My daughter has had bouts of depression. She had to take a medical leave from college for a semester due to it. The college was great--just put medical leave not that it was due to psychiatric needs on her transcript. She is really afraid of stigma since she is a very high achiever.

She's now a lawyer & has had a need to go on AD's again, but is so paranoid that someone will find out that she won't see a doc about it. I worry about her, but she's 30 so she has to make her own decisions.

I had the crying at work thing & I had to make an excuse as to why I was feeling sad--lied & said my brother was in a motorcycle accident. Then I got into a mixed state & told off one of my co-workers. That didn't go over well.

I concluded that I needed medication to stabilize my moods so I could function at work & have a good quality of life.--Suzy