Work Accommodations
Has anyone gotten specific accommodations for their job in regards to DID stuff?
I made another post regarding my struggle with working right now. I'm waiting for HR to call me back; we have a specific procedure and paperwork for ADA accommodations.
My job is relatively flexible. I work from home with some travel within my county to my clients homes/library/community locations. I schedule my own meetings. I have "unlimited PTO" which basically means I can take time off whenever as long as my work is getting done and I'm meeting deadlines.
I think I need to protect my job by taking some intermittent time off officially via an ADA accommodation process. I'm struggling to sit down and work for eight hours right now, so my thought is maybe, maaaaaaybe, I can get by if I get an accommodation for an additional hour break mid-morning, and an hour break mid-afternoon, in addition to my lunch break, with the understanding that I'm allowed to work in the evenings to make sure I continue meeting my deadlines and such.
I'd essentially be bumping myself down to 30hrs a week, give or take evening-hour work when necessary. It seems much easier for me to accomplish things in the evening when my husband is home. My thought is that, I should be able to work for two hours at a time, knowing I have a break coming, and can let my parts know "it's okay, we can spend time thinking/feeling/experiencing in two hours, that's not very long from now."
I am just so unwell right now. I'm struggling to eat and drink, struggling to shower, can't get myself out of freeze mode. I don't want to just take a leave of absence, partially because money, partially because I really, really, really need to figure out a sustainable way to cope while working.
Curious if anyone has gotten accommodations for work, what the accommodations are, if anyone has ideas for what might help me, ideas for what options I might discuss with my psych team. Perhaps there's a different accommodation that would be more helpful than my idea. Perhaps I need to go back on disability. I genuinely do not know at this point.
Interested in any and all feedback.
Posted Jul 30, 2026, 2:14 PM UTC