[QUOTE=janewhite1;3298578]In general, your medical record is private. And if you pay for dr visits yourself instead of using insurance, you can gain even more privacy.

I don't believe there's any reason most potential employers would ever have to find out, certainly I've never needed to share that information. In fact, they legally can't ask questions like that unless they can prove they need the information--and most don't.

I do know that when you apply for US federal government jobs requiring security clearance, (not all do) you have to tell them whether you have visted a mental health professional any time in the last, I think, 10 years. Then the psychologist is asked if you have any illness that might impact your ability to keep a secret. However, it takes a long time to process security clearance stuff, and check up on all your references. Typically, they run your prints, make sure you're not a wanted felon, hire you, and fire you later if you lied. I doubt ADD alone would be much of a barrier.



That made me feel better just now....but to add to it. I have just seen my doctor on monday and started back on ritalin for adult ADD and i am thinking he has made the diagnosis officially but not sure. I asked him the same questions and he stated about the laws in WV(where i am). I am not sure about other states and he said that if I moved out of state he wouldnt know anything. I have a concealed weapons permit here and he said it would not effect it at all because i am still stable and not a danger to self or others. i am not sure about the others you mentioned but ADD would not exclude you.


question to the person above though? i obtained a top seceret security clearence in the military back in 2000, would that still be good to apply for a federal job now like the US Postal Service?


thanks

whosit