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pgrundy, I'm sorry your work is doing this to you. It's such a hard thing to come out and tell people like your employers that you have a mental illness. It almost makes you feel like you're back in high school about to tell the teacher you have a mental disorder. Although it's illegal to terminate or discriminate against someone for their mental illness, it doesn't stop it from happening unfortunately. I have not informed my work of anything other than my seizure and the only reason I told them was that I needed someone to know what to look for if it happened again. Sure enough I only told one person about the seizure. I even called back and asked her not to tell anyone but the GM because I didn't want people treating me differently because of it. Well not even 3 months later and everyone asks me every day "any more episodes"? and I mean everyone! They all knew about my doctors appointment yesterday... They spread things like a wildfire around here. So unfortunately the work place is not a very confidential place. There's always that person that still belongs in high school that looks forward to hearing negative things about coworkers and they can't keep their mouth shut to save their life. Sometimes it is nessesary to tell the employers but I would be sure to tell ONLY who you think you can trust.
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I'd lock my hands behind my head, I'd cover my heart and hit the deck, I'd brace myself for the impact if I were you.
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