Posted by lcat10 on February 10, 2007, at 23:05:17
In reply to Disclosure at work, posted by wishingstar on February 7, 2007, at 21:59:29
As a psychologist with more recent problems with depression and possibly going to get ECT, I have to say there is no way I would tell new people I work with, even people in the mental health field, that I was seeing someone for therapy and taking psychotropic medicaitions. Do not think for one minute that they will be more receptive than others. I have been in my current position for 10 years and when I developed a whole host of medical problems and got depressed, I was able to to frame things in such a way as to say to co-workers, I got depressed and so decided to see somneone about meds. No problem; everyone understood that with so many medical stuff happening at once, who wouldn't be depressed. Nevertheless, there is no way I will tell them I am getting ECT. I will be off work, and my doctor is writing a letter that is vague and does not really say what the "medical procedures" are that I will be getting. Neither does he mention that he is a psychiatrist. Some things are just not understood by folks even in the mental health field.
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