I'm curious as to what difficulties bipolar people go through when it comes to working and career goals.
What's your story?
How do you cope when the last thing you want to do is work?

I'm asking because my bipolar+anxiety disorder boytoy struggles with work. He's never kept a job longer than 6 months. He's a 22 year old college drop out who wants to be a famous author. Lately he's been on his depression swing, and has stopped showing up to work. He's lost motivation to save up for an apartment to live in; he's tossing around the idea of taking out a loan and going for broke so he can focus on becoming a famous author and not be distracted by a crappy part time job. I understand artists need time and such, but I feel what he's been doing and thinking lately is destructive to his entire future. I wish could somehow help him make a decent living and get him off this dead end path, but I'm realizing I can't change him.
Regardless, I'm reaching out to you guys to see what other bipolar people do to cope with the idea of working, and how you guys manage to stay in work.
Maybe your ideas can help. I don't know.