RN, too many Psycho movies and the bad movie and media rep we get just being mentally ill (regardless of the diagnosis) has people leery of anyone with any sort of MI label. And the older the person, the less understanding there will be. They just assume we are all schizo and on the very of cracking and going on a murdering spree. At least, that's my experience with people I have told.

Mostly, I stay in the closet, even when I was working in social services, where you would expect people to know better. I think it's way safer that way.

Purple Daisy, if you haven't told your boss, my advice is that you don't. You might want to look for a more BP friendly job, but don't get yourself fired from this one in the meantime. And judging by what you report, I think that telling her would make a prefect excuse for your younger and less educated boss to fire you.