[madisgram]

this is an interesting find tho the logic for many of us with MI knew this all along. my T told me years ago while i was in upper corporate mgt. that a person like me was an employers dream. i might add i'm bipolar1 and stable. i did overwork sometimes and i'm sure a touch of mania might have been in the mix. i eased back into my career after initial treatment and meds, contiued therapy to deal with everyday challenges and to learn how to better deal with stress.
for pc members i hope this declaration/article offers you hope too. i don't feel it's just schiz. and schiz.affective people that are the only ones who can be successful in employment, if they wish to be, while dx'ed MI. and each of us has our own interpretation of success.

It’s long been thought that people with severe mental illness had limited opportunities for work, and many are advised to take on simple, low-stress jobs so as not to exacerbate their symptoms. But now researchers are studying high-functioning people with schizophrenia and its close cousin, schizoaffective disorder. Now a group of people with the diagnosis is showing researchers a previously hidden dimension of the story: how the disorder can be managed while people build full, successful lives.
http://well.blogs

.nytimes.com/2011/10/23/studying-successful-people-with-mental-illness/?ref=health

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This is something I fight with my Dr's all the time over. They're both telling me I should only be applying for junior purely technical positions. I'm overqualified for that and I need to be intellectually challenged, so I'm applying to senior positions, as well.

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[OurLadysTears]

Those with mental illnesses also probably provide a lot for companies because they are probably more likely to think outside the box hehe