Hey Mouse. I work full-time, and need to be at work at 8:30 am. Sometimes I have a difficult time being on-time because my meds make it really hard to get up in the morning, or my anxiety/depression is worse in the morning... Also my stomach problems are always worse at that time of the day, and that's a bad cycle with the anxiety. Well, my last supervisor really didn't care if I was a little late... she would always say, "As long as you're doing what you are supposed to do, I don't care if you come in a little late!!" But then I got a new supervisor a few weeks ago, and I like her, but she's more of a stickler for coming in on time. After being late a couple of times, I finally sat down with her and let her know some of the stuff that was going on with me. She was really good about it and even suggested some ways to alter my schedule such as starting my day at 8:45, then leaving 15 min. later than I normally do. I explained to her that I would rather try hard to get to work on time, and didn't like to alter stuff based on my mental health. I've been doing pretty good lately.
So maybe you should speak to your your personnel about this... It always works out for me. This is not the first time I've had to tell about mental health issues. I also had to speak with a couple of my professors about it, and I've had to speak with past supervisors. It always worked out well. Good luck.
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