Hello, I was wondering if anyone has had aproblem at work due to Derealization/Depersonalization symptoms. I requested to my HR dept. To Accommodate my Schedule so that I could come in lator so that traffic wouldn't affect my Anxiety and DpDr symptoms. I was told by my HR Dept. that I was just being over paranoid, and was not granted the Request. I have a hard time Explaining to HR what DpDr is, and therefore they say I have no mental disability, Im just being paranoid. Has anyone had a similar experience? Thanks for reading! hector

Originally posted by hgrivera:
Hello, I was wondering if anyone has had aproblem at work due to Derealization/Depersonalization symptoms. I requested to my HR dept. To Accommodate my Schedule so that I could come in lator so that traffic wouldn't affect my Anxiety and DpDr symptoms. I was told by my HR Dept. that I was just being over paranoid, and was not granted the Request. I have a hard time Explaining to HR what DpDr is, and therefore they say I have no mental disability, Im just being paranoid. Has anyone had a similar experience? Thanks for reading! hector

By the way, I received a letter from my doctor suggesting the Schedule change, and I cannot believe that didn't make a difference on HR's ideas. Is this illigal? :'(

I would think that if you showed them documentation from a doctor they would begin to take it seriously. I can't imagine a company risking a lawsuit over this. Of course, I write this knowing nothing about your job and duties, etc. It's just my opinion. But if you haven't brought them anything documented that seems like a good starting point to me. Or perhaps your doctor can place a call in to your supervisor or HR director. Good luck with that--let us know what happens.

I'm in HR and I think they have to accomodate you if you have a doctor's note. However, they might ask for an independent opinion - i.e. send you to see another doctor (the company doctor, if they have one, or the clinic where they send candidates for their pre-employment physicals). It might be a disability case also, depending on how severe it is; but I think they would be better off accomodating you than losing you completely and having to deal with the insurance company (every new case costs them $$$).

The one thing you should look out for, however, is that this might influence their perception of you and they may start looking for flaws in your work; I'm not trying to scare you, I just want you to be careful. Employers can be such heartless jerks!

Good luck and let us know what happens! CC