Well, big thanks to American labor law! In some European countries, the CV still has information that you would never put on an American resume, such as age, marital status. Sure, an American employer can roughly deduce age from the college graduation year, but it takes some work. And what does marital status have to do with employment?

As for always saying "doctor's appointment" - I do not want them to think I am physically frail, either. When I have my skin exam, I will write that I have a skin exam - I do not want them to think that something is physically wrong with me. In reality, and not to jinx it, I am anything but physically frail - all my problems reside within my brain; my body very rarely picks up a virus or gets a stomach upset. So I have an idea: next time I need to see a p-doc, I will write that I am working from home because I've caught a bug (this is what other people do - they catch bugs; I personally am a strong believer in the dirt hypothesis and since I stopped obsessively washing my hands after visiting public places, I do not get sick - I have already posted about it) and then just disappear from IM for a few hours and no one will hold it against me.

But I want to be able to write the word "psychiatrist" just as easily as the word "dermatologist". Is it too much to ask?

I wanted to have Klonopin on hand just in case, so I took an empty Levoxyl (a politically correct thyroid medication) bottle and put Klonopin in it and put it in my purse. Just in case I lose it - my name would not be associated with a notorious benzo drug. I run the paperwork that comes with my antipsychotic prescription through a shredder before recycling; I do not do it with Levoxyl paperwork. Maybe I am paranoid.