I had a bad experience with my employer. Luckily I had both short and long term disability insurance so I didn't miss any paychecks. (60% of my pay) I was out first for one and a half semester (I was a professor) before coming back. When I arrived for the paperwork, my Dean and the head of Human Resources was there. They had written up a statement that stated I would not disclose my diagnosis or symptoms to faculty, staff, or students. I was required to do that before returning to work. I felt like I had to sign it and I wasn't planning to disclose as I had before going on leave and it hadn't gone well and contributed to my leave of absence. Years later I checked into the ADA laws because I didn't want them to do this to anyone else and found that I would have had to have had a financial loss to be covered. Also there is only a short time in which you can sue. I certainly wasn't in any condition to go through that at the time.

I returned to work 1/2 time for a semester. The following semester back at full time, they broke every accommodation that was in my plan (no off campus classes, no early morning classes, one online class a semester). There were good reasons for each accommodation which they had agreed to. I lasted about 3 weeks and went back of disability. Eventually, I was put on permanent disability. I still have my long term disability coverage but they re-evaluate every year. (I didn't know until I started getting disability but to qualify, the first year you have to be unable to do your job, the second year you have to be unable to do a job commensurate with your education and the third and following years you have to be unable to do any job... they suggested taking tickets at a move theater.)