ADA Issue

[vryfdup2]

On October 8th I was let go from my job. I had written my employer a letter telling him to leave me alone because he was harrassing me about my work(which was perfect). I was then let go and when I filled for unemployment benefits, i was denied, my employer said I was insubordinate. i was at the time and still am on medicine for depression and anxiety. this medicine often made me irritable and crazy. I tried several kinds and still have not found a combination that helps me. my employer knew I was having trouble, yet he chose to antagonize me anyway. According to the ADA, mental illness is a disability even if you are on medicine to control it. Under the ADA, can my employer fire me, even if it was the medicines fault? I have proof that I was being treated by a doctor and my friends and family can testify that to be angry is not my nature. Please let me know as I am having an unemployment compensation hearing soon and would like some ammo to take with me. Thanks!!

 

[cbg]

Did you at any time ask for an ADA accomodation? If so, what was your employer's response?

The ADA is not a guarantee of employment for life. Under certain circumstances, yes, you can be fired. I need more information in your case to determine if there has been a potential violation or not.

 

[vryfdup2]

ADA Accomadation

yes, I did tell him that I was suffering from mental problems, mostly resulting from my open heart surgery in 1999. i was suffering from post traumatic stress accompanied by depression and anxiety. i told him i might need to rearrange my schedule to fit my many doctors appointments and also because my concentration level was down, i also asked if i could take work home because i didn't want to be at the office. He chose not to accomadate me in any way, he said i had to work at a certain time for eight hours straight and i would have to work my appointments around that schedule. he was a new boss that just came in. my old boss let me do what i needed to get by. i was crying all the time and i was having feelings of rage and extreme anger. after i was fired in oct. i later found out in dec that it was my prozac that was effecting me so badly and i was switched to zoloft. my employer picked at my work incessantly knowing that i was already irritated and edgy. he said he understood what being depressed was all about since his mother had the same condition, however he didn't show me that he understood. i am not asking for a handout, i just want to have justice served. he pushed me beyond the limit knowing full well that i would explode and then he could get rid of me and replace me with his stepdaughter. tell me what you think, i welcome any suggestions. thank you for being so kind and answering my question.