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Originally Posted by st0psign
I'm a college student and continuously have to tell my professors that I have bipolar disorder to get accommodations met so I can pass my classes, be it extra time to take exams or extra time to finish a course, and I absolutely hate doing it. just wondering if anyone else has had to do similar things or if you tell people you have it in general.
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Generally, I tell people that I have it. This approach has gotten me a lot of rejection over the years, but the good people in my life hang in there with me.
I fought for accomodations in one job and then surrendered and quit it. After that I had three other jobs until my pdoc convinced me to apply for disability, which took a year to get.
As you learn to manage your bipolar, you'll actually need fewer accomodations - that's a general rule. You might have to make compromises about what you can do, though.