My dad had the good sense to get me ssi when I turned 18. I did really good holding a summer job as a kid but that was the only situation I was able to handle at the time. I was surviving of drugs and alcohol at the time that I was holding the job down. Everyone seems to be almost scared of me trying to hold down a job.

My husband has only been able to hold down a job for less then 9 months sporadically. This was before he was stable on meds. Sines he has released a book and writes regularly. Do I think he'll ever hold down a job nope. However my sons therapist has BP and has held down the same job for 20+ years. So it is possible.