[Sometimes psychotic]

It seems to me a psychotic illness isn't the best thing to go along with jury duty, but maybe that's just me. Has anyone here used their illness to get out of jury duty?

[junkDNA]

i've never been called for jury duty

[Angelique67]

Yes, I used to be called for jury duty when I lived in NY. I had a note from a doctor I'd show them and I was always excused. But I haven't been called for jury duty anywhere else I've lived.

[Permacultural]

"I just think that guy/gal looks so nice they couldn't do anything wrong".

I was excused for making that exact comment on 4 occasions.

[junkDNA]

Originally Posted by Permacultural

"I just think that guy/gal looks so nice they couldn't do anything wrong".

I was excused for making that exact comment on 4 occasions.

hahahah

Originally Posted by Sometimes psychotic

It seems to me a psychotic illness isn't the best thing to go along with jury duty, but maybe that's just me. Has anyone here used their illness to get out of jury duty?

Well did you go? Yeah a psychotic illness is the perfect excuse. Too much hassle all round. Wouldn't do it.

Yes, my doctor has written a letter to excuse me from jury duty because I have Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.

Not only are certain mental health conditions a "perfect" excuse, they are also a very "valid" excuse.

I will not knowingly put myself in any situation or circumstance that could possibly cause me to have a setback in my recovery process, and my doctor agrees.

It's already difficult enough as it is ...

[Sometimes psychotic]

Originally Posted by Materly

Well did you go? Yeah a psychotic illness is the perfect excuse. Too much hassle all round. Wouldn't do it.

It's not for three weeks but I need a doctor's letter....I may just postpone or change courthouses...we'll see.

[Sometimes psychotic]

Well I called my pdoc, now we wait.....

[ofthevalley]

Originally Posted by Sometimes psychotic

Well I called my pdoc, now we wait.....

Good luck.
I haven't been called for jury duty in years. I think if try to get a note as well. I can't imagine sitting on a jury with my loud head.

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[Sometimes psychotic]

Originally Posted by ofthevalley

Good luck.
I haven't been called for jury duty in years. I think if try to get a note as well. I can't imagine sitting on a jury with my loud head.

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Thanks---haven't heard from my pdoc yet----I'm thinking odds are I'll have to go in and then get dismissed later on at the interview stage, I can't imagine them putting me on a jury. I wouldn't want me on a jury----I mean what if I started making decisions based on the spirits knocking again?

Yes.

My girlfriend and I both have diagnoses of paranoid schizophrenia and I never get summoned for jury duty because I have a federal diagnosis (from the military), but my girlfriend occasionally gets summoned for jury duty and her psychiatrist writes a note to the effect that she's mentally unfit to serve and it's accepted.

[Sometimes psychotic]

Just heard from my pdoc she is going to write a note she just didn't get my message until today.....

[wiprwill]

Went with a note from my doc, and the excused me very simple

[ManOfConstantSorrow]

Originally Posted by Permacultural

"I just think that guy/gal looks so nice they couldn't do anything wrong".

I was excused for making that exact comment on 4 occasions.

Very good - I said, 'no smoke without fire, if the police are happy they are guilty so am I'.

I was called up for jury about two years a go. My doctor wrote a note saying I have mental health issues, They excused me.

[newtus]

Originally Posted by Sometimes psychotic

It seems to me a psychotic illness isn't the best thing to go along with jury duty, but maybe that's just me. Has anyone here used their illness to get out of jury duty?

I got called for it once.
I got out because I was a college student.