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Location: North Yorkshire, UK
Joined: Oct 2007
Posts: 655
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I hope your doctor can help you.
I'm another offender when it comes to persistent short term absence, and I was actually threatened with losing my job, even though I explained that the absences were a result of my disability and associated issues (chronic pain, chronic fatigue, depression, poor immune system which results in my catching every bug that goes around which then increases the chronic pain and fatigue because my body is already feeling run down
). In the end, I went to see the Job Centre's disability employment adviser to try to sort something out.
I really hope that your doctor is "on your side" over your depression. I was signed off for almost four months after my husband and I separated due to anxiety, depression and stress and my GP was very supportive and willing to write as many letters, etc, as I needed. She even said that, with my permission, if work started calling and making me feel awful for being off (as they had done in the past), to refer the calls to her and she would explain the situation without relaying more information than I wanted. As I was such a mess at the time, I was falling apart every time the phone rang! As often comes with absence, I started to feel guilty about being off, which made me terrified and anxious about going back and my GP was very supportive and really assisted in getting me back to work.
I would also suggest if you are really worried that you have a chat with the CAB (and your Union Rep if you are a Union member?) for support. ((((hug))))