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Originally Posted by Roaming_bird
If you only email a lot when you're manic or hypomanic, I would try and set a limit on the emailing, but that's just me. I know I have to restrain myself from calling people and texting people because I can be a bit much.
If you're close enough, you can always ask him? I have a friend who knows about my bp and I've asked her if I talk to her too much, and she has said no. I trust her to tell me if it becomes a problem.
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Thanks... I see my thread hasn't died so I will provide some more details I guess. He has not been my boss for 3 years and he's more like a mentor (Because of the nature of my work) and he's very concerned/eager to make sure I don't spread around my BP diagnosis. I have a tendency to want to tell people sometimes when I go up or down too much.
I shouldn't have said "he's not that good for me" specifically - he is supportive. If I seemed troubled and was sending a lot of emails, he'd say something like "Maybe you should slow down", but usually that's when I'm already probably hypomanic/manic. I kind of like that compared to how heavy handed my family members would be tempted to be. I send him a fair number of emails when I am just normal/a little odd - maybe sad or happy but not full blown in episode. I only don't send emails in post-mania severe depression.
I suppose in an ideal world I'd send him one email a week or maybe one every few days. I'd say my average is probably closer to one a day some days. I also try to cap the length of my emails. If I'm really sick you can see it - it'd be more like 10 and the length would be ridiculous.
I work a very long day at my computer so it becomes tempting to get chatty when I'm working, I think. Thanks everyone for your advice- certainly given me a lot to think about.