I've worked since I was 16 ( I'm 25) with only a few breaks when i had student loans to live on for a term. I guess I'm high functioning too because I have psychotic symptoms at my current job and was depressed for the first 8 months of my job and went manic a couple of weeks ago for 3 weeks and nobody at work suspected anything because my anxiety disorder has taught me to fake my way through the day no matter how I feel. I'm trying to get on disability because all this pretending takes a massive toll on my psyche among other reasons but I don't think I'll get it because I work and go to school right now. Never mind the fact that I've lost numerous jobs due to depression and I completely skip school when I'm manic. And boy do I suffer from all the stress of trying to keep all the balls in the air at once. But I don't think the SSI people will care.