I tried and tried to work but my psychiatrist eventually said to me that I needed to accept my limitations and not being able to work productively in any type of stress related environment is one of them. I just get ill again. Now I am stable and happier as a result. It is difficult not to have the regularity and the social aspect that work allows for. People say to me that I am lucky not having to go to work which annoys me incredibly because the reason I cannot work is this disease. I know that some normal people are so ignorant as to think I am just lazy. I am sad to see that there are so many replies to this thread, we all have to endure the same end result.