Filing for Disability Benefits

An intense period of mania or depression can make you feel like you’ve been hit by a truck. You may feel exhausted. You may be unable to concentrate or remember certain details. You may become intolerant of colleagues and others you must deal with on the job. Your family life is also very likely to [...]

Posted on March 17, 2008 Filed Under Career, Disability, Social Security | 2 Comments

Are You Disabled?

My wife feels disabled. She used to teach junior high school Spanish full time for over $60,000 per year. She can no longer work as a full-time teacher, because the stress triggers mania. Believe me, she tried several times to return to teaching, and each time she experienced a serious breakdown.

Posted on March 13, 2008 Filed Under Career, Disability, Social Security | 1 Comment

To Tell or Not to Tell… About Your Bipolar Disorder

The question of whether to disclose one’s bipolar disorder to an employer often causes anxiety for the person with the illness. Of course, it shouldn’t be that way. If you were ill with cancer or suffered some physical disability, you would probably disclose it without reservation, but with a mental illness, people often fear the [...]

Posted on August 18, 2007 Filed Under Career | 5 Comments

Getting Back to Work with Bipolar Disorder

Recently, Jeff posted a comment on ”Quit Your High-Stress Job?” asking for advice and support related to his situation. Because work is such a common problem area for people with bipolar disorder, I encourage you to read that article and the interesting discussion that it has generated, including my response.

Posted on July 31, 2007 Filed Under Career | 1 Comment

Quit Your High-Stress Job?

In Bipolar Disorder For Dummies, we talk quite a bit about stressors and triggers—people or situations that can cause enough emotional or psychological duress to push you into a mood episode. We encourage you to identify and then avoid your stressors and triggers as much as possible, but that begs the question of what to [...]

Posted on June 28, 2007 Filed Under Career | 9 Comments

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