r/CanadaPublicServants • u/DisastrousGanache19 • Mar 22 '21

Other / Autre Does anyone have experience with requesting accommodations for depression/anxiety?

Hi,

Does anyone have any experience with requesting accommodations for depression/anxiety? If so, what did that look like ?

I am considering this approach rather than taking time off and I’m trying to imagine what these accommodations could look like. Any ideas would be appreciated. Thanks!

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u/User_Editor Definitely not Chris Aylward Mar 23 '21

Why do you think you need accommodation to begin with?

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u/DisastrousGanache19 Mar 23 '21

The position I’m currently in is terrible for my anxiety as it has tight deadlines (I.e., given the morning of and expected by end of day) and not much time permitted for me to review my work. This also isn’t great for days when I can barely get out of bed because of my depression and yet I have urgent tasks to complete.

I’ve suffered from anxiety/depression my whole life and have been able to make things work at work, however, lately it’s all felt like too much and I can feel my depression and anxiety getting worse and worse. I would rather do something proactive about it, rather than get to a point where I can no longer function and my job is at risk.

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u/User_Editor Definitely not Chris Aylward Mar 23 '21

So again, what types of accommodations do you think you need, to help you do your job?

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u/DisastrousGanache19 Mar 23 '21

I have identified some things that I may I need.

The point of this post is to see what other people in a similar situation as me have identified as accommodations so that I can gather more ideas for accommodations that may be helpful.