I taught high school for 20 years before my BP I got the best of me & forced me to go on disability. When I was hypomanic I was a quite creative & entertaining teacher. The entertainment quotient sometimes got me in trouble with administration, unfortunately. There are always a few students who lack a sense of humor, or are just sticks in the mud; in any event my antics were reported to the principal a few times & I was written up.

I can also understand the horrible ways depression affected my teaching. I, too, taught English; when depressed that eternal stack of papers grew deeper & deeper...I'd often have to take a lot of time off due to depression & a lack of concentration.