You know, there is a reason that bipolar is listed as a disability, and it's not because we're lazy or unintelligant. It's because our illness does effect our jobs, our schooling, our relationships, and when that is happening we really are not able to stop it, but at the same time we're made to feel guilty because we can't just suck it up and stop being depressed, or paranoid, or manic....

It's just like asking a blind man to sort all the shirts on a rack by color, and then firing him because he can't. Just because he is unable to do it do to his condition doesn't make him any less of a person or any less valuable. But thanks to stigma and lack of education or understanding, we get s**t on if we even mention our disability at work, despite supposedly being "protected." It's BS.

I'm sorry you lost your job, and I hope you find a better one that better suits you soon.