Using your mental illness as a doctor's note

What is your issue with this? Are you embarrassed? Worried that your teacher's might discriminate against you?

It is an illness. Although I have to say I'm not sure if it's right for your doctor to put that in your note. I would think disclosure laws would prevent them from sharing any diagnosis with non-approved people.

what is your mental illness? ar eyou really mentally ill and is that the reason for you missing deadlines, or are you just a lazy slacker?

If you're in the US, it is not cool for your MD to disclose the nature of your illness without your consent. He should be able to word that note in a more ambiguous fashion by leaving out the "he has a mental illness" part.

I used to work in an abortion clinic, and our excuses didn't say, "Mary was seen in our office for an abortion today."

I once worked at a place where the manager you had to ring if you were ill would take details and write them in the big office diary.

"Susan - off sick (bad diarrhoea)"

"Ian - off sick (is hearing voices)"

what is your mental illness? ar eyou really mentally ill and is that the reason for you missing deadlines, or are you just a lazy slacker?

Shut up.

Seriously, after I posted the first time it struck me even harder that your doctor is WRONG. Illnesses should not be disclosed to your employer unless you choose so. It doesn't matter what kind of illness it is.

I would definitely bring this up with your doctor.

Unspecified condition. Signed, dr. X, proctologist.

Unable to be at work for 2 weeks. Signed, dr. Y, Center for Transgender Studies.

Well, she hasn't wrote the note yet. I guess she could write it in an ambiguous fashion. I just feel weird that I have to use a mental illness as an excuse even if she doesn't mention it in the letter. Not that my illness isn't serious enough for missing the test day, but rather I feel ashamed, not embarrassed, that I have to use it as an excuse. I already told my teacher, when I explained why I missed class, that I had started taking a new medicine which had some symptoms _______, _______, _______. I shouldn't have told my teacher this. I should have just not gone to class and gave her a generic sick note. Either way, I feel ashamed when my illness keeps me from functioning at the same level as everyone else. Should I be ashamed? is my question.

No. you're ill. it's not your fault.

GOOD TROLLING A++

aww :(

I suppose, my parents are also to blame for me being ashamed. They get on my case like its no thing when I get a bad grade...

yeah if I were you I'd just come up with another excuse bevause it could potentially be embarassing.. like the teacher may walk on eggshells around you or something or be extra-nice which would probably make you feel worse

Oh and a friend of mine likes to make lazy jokes about me non-stop.

I already have a note-taker for that class so it won't be embarrassing (I don't have to go to class). However, I guess I am still ashamed whenever my illness goes public.

you all don't count

It's okay in college but I've gotten fired for doing it in the 'real world.' Try to get into a field of career where they are educated about mental illness & it won't be a stigma. That's one of 8,342 reasons I am getting into science.

You should be able to get a note that says your medications SIDE EFFECTS prevent you from doing x, y or z. It's just as effective and "side effects" is like any non-placebo in the world, potentially. It is okay to feel embarrassed for having a mental illness, although there is certainly nothing wrong with having one. It's none of anyone's business and you don't have to explain yourself to anyone.

Legal rights of the mentally ill

Personal Bill of right

in my workplace people usually either claim symptoms of profuse emesis or say they have the rickets

but really whenever anybody calls in sick or late it is assumed to be due to a discombobulating hangover because that makes for better jokes

"I got a touch of the kopfschmerz today."

Where I come from, docs canonly write "was absent due to a medical condition preventing work" or similar. *NO* specifics. I mean wtf, your medical condition is private.

That's not the issue. The issue was me being ashamed as if I cant use mental illness as an excuse.

On a side note, I have no idea how I got home last night. LOL

if it's an excuse, you should be ashamed.

if it's a reason, then you shouldn't.

do you feel you're using it as an excuse?

nice trolling.

no, you dumb dick

then why ask the question? nobody else can tell you.

If you have a mental illness maybe you can tell me whether you should get "privileges" or not.

I mean, why should I be privileged? I try to be just like everyone else.

shouldn't the weak just die?

Indeed - everyone just chill and enjoy the weakend!

num num num num

troll, stfu.

what is a troll, technically speaking?

your local medical practitioner can test you for it.

I gotta go pee, brb

Dude, peeing for that long isn't healthy, I bet you can stay home for that.

oh god, that was refreshing. what a hoot.

No one can tell you to be ashamed! a=a and all that shit.

I have anxiety disorder and my own psychiatrist said that I don't have to have "mental illness" on a doctor's note. He wrote a great note that didn't use terms like "mental illness" but that I had a physical condition (chronic insomnia was triggering this) and that my temporary medical leave would help me do my job better.

lorax, i've no idea what bug was up my ass itt four years ago, but whatever it was it doesn't excuse my posts and i'd like to apologise.

wtf @ me.