I have had Bipolar, Depression, & ADD for quite awhile now... the Bipolar and depression symptoms seem to be getting a lot worse over the past 6mo/year. I have absolutely no energy to do anything, no drive, if I'm not at work I'm in bed. I feel worthless. Like I was a mistake. I feel like I've been a disappointment to everyone in my life. I'm someone who wouldn't go out to put gas in my car without being dressed, hair done, and makeup on. Now I hardly get out of my sweats, rarely do my makeup, and hair is never done. Not even for work. Its always just up in a messy bun. I'm also the person who used to never call in sick to work. I went 7 years at my last job w/out a sick call. This job I'm at now, I've been at for almost 6 months, and already have 3 sick calls. Those are because I just can't get out of bed because of the bipolar/depression. Dealing with the people on the phone is becoming increasingly more difficult, especially during manic phases, and they are rude, and disrespectful...trying to not lose my cool is becoming a job in itself. I am beginning to hate people in general...they are all so self absorbed, fake...Including my boss!!

I'm seeing a new therapist, but there has been no talk of changing my meds (been on the same ones for about 6 years), but I've been reading about psych service dogs for bipolar disorder and depression. Has anyone ever had any experience with a service dog for their bipolar and/or depression? I've also seen how extremely expensive the training is for this. Someone told me that if the my P-doc recommends a service doc, there are places that donate the training. Is this true? Does anyone know where? Thanks for any input anyone may have.