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To tell you the truth, the only person I feel truly comfortable talking about it with is my pdoc. He gets it (from his pdoc point of view) and I don't have to explain myself in the way you would have to with others.
I know and you've made clear, that you're not telling people so as to use it as an excuse, but in my case, one of several reasons why I don't tell people is the *perception* that I may be telling them in order to use it as an excuse. The main reason, though, is that I really don't think others (except loved ones, in some cases) *can* get it, and I don't expect them to, so don't go there.
You describe support from your boss, and it's good to have that, but I know if it were me, I'd be afraid that he/she would interpret any 'bad attitude' I might have, or other behavior or mood, as bipolar. When the fact is, is that I could experience and exhibit all kinds of behaviors and moods at work (and elsewhere) that have nothing to do with bipolar. I just wouldn't want someone always interpreting my behavior and moods through the bipolar lens, when this is just not the reality, and this is part of others not 'getting it' that concerns me.
I experience episodes generally a couple of times a year --the rest of the time, it's just 'me' (the good, the bad, and the ugly!). And I don't want 'me' always being seen as bipolar.
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