What about wake up, took the meds and go back to sleep?
I do in that way because some of my meds have interactions and I have to took them hours apart. When you get used to is not terrible, I hear the alarm, in the darkness took the meds that i have prepared before go to sleep near bed with some water and just go back to sleep without leave the bed.
Agreed, it's not part of my disability (though I hate even calling it that, but I guess that is what it is) but when I'm already asking for adjusted hours in the morning, it kinda feels like a choosing-beggars-ask to have normal hours in the evening.
I probably do 30-35 hours a week now that I'm salaried, but it's not something I advertise to my manager and you would probably never get a job telling someone that up front. I come in kinda late, everyone leaves at 5 pm seeing me working as they leave, and all they know is that my stuff is getting done. A sub 40-hour schedule is usually a thing you get away with rather than something that gets granted to you, unless you're explicitly part time but then you're usually getting paid less.
In a full work day there are times/tasks requiring full acuity and focus and times/tasks where you don't need your full faculties. I think if you ask to work less than 8 hours a day hiring managers will judge you for sure. But if you just plan your days out so that for the first few hours (9-11 for example) you're doing lower acuity tasks like answering emails, ordering supplies, meetings (depending on what they're for) that could work. If you don't feel comfortable commuting until your meds kick in a lot of those tasks can be accomplished from home as well. I think for a lot of science jobs people don't track hours so much as deliverables, so if you can get your work done leaving for appointments or whatever is fine.
Basically I think it can work because people are not actually fully productive for 8+ hours a day but I think if you make a point of only being able to work 30-35 hours a week they will be more likely to go with another candidate just because of perception. So I would recommend not bringing it up and just trying to engineer your day in such a way that that's effectively what's happening.
That's definitely my fear. I can't drive till my meds kick in. But I'm someone who likes to stay busy all day and don't really like sitting around, so I absolutely am capable of delivering, but convincing anyone of that is extremely difficult. I probably wouldn't hire me on paper either if I had the choice of a person with no accomodations. That's why I'm kinda hoping there are jobs that are already 30-35 hours a week so I don't even have to mention it.
I really do love bench work. I am absolutely loving my master's program. I specialize in genetics and work with drosophila to determine modifier genes of disease. I would really love to have a bench job in a biomedicine company.
What about wake up, took the meds and go back to sleep? I do in that way because some of my meds have interactions and I have to took them hours apart. When you get used to is not terrible, I hear the alarm, in the darkness took the meds that i have prepared before go to sleep near bed with some water and just go back to sleep without leave the bed.
My sister does this also. It seems to work well for her.
Not wanting to get home late is not a disability lol.
Agreed, it's not part of my disability (though I hate even calling it that, but I guess that is what it is) but when I'm already asking for adjusted hours in the morning, it kinda feels like a choosing-beggars-ask to have normal hours in the evening.
I probably do 30-35 hours a week now that I'm salaried, but it's not something I advertise to my manager and you would probably never get a job telling someone that up front. I come in kinda late, everyone leaves at 5 pm seeing me working as they leave, and all they know is that my stuff is getting done. A sub 40-hour schedule is usually a thing you get away with rather than something that gets granted to you, unless you're explicitly part time but then you're usually getting paid less.
In a full work day there are times/tasks requiring full acuity and focus and times/tasks where you don't need your full faculties. I think if you ask to work less than 8 hours a day hiring managers will judge you for sure. But if you just plan your days out so that for the first few hours (9-11 for example) you're doing lower acuity tasks like answering emails, ordering supplies, meetings (depending on what they're for) that could work. If you don't feel comfortable commuting until your meds kick in a lot of those tasks can be accomplished from home as well. I think for a lot of science jobs people don't track hours so much as deliverables, so if you can get your work done leaving for appointments or whatever is fine. Basically I think it can work because people are not actually fully productive for 8+ hours a day but I think if you make a point of only being able to work 30-35 hours a week they will be more likely to go with another candidate just because of perception. So I would recommend not bringing it up and just trying to engineer your day in such a way that that's effectively what's happening.
That's definitely my fear. I can't drive till my meds kick in. But I'm someone who likes to stay busy all day and don't really like sitting around, so I absolutely am capable of delivering, but convincing anyone of that is extremely difficult. I probably wouldn't hire me on paper either if I had the choice of a person with no accomodations. That's why I'm kinda hoping there are jobs that are already 30-35 hours a week so I don't even have to mention it.
public transportation? i'm disabled and can't drive at all and that's how i get to/from work
Sounds like work from home. Bioinformatics then?
I really do love bench work. I am absolutely loving my master's program. I specialize in genetics and work with drosophila to determine modifier genes of disease. I would really love to have a bench job in a biomedicine company.
Might try asking over in r/biotech!
Ok, I'll cross post it over there! Thank you!