I noticed I spend a lot of time giving advice and forget to ask for it. So here goes:

The job thing. 5 jobs in 6 years. For those who don't already know, fired from my last job soon after diagnosis and disclosure. Ironically, meds were kicking in and I was doing well. Still doing well.

So, hubs still doesn't trust that things are different, because maybe things aren't really different - maybe it's just the BP talking, maybe I won't ever be able to keep a job.

Sis, who has been the one I could really talk to, has started using armchair psychology on me, like saying something obnoxious then trying to force me not to respond (so I can learn, "Don't talk back to the boss"). Just made me angry because I know the difference between work behavior and sibling behavior. I've never been insubordinate in a job - I just made people feel really uncomfortable. I get it now, but no one believes me. She finally got ticked off because I refused to be "fixed" and I suspect was actually in a hypomanic phase herself. Talk about the blind leading the blind..

So anyway, how can I convince them that I'm wiser and really working on interpersonal communication when saying that could be interpreted as being delusional???

This one's a definite AAARRRGGGHHHH!!!