I applied for a position and was given a date of hire but when tested for Drugs I told them that I was on prescription drugs due to my disability. The next day I was told they had a freeze on their hiring. I am very disappointed in how they discriminate towards disabled people.
Hello Marlene, I hate to say this, but I feel I must. It's been my experience inside and out of 12-step programs that ANY mood or mind altering "drug" (prescribed, or not, even if taken as prescribed) disqualifies a person as being clean and sober. I don't understand that mentality, especially, as in my case, my diagnosis requires me to take psychotropic medications that alter my brain chemistry. Those of us who are in the "prozac crowd" , as I was labeled and shunned for in 12-step meetings, we're told that the meds we take are as important to our life as insulin is to a diabetic. On one hand, the medical community tells us we won't survive without them. When we get stable thru taking those meds, a lot of us are able to put down the street drugs we self-medicated with and look to 12-step meetings for fellowship and to learn how to stay clean and sober. I was never able to pick up a chip at a meeting because when I had enough days for my first chip, I was "mad-dogged" by the person giving chips out that day, he knew I was taking "mind and mood altering" meds.
I hope you are able to find a profession that allows you to use your experience and knowledge, compassion, and understanding to help those who seek help.
Your profile photo is beautiful, the kind of beauty that comes from within. I think you'd be a great asset to a substance abuse facility. If not, try a psychiatric hospital or mental health clinic because at least 40% of those diagnosed with a mental illness also self-medicate with street drugs and they need help from someone like you too, if not more so.
Take care, God bless you in your search for a job that will accept you and allow you to help those who need someone like you to be on their side of things.
and they don't need to know of your meds.. only the drug company and they have all the records.. right off. trust me.. please..
Ur gonna get that alot of times some places will look at u kinda funny bc if they hire someone who has to survive on meds just to function they are afraid if u mess up what's going to happen they are wondering if u will be ok and able to maintain in the work place or if u will flip out that mean they lose out on money and a employee so they look at u odd and even make things up just not to hire someone with a disability remember a lot of companies is about the money it's hard to find the mom and pop stores those are the ones u want walk-in a place of business that u can get a drink or something to eat and watch the worker the managers and see how they act we each other if they are moving with a mad look on there faces like they don't want to be there that's not a place for u but if u see them smiling have a great time with there job and even with the bosses then that were u want to be bc 9 times out of 10 the owners care about there workers and will give u a fair chance good luck in ur job hunt