I had a director who had borderline personality disorder. She really liked me...at first....and wanted to spend all kinds of time sharing her personal problems with me. I got comfortable being her confidante. When she found out I had bipolar 1 disorder, she became my worst enemy and made my work life a living hell. I had to hire an attorney for violations of the ADA. She found out I had bipolar disorder because HR told her. I had to be out on short term disability leave because I was hospitalized for 8 weeks with a brutal manic-psychotic episode and anorexia. When I returned I was stripped of responsibilities. Verbally humiliated in staff meetings. She THREW THINGS at me. It was nuts.

The moral of my story...jealously guard your bipolar diagnosis in the workplace. It will come back to haunt you.