BP1/ treatment resistant rapid cycling. Worked for 14 years, fulltime, got married, thought life would be fine. In 2004, like a boomerang, started to have trouble sleeping, mood started to become unstable. Stopped working f/t end of 2004, found p/t work in less stressful field but each year I kept losing a little more ground and by 2010, I was toast. At the urging of a great friend(now deceased and also rapid cycler)I applied, in 2011, for SSDI and I got it, but my self esteem and confidence have seriously eroded and my physical health has deteriorated. My wife tries to understand but sometimes she doesn't comprehend my behaviors or sleep/noise/stress issues. That's life.