Bipolar - To Tell or Not to Tell at Work?
Posted by Administrator in Mental Health.A lot of people with Bipolar Disorder are able to work… some can only work under certain situations and some can’t work at all. Even people with Bipolar have varying degrees of stress tolerance. And stress is a primary factor.
For me, I worked just fine all of my life until everything came crashing down around me. I couldn’t focus on my work. I couldn’t remember important information. Even if I wrote things down, I’d forget where I put it. It became impossible for me to get out of the bed at times. I was crying on my way to work, crying at work, and was very short tempered and irratable. The responsibility of having to go to work everyday was overwhelming for me. And I had never felt like this before.
Sometimes Bipolars can work part time… or work from home. Even work very flexible hours. It is up to the employer. Even so, any Bipolar that is working and doing just dandy can have problems or a full blown episode at any given time.
To Tell or Not To Tell? Should you tell your employer or perspective employer that you are Bipolar….and when should you tell them? A very big question that has been debated a many of times in a few of the places that I visit on the internet. Read more