Posted by alexandra_k on November 20, 2005, at 17:11:11
In reply to Re: I think I'm bipolar - what can I do?, posted by rabble_rouser on November 20, 2005, at 15:30:24
> You are right, its very expensive to do testing, but the company I work for is one of the richest companies on earth and can do what they want!
hmm. that complicates things slightly ;-)
> Unfortunately, my employer has also it written into their safety charter that anyone who has ever been depressed, has ever taken or is taking an antidepressant, is precluded from certain activites.
okay then... do they have something specific against depression (is that the only condition they name) or are there other conditions as well? my thought is... do they mention bi-polar? how about 'brief adjustment disorder'? do they have the policies against ALL psychiatric conditions or just some specified ones?
My thought here is that... there are sympathetic p-docs out there. to a fairly large extent diagnosis can indeed be a 'matter of interpretation'. if there is a condition (that is similar enough) that they don't have policies against you MIGHT be able to find a sympathetic p-doc to diagnose you with something else and say you were misdiagnosed before. maybe. maybe. maybe you function too highly to even get a current diagnosis at all ;-)
>That means that yes, they specifically test for antidepressants. If they showed up, it would have a massive impact on my career (as if any condition I have wasn't enough to fight with in the first place).
hmm. i don't think they last all that long in your system... maybe... one month or something like that. there are different varieties. do they test for them all? how about mood stabilisers? can you get any info on precisely what they do test for? that might help your p-doc if you would like to give medication another try. oh... how about dysthymia? do they mention that? because anti-depressants are given for more conditions than just depression.
alternatively...
can you afford yourself a lawyer?
the trouble with corporations is that they have a little too much money...
but...
this sounds like discrimination on the basis of mental illness to me.
which is unlawful.
sigh.
there seems to be a lot of that going around...
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