Finding Work That Works When You Have Bipolar Disorder 

I am 27 and have bipolar 1 with schizophrenic tendencies. I deliver for meals on wheels. Part time work, but i feel fulfilled and appreciated.

This has helped a lot for me. I have BPD and CPTSD, I work part time in aged care. I was doing okay but then the work got a little more demanding and they weren't providing me with enough breaks for me to catch my breath. I have been in the aged care business for 9 years, but for some reason I've been struggling a lot more now.

I had to quit pest control after 30 yrs. Couldn't do Walmart cause the stress drive me into suicidal depression, then I blew out my back. I worked at a horse barn and loved it but they closed. I now work PT as a pizza driver and started a sewing business on the side. I really have to focus though to get things done.

Very helpful . As someone who suffers from bi-polar disorder , this was extremely eye opening and helpful

I just recently graduated at nursing school. At the same time I start to feeling depressed and having hypomanic crisis. That lead me to loose my first job and having a lot of debts. I’m back home getting my treatment but I’m so scared I won’t be able to work as a nurse anymore :(

I am an avid #MentalHealthAwareness advocate and performer, and I love this so much. I travel the country trying to bring that awareness on stages, in classrooms, hospitals, and on my RU-vid channel, so I get excited when I see other advocates. 💙❤

I hope people with BP would be more welcomed into work environments even better, without being harrassed. I'd like to find a job where my way of being would be accepted. I might look more bright and colourful sometimes and more inside myself at other times. That doesn't mean I'm in a bad mood when I'm more quiet and less expressive. When I feel that people accept me, just as I accept their difference, I become more confident and perform better. I used to be an overachiever, multitask and very quick learner. A famous artist once said that the best way to kill someone is to pay them for doing nothing (disability which I'm on). I volunteer and I like it but I feel like the most simple task requires more concentration then ever before. I somehow don't feel right and my cognitive capacities have lowered.

I lost my job because I didn't disclose that I had BD. Was doing fine, it just slipped in a conversation with a co-worker. Management found out and fired me.

I always get fired from the jobs that I do, and I have had many, many jobs, hundreds. No one wants me. I experience a lot of discrimination on the job regardless of how much I try. I have bipolar 1.

Most people don't understand how hard life can be for some of us. Also, growing up and undiagnosed, I could never understand how people could just go to work , and not flash out on somebody once in awhile. I am currently in the process of getting disability.

I'm bipolar and *want* to work. I haven't worked in while due to my illness and a series of unfortunate circumstances beyond my control(having to move to another state which I hate, having to accept charity from family who would rather I wasn't there, seeking work and, not getting it once it's discovered how long I've gone without work and and what my condition is-someone actually told me that's why they'd never consider me for hire). I'm tired...so damn tired. I need some resources that'll really help me have a chance to be self-sufficient. If anyone knows anything, please please get back to me. I'm an artist, and have training in massge(although I'm out of practice and probably need to retrain). Sitting around doing nothing is killing me....

I'm a high achieving self-managed 26 year old diagnosed with bipolar 1. one year out of college where i played ncaa d1 ice hockey and now working as a mortgage loan originator that's licensed in 20 states. when i think about my future though all i want to do is write books and make art. no artistic or writing background but feel like i have thoughts and ideas that can change the world - nothing fulfills my void when it comes to feasible career options :/

i would love to work! i have bipolar disorder. iam mostly depressed all the time. i stay home all day and am bored. the only thing i know how to do is decorate houses. i am just too depressed to get started. i wish i could work with you towards a job!

I can’t get myself to listen to all of this lol at once. I feel that I lost a career I loved and owe so much on student loans. I hope I get my illness under control 😭

I'm not sure that saying : "I have limitations. I would require some accomodations" would be welcomed in a majority of work environments. Also, if a doctor's report is needed, it would be signed by my psychiatrist because I don't have a family doctor anymore (I'm on a waiting list). I find that this could raise a red flag and that the HR and supervisors would become curious as to why there are limitations. I'm sure that would raise a question mark in their mind and they would try to know more. I am under the impression that they could abolish the position to dismiss such a person and protect themselves. We have a workers rights commission to protect employees. They were not able to take my case when I was harassed for more than a year. They told me that if I have not been working for at least 2 years for that employer, they could not help me. Proving that someone was dismissed on the basis of discrimination for a disability is hard to prove unless the meeting was recorded. Apparently, there are some companies who hire knowing upfront about a person's condition. At least the managers are aware of this and won't need to play detective to uncover the diagnosis. They would already know...

I've been out of work for months now. I suppose nobody wants a 50-something guy when a 20-something is cheaper and is not breaking down. I don't like dealing with people which makes it harder - employers now tend to combine customer service with clerical jobs. I really don't know what to do. My unemployment insurance is about to run out, I have no medical insurance, and the racing/suicidal thoughts are constant. Bipolar II, by the way. Not much mania, BAD depression.

To the speaker - the content was excellent but your tone and delivery seemed stiff and as if each sentence was a question. Also your personal anecdotes left me wondering how they applied to the content. Sorry to be so negative but I search out videos such as yours to help me with my BP. I feel exhausted from 40 minutes of straining to ignore each sentence sounding like a question. This is very valuable information but I will try another source.

This is VERY HELPFUL!GRATITUDE!💕

I am 47 and an R.N. with bipolar disorder. I became too sick to work in 2013 and lost my job. I have stabilized on medication but of course I'm not completely well. I am on disability and I wonder if I will ever work again. I am so curious to know if others with bipolar disorder are able to work and what they do. I do not know anyone else that has this disorder.

Yep, had a prior pest control co tell me while they were writing me up FOR being depressed that they thought I was hiding mental illness from them. I quit a few mos later. They were only paying me $800 a month for FT work anyway. Users! And no benefits.

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Wtf I live in San Jose

Hahaha 😂 That stock photo at 16:29 . I like their outfits, shoe choices and some of their big fat fake smiles. They are all white! 😂 Asking me what to look for? You would claim "woman friendly work environment", I on the other hand would ask for reality, thanks. Hey, by the way, I've watched to the end. 😂 More means more, coming from her, I know what that means exactly!! Anyways, jobs like personal counselling could go obsolete in shorter time than you may think. Keep up the useless passion, everyone. Oh, and I would also discourage the disclosure unless one's in the business of political or fake virtue-signaling types. Do some cognitive training everyday! so that you won't be stuck in victim-mindset like regular women. A person who complains or campaigns about mental illness stigma doesn't seem to know her limitation of intellectual capacity. God, she's writing a memoir? All things being equal, Nothing is more, in life. Sorry about my shit-comment, I'd rather WAKE UP with Sam Harris, I'm that kinda person and so unemployable, bye.