Before I was diagnosed with bipolar (after my first "psychotic break" I worked at a corporate job for almost 10 years never taking sick days. Once I was diagnosed, and I started having episodes, I lost 2 jobs from my medical leave going past 90 days (FMLA only protects your job up to 90 days, every rolling 12 months). The 3rd job, I was laid off but my boss knew I had bipolar. I struggle in my new job, I take a lot of sick days due to depression. I've been working really hard not to take sick days for the rest of this year and then i will have 40 hours of paid time off. I haven't taken a real vacation in like 10 years. Side note: my goal in 2020 is to save up enough PTO to take a European Group trip for 2 weeks or travel with a bf if I happen to have one at that time...I digress. But yeah, working is very hard with bipolar. Its a struggle.