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Originally Posted by meganb22
Hi everyone!
I have Bipolar II and for a few years I have been really struggling with keeping jobs. The longest job I have ever held down was for 4 months. Pretty much each and every time I get a job I feel like "yes! I can do this!" and then a month or so later I will quit or get fired because my attendance sucks. After that I usually fall into a depression for a few months. I will take a couple months to pull myself together and then get another job. And repeat. A lot.
I have looked on the internet and found that a lot of other people with Bipolar have this problem too. I have now started mood stabilizers and am questioning if I can have successful jobs or if it will still be a struggle?
Have any of you experienced this? Have you gotten through it and have a good job/career? Any advice or tips?
Thanks!
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I've managed to keep good paying career type jobs for 20 years... but it has not been easy that's for sure!!! I've made it through by getting mad at inanimate objects at work ie computers/software, they don't talk back or tell the truth why you are mad. I bottled all this **** up inside and swallowed it for years and years... and then the SHTF and I had a full blown meltdown. My mood stabilizer seems to have been the remedy though... haven't tried to toss a computer out the window for a couple years now
