Posted by ShelliR on February 20, 2003, at 8:27:08
In reply to Re: Must get ECT. How explain to boss?, posted by Bipolarsux on February 20, 2003, at 2:53:26
I'm going to put my vote in with JohnV here. I would not tell your boss that you're getting ect.
This last year, I told people I had a pain disorder and they were trying a lot of different treatments to help. I wasn't specific, they probably thought I had fibromyalsea. I took so many days off from work and really didn't know when I'd be able to work. That was the hardest part for me. That I would feel okay for a couple of weeks, start working again, then fall too depressed again.
Saying pain wasn't really a lie and it gave me the
luxery (HA!) of falling apart again without needing to explain it. (Like how many times can you have your appendix taken out.) I don't have a boss but I had plenty of people I owed work to and it felt really bad not to be able to be truthful. But I knew if I told one client, it would be all over and people do act quite stupid about depression.By the way, the ect did not work for me, but it was worth trying. Definitely.
Shelli
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