I'm glad to see some people getting good treatment from their employers. I disclosed my BP to my own boss in the summer of 2012 when I had a manic episode that I couldn't hide, and it led to my eventual downfall and firing. The worst was when the corporate nurse consultant said to me as I was signing the termination papers, "It's not your fault. Your work habits are consistent with your diagnosis." Well, I did the best I could even through episodes when I was climbing the walls, but it wasn't enough. I don't blame them so much for firing me as I do for making bipolar the reason. They had decided they couldn't make the accommodations I needed to continue working there, so out I went.
As you can tell, I'm still angry about it three years later.....
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DX: Bipolar 1
Anxiety
Tardive dyskinesia
Mild cognitive impairment
RX: Celexa 20 mg
Gabapentin 1200 mg
Geodon 40 mg AM, 60 mg PM
Klonopin 0.5 mg PRN
Lamictal 500 mg
Levothyroxine 125 mcg (rx'd for depression)
Trazodone 150 mg
Zyprexa 7.5 mg
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