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NoMoreNola · Jul 03, 2009, 09:26 AM

i was feeling pretty distraught yesterday about my bi-polar effecting my job at a country club, so I don't even want to know what it feels like to be in your position, having a degree and all that jazz and still unable to balance the two. Of course, there is no balance in the world of bipolar, so what can we expect? I become more manic than the latter and that's what gets in the way with me, just more often because I have rapid cycling. Everytime I hit a manic episode my bosses think I'm on drugs or something of the sort and it sucks because for once in my life, I'm not self-medicating. I wish I had some grand advice to give you or had something uplifting and wonderful to say that would make you feel better, but i don't. I think that dealing with our bipolar in the work place is just something we are always going to have to struggle with along with the rest of the bipolar folks in the world. Good luck on finding another job and I hope things will look up for you quickly.

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Originally Posted by Lauru

I have a history of working for a year or two at the most, and then losing or quitting my job because of a bipolar relapse. Well it has happened again. I am 36 years old, and this crap still hasn't stopped. I don't know what to do anymore. Am I capable of doing any job? I am college educated with a BA and I can't work in my career, just small jobs here and there. The stress always gets to me eventually. Life was going great, and then wham! another depression. I don't know if there is any hope for me. Maybe this is alll I am capable of. Is that enough for me? I don't know. I had such dreams and aspirations, only to see them dashed and never fulfilled. Sometimes, there is only so much a person can take...