Hey guys,

I was recently fired after what were a couple of really hostile weeks at a job I had for nine years.

On June 18th, I made management aware that I was relapsing into a depressive episode. it was so bad I would leave work and cry in my car for no reason. I had to have my medication raised to help me deal with the stress. At the time, management was very supportive and said they were willing to work with me on making things easier. We adjusted my schedule to be a little more routine for me, and I explained that depression affects many areas of my personality and behavior (sleep, mood, irritability, motivation, energy, judgement, etc).

Four days later, I was sat down for a meeting about going on Facebook on the work computer. I apologized, realizing that what I had done was against the rules. I felt legitimately bad, and I tried to explain that I didn't know why I had done it. Truly, I'd never had an issue in the nine years I'd worked there. After that was out of the way, my boss told me that I wasn't "pulling my weight" and that others had to "pick up my slack." She also suggested that "doing more might make me feel better." I left with a bad taste in my mouth.

And I complained to my co-workers. Bad move, I know. I trusted the wrong people. I was miserable. I felt like I could no longer trust management, that they didn't understand what I was going through, and that I couldn't go to them with problems. I told my co-coworkers that I felt it was discriminatory and that I wished they'd just fire me.

Last week, they fired me out of the blue. Two of my coworkers had gone behind my back and told the managers that I had been complaining and that I felt I was discriminated against. They said I said things that were "way out of line" and that my performance was poor. In May, my performance review had been stellar. Nobody would tell me what I supposedly said that was out of line. My boss kept telling me that I had not been discriminated against.

I knew it was useless but I tried to explain that I had no concept of judgement. I never meant to upset or hurt anyone, but when I'm depressed it's so impossible to control my mood and my thoughts. As far as the performance goes, I thought I had been improving. None of this was ever brought to my attention.

I later received an email back from another one of the bosses (the mother, a family-owned business) who told me that they had been putting up with me and "my issues" for a long time and that there had been many unsuccessful attempts to bring about positive change in my attitude and performance.

I just don't understand how all of this could happen within mere weeks of me disclosing my mental illness and asking for accommodations... I'm considering filing with the EEOC but I guess I wanted a second opinion. I don't even know if it's worth it or not.