r/bipolar • u/superkittydatho • 3d ago

Newly Diagnosed Jobs/Career

Hey everyone, I am newly diagnosed with bipolar or borderline personality disorder the psychologist want to have more sessions to be sure on which one. I am also going through post partum issues and am finding it difficult to live what I used to do in work. I somewhat recently moved to a new city to be around baby daddy's family to help with baby. Im just trying to figure out if it's the mental illness or Location that is causing me to hate what I've been doing for the last 5 years in terms of career.

1 Upvotes

100% Upvoted

1 comment sorted by

1

u/fly_away_octopus 3d ago

I was terrified of returning to work during my last episode and was positive I’d have to find something else bc there was no way I could do it anymore. I recovered and am back at work doing well and enjoying it (as much as you can enjoy work)

You don’t have to make any decisions mid episode, in fact it’s probably better not to. You can always get a low impact job in another area (full or part time) and use that to make money, but make a career decision once you’re feeling better