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Advice needed re adjustments at work

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I have to attend a meeting with my employers regarding my sickness absence. 

Several of my sickness days were directly due to depression and anxiety and were reported by me as such. However I'm finding it more difficult to cope with working full time - I get very tired, sometimes feel overloaded and get anxious about certain things. This often makes me "run down"  and more liable to get viruses and infections. 

I have decided that I need to reduce my hours significantly, as I feel much better and more able to cope if I have a couple of days holiday during a week, so I want to reduce my hours to part time. 

My GP assessed me using the AQ test a couple of months ago and offered me a referral for an "official"  diagnosis, but was of the opinion that I didn't really need it because I was able to work most of the time. I'm going to consult with him again next week to ask for a referral after this development. 

What I need to know is - what are the options if my firm can't offer me reduced hours? 

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  • I scored 41 on the AQ test first time, and told the GP this when I saw him to discuss the depression and anxiety which caused me to be off sick a few months back. He gave the opinion that the result may be affected slightly by depression, but asked me to print off and send him my results for analysis. So I did it again after returning to work when I was feeling better, but still got 40. 

    I think I've been slightly influenced by the attitude which seems to be prevalent in our society that if you don't have a serious illness or major physical disability, you are "lazy" if you don't work full time.

    Also, because the way I think and feel is "normal" to me, and most of my life I've been able to cope, I find it difficult to accept that I have a "disability". Although I've told a few of my colleagues about my AS, I haven't wanted to discuss it with my employers or ask for any adjustments as I don't want to cause a fuss or make it into some major issue. It's come to the point where I have to do that now though. I hope it will turn out to be a positive thing.

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  • I scored 41 on the AQ test first time, and told the GP this when I saw him to discuss the depression and anxiety which caused me to be off sick a few months back. He gave the opinion that the result may be affected slightly by depression, but asked me to print off and send him my results for analysis. So I did it again after returning to work when I was feeling better, but still got 40. 

    I think I've been slightly influenced by the attitude which seems to be prevalent in our society that if you don't have a serious illness or major physical disability, you are "lazy" if you don't work full time.

    Also, because the way I think and feel is "normal" to me, and most of my life I've been able to cope, I find it difficult to accept that I have a "disability". Although I've told a few of my colleagues about my AS, I haven't wanted to discuss it with my employers or ask for any adjustments as I don't want to cause a fuss or make it into some major issue. It's come to the point where I have to do that now though. I hope it will turn out to be a positive thing.

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