Totally. I'm bipolar I. When I work, manual labor jobs, the only way I keep up with others, is full speed ahead. I push most thoughts from my head and all that's really left is all the angry, suicidal feelings swirling around. When I'm done for the day the suicidal thoughts mainly go away, but I'm a twitchy shell of a person for the rest of the day. I can't work full time. Right now, I don't work at all. I started taking Ativan at work, but in the long term has caused me 10x the grief the agitation caused me.