Thanks Miss Laura and blueoctober, (hey that is a really bad month for me too) it is true none of us should ever be ashamed. I am mostly just frustrated because my job is very demanding emotionally and although I do hide it very well at work, I come home and just need to tune out. Strangely enough this is another reason I keep saying...no I don;t have bipolar. Because of the extremely emotional work I do...perhaps things are just catching up with me. I feel very needed at work and I love what I do, and we all need to have a good work life balance, especially with this diagnosis.
Dear Anneinside, sorry about your experience, that is very difficult, sounds very unsupportive, hope you have some good outlets and other supportive people in your life.