My boss takes mental health days routinely - she just shoots our team an email saying that's what she's doing. If I need to do it, I don't worry about it. But honestly, I have the advantage of working from home, so I can mostly make my environment suit what I need to work. Some days the distractibility from my symptoms makes it really hard, but I can take my sick time in hours, too, so I can always walk away for an hour or two and see if it improves.

I LOVE that my employer is really supportive of taking care of yourself. I don't get paid what others in my field are (few at my work do), but the benefits are so far beyond any other workplace that I've been in, it's absolutely worth it to me. In another workplace, my symptoms could have gotten me written up or fired, I'm sure. And where I work doesn't even know I have BP - I can just say I need a MH day, and that's that. No guilt.