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Old Nov 19, 2005, 03:49 PM
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I got nothing. I told them only limited information that I had some health issues while working there, but I didn't go into detail on anything. I don't believe the ADA applies unless you actually go explain that there are health issues and accomodations are needed. It would be too late now, I'm sure. I never mentioned that most all the times I was late was because of me being stressed and SI'ing. I had thought about seeking a reduction in work hours, but being retail the scheduled hours vary so much from one week to the next, so I didn't. There were a couple weeks when so much was going on with me and I was working 36 hours a week, which was way to much for how I was(wasn't) handling it all. I am still scared. I have almost nothing in my bank account right now. I just paid $250 to a new pdoc this past week--thank God I like him! I am going back to see him in a couple more weeks when my Rx runs out because the pharmacy had to underfill it since they didn't have enough for the full amount (C2 drug=Adderall XR). I'm going back a week early because of it, but it makes more sense to do the appointment then rather than pick up an Rx for one week then go to an appointment a week later for the followup. I can't wait to go back! That will cost $100+ for the appointment. I can almost guarantee, I think, that he will add more meds. I left him a venting voice mail last night that I lost my job, and of course, I was scared about things financially. He had said before to call and let him know how I was doing before the next appointment, so I said that would be my call. I mentioned in the VM that I didn't know if the Adderall had anything to do with it, but being on the drug for two days, each of those days I had absolutely no desire to do any cutting--BUT after losing my job last night, I still didn't want to but thought I might anyway just for the sake of doing something. I actually had the idea and wanted to do something else (OD'ing on something, but not suicidal--just to take me out of reality) but I didn't tell him in the VM what I had in mind. I did say though, that what I wanted to do I wouldn't. I didn't expect a callback and didn't even leave my number, but he called me an hour later "for moral support". I don't think he realized at my first appointment when I mentioned about "playing with sharp objects" that I actually do some cutting on my body. I'll bet he remembers that for the next appointment. I should have asked him last night for something to be prescribed then, but I didn't. I hate asking for help. I could have used something. I still can. I am lucky though, as he said, because the shelters pay for my prescriptions. I at least don't have to worry about not being able to afford whatever he prescribes. He was scared about that because another patient recently lost a job and could no longer afford prescriptions. The pdoc was glad to hear that wouldn't be the case with me. That is the one thing I've got going for me right now--I still have prescription coverage. Guess I will qualify for food stamps again. How do I tell people that I lost my job? What do I say--that I was late too many times because I have psych issues?! I don't want to tell anybody. I am afraid of what they will think.
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