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I got fired from my job because i have panic attacks....
#7826708 - 01/03/08 09:12 AM (16 years, 29 days ago) |
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Isn't that illegal?
im trying to find out how to file a charge on my employer right now
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Re: I got fired from my job because i have panic attacks.... [Re: why_not_me]
#7826710 - 01/03/08 09:13 AM (16 years, 29 days ago) |
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Americans with disabilities act says it is.....
damn i wish i had a lawyer
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Re: I got fired from my job because i have panic attacks.... [Re: why_not_me]
#7826711 - 01/03/08 09:13 AM (16 years, 29 days ago) |
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Check the Americans with Disabilities Act
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Re: I got fired from my job because i have panic attacks.... [Re: Stizzle]
#7826717 - 01/03/08 09:14 AM (16 years, 29 days ago) |
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yup im emailing them now....
everytime i try to talk to someone it hangs up on me
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Re: I got fired from my job because i have panic attacks.... [Re: why_not_me]
#7826725 - 01/03/08 09:17 AM (16 years, 29 days ago) |
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you may have to have been "diagnosed" before you can sue...has any doctor ever written down you had this 'condition'?
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Re: I got fired from my job because i have panic attacks.... [Re: Oracle Of Delphi]
#7826761 - 01/03/08 09:30 AM (16 years, 29 days ago) |
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yap im pretty sure that's part of it.
because they have a right not to hire you if you have a condition that could inhibit you from performing your job successfully.
which is bullshit i know. but if you had a legitimate like diagnosis from a doctor and they still hired you, then legal action could most likely be taken... and would make sense.
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Re: I got fired from my job because i have panic attacks.... [Re: im_on_a_boat]
#7826789 - 01/03/08 09:37 AM (16 years, 29 days ago) |
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i knew a chick who had panic attacks when we planned a 'night out' (really just going to a local bar to stand around in the dark and drink 
so, she would get an attack a few hours before it was time to go, and they always sort of happened th same way. Once you knew what to look for, you could time the attack. it was very strange. Also the chick who was her roomate, KNEW she was having an attack,a nd would exacerbate the conditions that would trigger different phases of the attack, and really fuck with her world.
Those two chicks were odd. I wonder what happened to them?.....
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Re: I got fired from my job because i have panic attacks.... [Re: why_not_me]
#7826805 - 01/03/08 09:42 AM (16 years, 29 days ago) |
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Were you there less than 3 months? probationary period? Different policies for different companies.
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Re: I got fired from my job because i have panic attacks.... [Re: Irradiated_Feces]
#7826867 - 01/03/08 09:58 AM (16 years, 29 days ago) |
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yes i was there for less then 3 months, yes ive been diagnosed and had it written down before i had the job. yes they knew i had those problems, and it happened again and then they fired me.
Can i even get unemployment since i havent been there long?
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Re: I got fired from my job because i have panic attacks.... [Re: why_not_me]
#7826871 - 01/03/08 09:59 AM (16 years, 29 days ago) |
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and yes i kinda explained my "problems" to the manager prior to all this happening
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Re: I got fired from my job because i have panic attacks.... [Re: why_not_me]
#7826888 - 01/03/08 10:04 AM (16 years, 29 days ago) |
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I would be aggrivated with an employee who couldn't handle or function under pressure. If you can't perform then you shouldn't get paid.
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Re: I got fired from my job because i have panic attacks.... [Re: why_not_me]
#7826895 - 01/03/08 10:06 AM (16 years, 29 days ago) |
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Are you on medication to treat the attacks?
It depends on what kind of job this was, the severity of your attacks, etc, but if you were NOT able to do your job because of them, you can be fired.
It's like someone in a wheelchair applying for the graveyard shift at wal-mart, trying to stock merchandise 10ft high, just not happenin.
Maybe this wasn't the job for you anyway? A little change up might not be so bad.
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Re: I got fired from my job because i have panic attacks.... [Re: why_not_me]
#7826899 - 01/03/08 10:07 AM (16 years, 29 days ago) |
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why_not_me said: and yes i kinda explained my "problems" to the manager prior to all this happening
Kinda???
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Re: I got fired from my job because i have panic attacks.... [Re: Cowgold]
#7826908 - 01/03/08 10:08 AM (16 years, 29 days ago) |
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So then what the fuck should i do because thats the situation I'm stuck in?
should i try to get on ssi disability considering every job Ive had Ive lost or quit bc of "bugging out"
I have OCD too pretty bad so some instances were them telling me how to do something and i COULD NOT do it their way, only mine.
shits beat
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Re: I got fired from my job because i have panic attacks.... [Re: Cowgold]
#7826911 - 01/03/08 10:09 AM (16 years, 29 days ago) |
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that's harsh cowgold.. a lot of people cant control that kinda shit.
he doesn't have to sit there and explain every detail.. all he has to do is make known his condition.
good luck in finding a new job buddy and hope that the panic attack problem gets fixed. remember dude.. just chillllll out just chilllll out.
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Re: I got fired from my job because i have panic attacks.... [Re: why_not_me]
#7826912 - 01/03/08 10:09 AM (16 years, 29 days ago) |
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well i explained him my issues just didn't guarantee it would be a problem
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Re: I got fired from my job because i have panic attacks.... [Re: why_not_me]
#7826915 - 01/03/08 10:11 AM (16 years, 29 days ago) |
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If your condition is legitimate then get the disability. This is just my opinion, but I think people give themselves excuses to fail. You know... "I'm incapable blah blah blah..." 
