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Impossible to return to work!

User Profile: helloShade4855
helloShade4855 July 19th, 2023

Hello. I'm wondering if anybody here has attempted to return to work after a psychotic episode. I see the Psychological Fitness For Duty exam as required by my state law, but it seems nobody wants to do them. Nobody can just clear me to return to work a week later, after an isolated incident.


I understand, nobody wants to roll the dice from psych docs to employers, but they want me to complete treatment and remain unemployed during the process, does that sound about right? I have to either get a loan or start packing up my wife and 5 children to live on the streets while I do therapy?


I've been trying to resolve this for a week and find no solution. Anybody else dealt with this and know what to do? I've been calling all clinics in my city and looking online for a week. This is certainly most detrimental to my mental health! 🥺

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User Profile: toughTiger6481
toughTiger6481 July 23rd, 2023

@helloShade4855

It is NOT realistic to require test or other sign off .. yet no one to administer test or wants to sign off on them ........like you said what is a person suppose to do for income in the mean time. Stress and income anxiety certainly is not a good prescription for anyone with mental health issues

i hope you have been able to locate someone to help navigate a flawed process