What really gets me is that employers don't need to know you have blood pressure, diabetic, etc. issues. Why do they have to know our psych issues?
I am in the midst of a knock-down-drag-out w/ my employer because my Dyslexia and ADHD has caused three absences from work due to misreading the work schedule in 2008....I thought I was off those days and the grid like way the schedule is made and posted on a wall is difficult to "track" w/ Dyslexia. Well, they said I HAD to "prove" I was Dyslexic. I am already on SSI because of a physical disability I caused myself w/ a botched suicide attempt in 1998. Anyway, it was very hard to even find someone who would test an adult and they wanted like $800 and NO insurance coverage for that. I jsut....oops...just started calling people in the phone book and I found a psychologist who would "evaluate" me for $100. That was on Saturday and he saw my obvious ADHD and anorexia and questioned me about the Dyslexia. He then wrote two pages for my employer and I haven't talked to him since I faxed the letter. I HOPE this has been put to bed now!! I have a "few" other "labels" too.....I just spent 3 days in The Booby-Hatch for flipping out on my 87 y.o. father. He exaggerates!! I had a close friend die suddenly...and...yeah....I did sorta flip out...fell down stairs and broke my ankle too....in my panic and rush! I was out of the hospital in time for the funeral of my friend, Tim. We all took it very hard.
My ADHD is probably a bit obvious here, too. I'm all over.....pinging...hyper and untreated. I need treatment but don't want drugs. Alternatives??
What do y'all think? AnaHannah