This. ^^

I had to retire from clinical nursing late last year for the same reason. I have since filed for disability and know my standard of living will be nothing compared with what it used to be, but there's nothing I can do about it. I am simply too inconsistent---I take on too many duties when I'm manic, and then can't do much of anything when I crash into depression. The longest I've ever been at one job was 33 months; the last two were 6 months and not quite 4 months.

On top of it all, I'm 55 and nobody wants to hire older workers. Legally they can't discriminate but they'll find a gazillion other reasons not to hire us. Then throw in a little bipolar and I'm virtually unemployable, not that I ever disclose that in interviews. I think hiring managers can smell the fear and desperation. LOL