Why can't they understand that bp isn't an all-or-nothing disease. Well, it kind of is. You're either in remission or you're not. You're either hallucinating or you're not. You can go 3 months just fine like everybody else, then the next day you think someone is after you, you can't make any sense of your work or where you are, or you're hearing voices, or your mood is fluctuating wildly, or you are thinking happy thoughts yet sobbing! How can this be conducive with work!?