Bipolar Disorder Support Group
Bipolar disorder is not just a single disorder, but a category of mood disorders marked by periods of abnormally high energy and euphoria, often accompanied by bouts of clinical depression. This is the place to talk about your experience with bipolar disorder, learn from others' experiences, and find support.
hey everyone . . . just read this story:
last September i was hired by the French Embassy in Washington DC to teach elementary school English on the island of Guadeloupe, in the Caribbean.
Please note . . . on the application for the position, i detailed my BP, enclosed a letter from my psychiatrist, and the woman in charge of the program even SPOKE with my shrink by phone. And I was hired---apparently with no real problems there.
so i begin my preparations to live abroad for a whole year . . . purchased plane tickets, shipped books and clothes, secured a studio to live in, etc., etc. all to the tune of $2700!!!
Now, before i left, i scheduled an appt with a psychiatrist in Guadeloupe set for the Tuesday after I was to arrive.
There was a lady in charge of helping me get settled and she took me to see the doctor. This doctor recommended to t he school where I was to be teaching that they give me a couple of trial weeks to see how I would do. But no sooner had Ieft the doctors office that it became quite clear there was a problem. I was told I would be seeing another doctor as well. This doctor asked me if I had any health issues and I told her I suffered from BP disorder. She asked me what that was-----she didnt know!!! And she in turn recommended I not be allowed to teach.
So after this meeting as was told they needed to make a decision about whether I was to stay or not. I assumed they would follow the first doctors advice, and give me a shot at teaching . . . but no. what they did was: they sent me home. Because Im bipolar!!!
In the US this would be illegal, but Guadeloupe, part of France, has no such laws. This was the first time in my career as BP, that I have been discriminated against. Not only was I hurt, but I also was out $2700 bucks!!!
last September i was hired by the French Embassy in Washington DC to teach elementary school English on the island of Guadeloupe, in the Caribbean.
Please note . . . on the application for the position, i detailed my BP, enclosed a letter from my psychiatrist, and the woman in charge of the program even SPOKE with my shrink by phone. And I was hired---apparently with no real problems there.
so i begin my preparations to live abroad for a whole year . . . purchased plane tickets, shipped books and clothes, secured a studio to live in, etc., etc. all to the tune of $2700!!!
Now, before i left, i scheduled an appt with a psychiatrist in Guadeloupe set for the Tuesday after I was to arrive.
There was a lady in charge of helping me get settled and she took me to see the doctor. This doctor recommended to t he school where I was to be teaching that they give me a couple of trial weeks to see how I would do. But no sooner had Ieft the doctors office that it became quite clear there was a problem. I was told I would be seeing another doctor as well. This doctor asked me if I had any health issues and I told her I suffered from BP disorder. She asked me what that was-----she didnt know!!! And she in turn recommended I not be allowed to teach.
So after this meeting as was told they needed to make a decision about whether I was to stay or not. I assumed they would follow the first doctors advice, and give me a shot at teaching . . . but no. what they did was: they sent me home. Because Im bipolar!!!
In the US this would be illegal, but Guadeloupe, part of France, has no such laws. This was the first time in my career as BP, that I have been discriminated against. Not only was I hurt, but I also was out $2700 bucks!!!
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Hi all! This is for those of you that have or have had the same neurologist for 4 years or more. I have been with mine now since 2009. He is one of the best movement disorder secialists in the midwest. I know he is extremely busy on the lecture circuit now and in fact not taking new patients there is a huge waiting list for him. BUT.... I feel like my visits are not what they use to be. He...
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I gave my 2 week notice last Friday 13th. Now to join you fine people in a life of leisure and nothing else to do but to look out for myself....is it just me or does that sound pretty boring? My goal was to live to retire and I guess having to take early retirement because of health reasons wasn't exactly the way I had planned things. I just can't stay in that building that is reeking mildew...
Yeah, it sucked. But trust. Trust that there was a reason.