curious why most bipolar ppl dont work and get monthly disability checks?
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I have bi-polar and hold a full time job although it has been very hard. I have no choice and they turned me down for disability although I am the viloent type. I think they could have a job, but depression and the anxiety that comes with bipolar can cause a person to go off the deepend and they wont keep a job for long if it gets real bad, unless they are like me and forced to haft to work because even if I got a state check it wouldnt be enough to support my family. I get down way down and haft to find other ways to cope with it. It is hard.
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they may not be able to manage their condition well enough to be able to hold down a job...that's what disability is all about
they just fake their illness so they can leech off society. they should be sent to concentration camps.
would you want to work with someone who loves you one minute and then tried to kill you the next?
They could work in the zoo with polar bears.
what are you basing that statement off? one of my relatives is bipolar and works
you are misinformed ,must diagnosed people with bipolar do work.you are grossly misinformed.
Because they fit the clinical criteria for disabled. There are specific criteria that must be met for SSI or SSDI.
Although work is important to mental health, many individuals with Bipolar illness are not able to be consistent. Bipolar effects mood, cognition, memory. There may be psychotic episodes, delusions, disorganization, depression, agitation, and so on.
When I had just regular depression I met a lot of people while I was going to a support group which was mostly for bipolar depressed people. Many of them worked and yes in some ways it was better for them, but they would talk about their struggles, it was sometimes very hard for them to sustain a job. Even when they are on meds and keep their symptoms at a minimum they tend to have more ups and downs than others, and working which is always stressful can be almost unmanageable for them.
BTW the ones who didn't work mostly were recently diagnosed, it can easily take them a year or more to work with their doctor to properly control the symptoms, and it can take many years to begin to understand how to function. I met a 35 year old man who went from job to no-job, and back again, and never happy a moment in his life, because it is just a very hard illness to live with. This person (I worked with him briefly) just never could learn to live effectively with his illness. It is very sad.
Two of my friends are bipolar. Because of this condition they variate from one extreme to another which makes handling of a job difficult. Job pressures and responsibilities are extremely difficult for them to handle. As one of my friends put it this way. "I am on the job, something happens, and I am fired. What was the problem, I cannot explain." Another friend was taking mass transportation. Her stop was Newark, but she got off in NYC. Overwhelmed as her feelings were, the police took her to the hospital where is stayed for 3 or 4 weeks and her medication was adjusted.
How do we qualify for this? Seriously.
I dunno, I manage the job part just fine. It's home and social life that gets me upset.
Then again, I don't have an official diagnosis, they just told me "it's very evident."
Do you know anything about bi-polar disorder?... I doubt it. Where are you getting your information that "most bipolar ppl dont work and get monthly disability checks"?
Do you know how serious and debilitating it can be for those who have a serious form of the disorder?
Do you know that the majority of those who are bi-polar are a functioning part of society, because the majority suffer from a mild to moderate form?
You shouldn't judge something you have limited, if any knowledge about.
Here's the thing, I am manic depressive. I do not collect disability and I am tying like hell to get a job. So eat me.
I am bipolar and I work full time. Next question.
I live with bipolar disorder since age 6 or 7 and work a full time job. I am 46 years old and have worked full time since graduating high school at 18. I also worked part time the last two years of high school holding three part time jobs much of that time. I spent 10 years in the US Navy and received an Honorable discharge.
Most people living with bipolar disorder do work full time, raise families and live very normal lives. The ones you are referring to are most likely very severe cases. In the most severe cases of this disorder functioning can be very difficult. Often in those cases the patient has a form of bipolar disorder that is "Drug Resistant", that is drug therapy does little to restore the balance of brain chemicals.
For those that can work, by all means it is better that they do so. It gives meaning to their lives. It can also help in the sense that they often find a support network among their co-workers and provides social interaction.
I must apologize for my first thought when I saw your question. I got a little defensive and thought "What a jerk?". That was very wrong of me. I can understand why you may ask this. I can only assume that you are not very well informed on this disorder and the statistics. I hope that I have helped you to learn here. I invite you to check out the links below to learn more about bipolar disorder.
Sincerely,
Terry
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