Hey Dorsey!
If bi-polar HAD a LOOK (?) my foto would be right beside it in the dictionary!!! hahahaha.................lol...........................I didn't know it had a look? It's a feeling though, and not a very pleasant one at that. I can relate to all the issues you have, been there, done that!! I never could hold down a job for very long before I'd have an episode, none of which I understood as I hadn't been properly diagnosed. I was just diagnosed a year ago Dec. So that makes it 30 some odd years that drs. fooled around with all the wrong meds. that never seemed to do any good.
I call my good days normal(for me), and my bad ones, bi-polar days. The last one I had I went and got most of my HAIR cut off!!!! ALMOST BOOT CAMPER!!! That's what you do when you're in a phase. It could last from 1 to several days before you realize what you've done. I use to have clippers of my own, but my husband threw them out when he found my head half shaven one time. That's bi-polar!!!
Work and I never seemed to get along. I had two or three jobs I just couldn't handle under stress. MEAN BOSSES.
They were always WOMEN, too. The worst people you can work for, in my opinion. Hmm, oh well hope this helps a little????