With Short-Term and Long-Term disability insurance- the doctor overseeing your care needs to certify that you have a medical condition that is preventing you from working. It's designed to protect your income but it won't give you job protection.

When I was first diagnosed- I was in-patient for three weeks then went to outpatient for two months. My outpatient sessions started at 5x per week but they gradually got cut down to 3x per week before I got discharged. During that time- I was able to receive short-term disability coverage for my job due to the p-doc on staff certifying that I had a disability that made unable to work.

HIPPA prevents the HR department from disclosing the medical reason to your boss. Or at least it should- not everyone understands HIPPA since it's so complex.

You may want to get feedback from your p-doc on outpatient. OP helped me learned a lot of coping skills- it took a lot of time post-treatment to implement them. Med adjustments are hard to handle, especially when you have work on top of it. It may be beneficial to do some med changes under a more supervised setting.

What type of work do you do? Some coping techniques that I use at work is that I'm always making a list. I make goals that match up with what my supervisor wants. I try to smile as often as possible when I talk.