Actually, I disagree. I am a research scientist. For a year I was hospitalized and then for another year I was out-patient and recovering. I was on disability. Even though when I returned to work I was scared, extremely stressed and still putting my life back together, the satisfaction intellectually, financially, and psychosocially propelled me into a much more functional life. My psychiatrist told me that sending me back to work was the best drug he could give me. It gave me a path on which I could reestablish a healthy life. Disability doesn't do that. For me, it would have perpetuated the sense that I was sick and unable to care for myself.

That's why I said earlier. Go with your physician's recommendation. He can see the big picture.