So I work as a Peer Support Specialist and it’s not a new job, but we just got an office so no longer working from home. What a peer support specialist does is basically you have a mental disability and you are also helping others with a disability.
Today was our first day in office and we were going around the room talking about our situations. Most of the other people had bipolar. When it came to me I just said at one point I took adderall and started to hallucinate so now I take medication. This is true, I never officially had a diagnosis of schizophrenia, but I almost didn’t even get the job at the medical physical because they wrote down what meds I took and needed a note from my doctor that I could work.
I’m afraid as time goes on they might get to know me more and find out to what degree I actually hear voices and they might be afraid of me. I’ve had mixed luck with the meds in the past so I could have trouble in the future. I don’t want to have an episode and have them wondering what’s going on with me. I’ve had to work a job through episodes before when I was doing menial work.
It’s highly unlikely but it happens you got the job because you have personal experience and you’re able to help others like yourself. Lucky I applied for several positions and never got to interview stage for peer support worker
I hope it works out ok. I understand what you mean about the stigma against people who hallucinate etc. just show them you can do the job and hopefully they won’t discriminate against you