I ask my doc for olanzapine when I'm going manic. I can't stay on it because of massive increase in appetite, but it works in a pinch. Shoots me right out of the sky quickly.

Maybe your doc can give you something if you call.

My other thought is for you to get signed out of work. My regular doc will do it for me w/out saying anything about my diagnosis and he's not a psychiatrist so my employer won't know anything. But that is limited to 2 weeks I think.