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Re: I got fired from my job because i have panic attacks.... [Re: Irradiated_Feces]
#7826918 - 01/03/08 10:12 AM (16 years, 29 days ago) |
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My work fired a chick for having "panic attacks". She couldn't do ANYTHING without freaking out, they moved her to every single job in the restaurant and she still couldn't do it. She cried all the time, theres no way you could have someone like that work for you, especially in a high paced high stress atmosphere.
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Re: I got fired from my job because i have panic attacks.... [Re: Gillette]
#7826927 - 01/03/08 10:15 AM (16 years, 29 days ago) |
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just give her a srcipt of xanax and send her on her way.
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Re: I got fired from my job because i have panic attacks.... [Re: Cowgold]
#7826934 - 01/03/08 10:17 AM (16 years, 29 days ago) |
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Cowgold said: If your condition is legitimate then get the disability. This is just my opinion, but I think people give themselves excuses to fail. You know... "I'm incapable blah blah blah..." 
nothing I'm saying is an excuse. you don't know my history man, I'm lucky I'm not stuck in a psychiatric hospital and I'm trying to be "normal" and function like everyone else.
just count your blessings you can function without being a basket case like me.
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Re: I got fired from my job because i have panic attacks.... [Re: why_not_me]
#7826942 - 01/03/08 10:24 AM (16 years, 29 days ago) |
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why_not_me said:
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Cowgold said: If your condition is legitimate then get the disability. This is just my opinion, but I think people give themselves excuses to fail. You know... "I'm incapable blah blah blah..." 
nothing I'm saying is an excuse. you don't know my history man, I'm lucky I'm not stuck in a psychiatric hospital and I'm trying to be "normal" and function like everyone else.
just count your blessings you can function without being a basket case like me.
I count my blessing everyday. It's a struggle keeping my head right. Establishing a routine helps with that struggle. And learning not to worry helps with the stress. Still it's no cakewalk. I hope you figure things out, but this isn't your employer's responsiblity.
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Re: I got fired from my job because i have panic attacks.... [Re: Cowgold]
#7826962 - 01/03/08 10:30 AM (16 years, 29 days ago) |
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Re: I got fired from my job because i have panic attacks.... [Re: im_on_a_boat]
#7826975 - 01/03/08 10:34 AM (16 years, 29 days ago) |
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because they have a right not to hire you if you have a condition that could inhibit you from performing your job successfully.
which is bullshit i know.
Sooo... you think they should hire bus drivers that have epilepsy, as an example? Yep, pure bullshit... you know.
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Re: I got fired from my job because i have panic attacks.... [Re: Seuss]
#7827028 - 01/03/08 10:59 AM (16 years, 29 days ago) |
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yeah or a daycare worker with tourettes.....
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Re: I got fired from my job because i have panic attacks.... [Re: why_not_me]
#7827152 - 01/03/08 12:00 PM (16 years, 29 days ago) |
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why_not_me said: yes i was there for less then 3 months, yes ive been diagnosed and had it written down before i had the job. yes they knew i had those problems, and it happened again and then they fired me.
Can i even get unemployment since i havent been there long?
Walk in there show them a copy of the paper.That says you have it.
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Re: I got fired from my job because i have panic attacks.... [Re: Cowgold]
#7827226 - 01/03/08 12:22 PM (16 years, 29 days ago) |
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Cowgold said:
I would be aggrivated with an employee who couldn't handle or function under pressure. If you can't perform then you shouldn't get paid.
Absolutely right. If, regardless of whatever conditions you may have, you cannot perform your job efficiently, effectively, and safely; it is unreasonable to expect that an employer will keep you on board simply because you may be differently abled. Find a job at which your condition will not affect your performance and/or work to improve your condition and/or file for disability.
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that's harsh cowgold [and presumably geo].. a lot of people cant control that kinda shit.
That's reality is all it is. If you started up a business and hired someone to help you, and it turns out they can't help you, why in the world should you be stuck with them? No disrespect to why_not_me, but we all need to understand what our abilities and limitations are, and work within those constraints, in addition to working to improve our own personal well-being, knowledge, and skill set.
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Re: I got fired from my job because i have panic attacks.... [Re: Seuss]
#7827234 - 01/03/08 12:23 PM (16 years, 29 days ago) |
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yeah but something like a panic attack isn't nor can i see it as being potentially life-threatening in an office-type situation. much unlike a school bus driver with epilepsy.
i'm trying to show some sympathy for the guy and it's hard to do through the internet.
that was not a main point of my post.
but i digress.
i was more saying that it's bullshit for him. not that the law/rule is bullshit.
sorry that you misunderstood.
and geo.. i think it's bullshit because they knew of the condition before they hired him.. they could have chose not to hire him for someone else.. that's the whole mess of the situation.
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Re: I got fired from my job because i have panic attacks.... [Re: Gillette]
#7827328 - 01/03/08 12:47 PM (16 years, 29 days ago) |
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Gillette said: My work fired a chick for having "panic attacks". She couldn't do ANYTHING without freaking out, they moved her to every single job in the restaurant and she still couldn't do it. She cried all the time, theres no way you could have someone like that work for you, especially in a high paced high stress atmosphere.
hahhahahaha.
anyway, The opposite happened to me. My job started giving me panic attacks, so I got a job that pays almost twice as much with a fraction of the responsibility and fucking quit.
What really pushed me over the edge was I kept coming in like 30 min late due to seriously being so stressed out I would cry out in my car in the parking lot before going in.
I was diagnosed with anxiety disorder and prescribed an anti-depressant... took the documentation in to show why I had been late that week, and they still wrote me up for being late.
I left three weeks later. funny enough, like two days after all that shit went down I got an acceptance letter from my current employer, and all my stress was immediately gone. I stopped taking the anti-depressants b/c I hear about nasty side effects/addictions and they were nothing recreational.
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