I think it's called a BP resume. We have to illiminate about 5 jobs at least. What a crazy but creative existance we live.

Never been fired, except by BP. Because of it, I was written out of work by my pdoc and have been on SSDI since...

Holla!

Haven't been fired in a long time but the last time I was I was Manic as hell and fucked with the boss and told him he was a fuckshit... last time I say him he was sweeping floors in Kmart

fuckbrain not fuckshit LOL

I have not been fired, but I have walked out on 4 jobs in the past 3 months. Paranioa and skitso moments.. Urrrgg..
I am shooting for disability, but until I get it things will be hard.

I have always quit before I got fired, and due to my alcoholism there was plenty of reasons to fire me.

Lately, at a job that I have held for 15 years I have lost my umpt. I just couldn't go and interpret another class. I went home early today with more bull about being sick.

But I have used up my sick leave except for a few hours. I am just dreading, full of anxiety, going to my fucking job. I don't have it in me anymore.

Is this normal bipolar shit or am I just another loser who can't hold onto a job?

In the past I was the ultimate brown nose, getting praise for all sorts of lies and bullshit.

I broke down last spring and just left my job. I never talked to any of them again. It was a professional job.

The really funny thing about that??? I'd been looking for a new job and had that one on my resume. So, I went to one job interview just after I left. The interview went well. I didn't get the job; they talked to my old boss!

I usually stay about 2-4 months in a job, just enough time to get off of orientation. My last job I wrote a note and handed in all of my things after everyone had gone home and so when my boss got there in the Am she found my nametag and such. I am such a failure. I hate BP and wonder if I could be productive without this illenss.

I think we are all way too hard on ourselves. It's difficult to have bipolar and hold down a job. I have a busy, full-time job and there are mornings I can barely stand myself. On days like that, I have to just call in sick and stay home. I'm lucky that I work for a large organization that has unlimited sick days....otherwise, I would not have lasted this long in full-time employment. I feel as though, whatever work you can do, you should be very proud of yourself! It is damn hard having bipolar.

All of mine usually end in my trying to violently bring someone around to my way of thinking.:o) That is not good for business.Esp when it is the customer.LOL
It is a well known fact and running joke that I could not hold down a job b/c of my attitude.:)

WE'll I managed to hang onto my job for 18 years at the company I worked for, before I quit and I'm BP. I had several different positions over the years. I saw my pdoc every 3 months and I took FMLA when I needed it. I used most of my vacations and other days off to recoop as well. It was pure hell most of the time, I was in constant stress. I had several panic attacks at work and had to be sent home. Lots of times, I'd come home and go straight to bed crying. It was all I could do to pull myself out of bed in the morning and make it through the day. It wasn't until I started having physical problems as well as emotional that I finally caved in and quit, I just couldn't do it anymore. The stress finally did me in. Lots of employers don't have the benefits I did, so this makes it hard for bp's. I was lucky for awhile. Now I'm banging on disability's door and working with TX rehab to see if they can help me find something at home on the computer.

I can feel you. I was recently diagnosed and the experiences I have had, as I am sure you know, have just hit bottom. I was working at a very stressful job. I am currently on leave and have an income of 65% pay. I am going to the doctor everyweek and even the doc has told me that he does not think that I would be able to go back for the fear of having another breakdown. I know that it is very frustrating, and looking back, I know that I have live with this illness a long time. I have been able to hold a couple of jobs for 2 years or so, but that is about it. I hope that things will improve for you. If you need to chat more, feel free to contact me :)

I'm a quitter...The last job I had was at RGIS, doing inventory in stores, I started having mixed moods, sometimes I was a terrific "counter" and sometimes, my whole section had to be redone...I just couldn't focus and started being really defensive and bitchy...I called my supervisor on my way to my last assignment, she said if you can't make it today I can't schedule you anymore...perfect!!

it's terribly hard for me, sometimes i just find it impossible to concentrate on work. other times i'm a workaholic. when the workaholic goes away, that is usually when i get canned...

never been fired, but i've walked out on several jobs in mid-shift, others i've quit with proper notice when it all became too much for me. wish like crazy i could get disability, but i've been out of work so long now that my payment wouldn't amount to anything...my pdoc says i can't work and i keep telling her i have to..it's the only way i can live!