I watched this with real interest last night.
In terms of being open I feel like Ive gone 'half way'.
Im in a senior position at work - just about to start a 'more senior' post.
Had severe PND 13 yrs ago - but didnt tell anyone at work because all happened during maternity leave and then kept it quiet when went back to work.
Since then Ive needed 3 periods of depression/anxiety related sick leave (approx 6 weeks each.) In between ive been very productive/successful.
For first 2 periods i mainly covered it up.
But third time I decided to 'come clean' - and the response was fantastic. I had some lovely emails from people saying it had really helped them too by being so open.
The reason i say only 'half way' though is because i think genereally people (and my bosses) think im over it now - whereas for me its absolutely something that im aware of in the background, and although i really really hope it doesnt - im aware that it might come back.
Also if i have a 'blip' I tend to keep it to myself - whereas if it was a physical thing i would mention it at work.
Im still on a low dose ad. (Even though its only low dose - approx half a 20mg standard dose of something like prozac - as soon as I try and come off it even very slowly i go downhill rapdily.)
From a personal point of view i am very very grateful to people like Ruby Wax , Alastair Campbell and the MP's who recently spoke about their MH issues.