I've been lucky to have a successful career even while struggling with having bipolar. I've always been known as being someone who can get something done 5 times faster than anybody else (and correctly)...but what people don't know is that those are the times when I am hypomanic. Then there are the times when I stay in my office with my door closed and snap the head off anyone who makes the mistake of poking their head in. It's worked for me for a long time. Recently I had to go inpatient twice and questions are starting to get asked. I finally had to tell my boss' boss that I had bipolar disorder, but I told him it was "the good kind". I just made that up at the moment, and told him that me having bipolar has helped me be as successful as I have been...but I had been stressed out more than usual lately and had to have my medicine changed which made me have to be monitored. It was a load of crap, but I felt backed into a corner. Now I feel like the cat is out of the bag and my career has hit the glass ceiling. I am afraid I will no longer get that promotion I'm looking for or that raise I want. I'm afraid I'll be known as "that crazy guy" and " don't mess with him or he's liable to go Full Metal Jacket on you". It's a bad place to be for me and it's just adding more stress. Maybe I should just quit and become a shrimp fisherman.