I don't work but where i volunteer doesn't know. Maybe one place does but I don't know. As for family they know the name, I take meds for it but that's about it. My mom knows more because I blabbed when manic that I was manic and what that meant. I think she also looked up my pills. We've had many talks on her raising smart, capable daughters that she has to trust i know what i am doing. They don't know about the psychosis. My youngest sister does though both my mom and my sister's believe in shadow people. She knows I view it as a hallucination. None of them know I've been hospitalized 2x for BP/ SZA. They have not always been supportive. My dad use to hide my medicine when I visited. Now it's more like they know but they don't talk about it. There are times I wish I was more open but that would cause pain. My husband is BP also. They know this but they don't accept he can't work.

My best friend knows. He knows about the mood swings, the psychosis, the meds, and the hospitalizations. He's really supportive.

The way I view BP is it's part of me so I don't hide it. I also know the stigma so I don't advertise it. I stay away from conversations that have that topic. I don't volunteer that information as freely as my husband does.