Job under threat

Hi, so this is a job question. Not sure if anyone can answer or if this is the right place.

I have bipolar and my job is informed. I'm supposed to have set up "accommodations" which I did with HR trying to go the friendly rout. This was two years ago. However, in that time I have been written up multiple times because my bipolar causes quite a bit of disorganized thinking. My boss is a super high-strung organizational neat freak. When things get hard for me, I just can't function at the level she desires. I just can't do it physically or mentally, not that I don't want to. I'd love to not have the problems I do. Every write up I get that is a direct result of a problem linked to my illness I put in my medical chart because I don't know what else to do with them, and I want to keep a record.

Well, I am also currently pregnant and due in 3 weeks. Pregnancy also plays a roll in this, being this pregnant seems to mess with your mind, too.

Anyway, they can't do anything to me while pregnant. But she did come up to me and verbally state that if I don't pull it together and "focus," that they would force me to take early maternity leave, which I can't afford to do financially.

The main issue right now is that I leave in 3 weeks. I'm training a temp. I'm trying to complete all the projects that they have starting in the new year, which are all very large and complicated projects, and also the normal duties of my job. I think even non-disabled people would be feeling overwhelmed right now at my job.

So... does this sound wrong? Or do they have the right to force me to take early maternity leave?

Congratulations on the near-arrival of your baby! Hoping you will have help because most new mothers need others to assist them in organizing the new routine. Perhaps in the tasks ahead you will be able to find tangible ways to organize thoughts with actions. Motherhood gave me many strengths I never knew I had (even though I have OCD and PTSD).

You might want to check with the employment office to consider what services you could receive if you have to quit due to stress reasons. I called in that card once myself and didn't know then I had bonafide mental disorders.

Meanwhile, back to the job, if you could develop a written daily plan showing your duties and how much each task takes, perhaps you could prove to the boss you have too much on your plate: there's only so much time in the day to do a job efficiently. Are you able to ask for her management assistance? That way you could have a progressive action together rather than locking horns.

Take care in the journey. Susan Quinn