Poptart
Try me Frozen
- Nov 7, 2019
- 96
I currently have $64 dollars to my name. Fortunately, Im starting a new job in child care as soon as all the paperwork is finished.
That paperwork includes a health assessment.
No big deal, right? Ill walk into my urgent care and theyll do a physical and ill be done.
Wrong. They asked me what medication i was on. Lithium, vraylar, lamictal, buspar, and effexor, I reply.
The nurse got so super weirded out and asked why so much medication? Im bipolar 1. I couldnt lie. She already knew I was on lithium.
So, she checked that I had an unstable mood disorder/psychiatric condition and that I could be a danger to the fucking kids.
Now I have to have a thorough psychiatric evaluation. And Im not sure my psychiatrist will let me pass.
I might be barred from working with kids for the next few years. Really unfortunate considering Im going back to school for elementary education.
Has anyone else been denied a job over their psychiatric history?
That paperwork includes a health assessment.
No big deal, right? Ill walk into my urgent care and theyll do a physical and ill be done.
Wrong. They asked me what medication i was on. Lithium, vraylar, lamictal, buspar, and effexor, I reply.
The nurse got so super weirded out and asked why so much medication? Im bipolar 1. I couldnt lie. She already knew I was on lithium.
So, she checked that I had an unstable mood disorder/psychiatric condition and that I could be a danger to the fucking kids.
Now I have to have a thorough psychiatric evaluation. And Im not sure my psychiatrist will let me pass.
I might be barred from working with kids for the next few years. Really unfortunate considering Im going back to school for elementary education.
Has anyone else been denied a job over their psychiatric history?