. and that helps however the week before and the week during my period I get really depressed and sometimes miss work. What does that say about the kind of person I am does that make me a bad employee? Is it reasoniable for me to miss work. I only ask because I am having a hard time dealing with my lake of being the best that I can be. I was always the person who never missed work in school I made A B and C so I was never on the all A honor roll or the A, B honor roll, but I always took pride in the attendance award. It probably seems silly to most people but it was an award that I always got and it made me feel special. Now with all the work that I miss I feel like I a lazy no good person who just needs to get over herself and just go to work because there is nothing physically wrong with you. I need to know if missing work is ok and if it is ok why is it ok. because i feel like I am letting people down.