Posted by octopusprime on November 24, 2004, at 20:49:54
In reply to How is everyone surviving with money?, posted by leo33 on November 24, 2004, at 17:02:49
hey leo:
i'm cyclothymic. my case is mild. the meds help. i probably would have difficulty working if my case was any more serious than it is.
however i have gone to work with depression, for months in some cases. but i'm lucky to have a certain kind of job:
* i have an office (computer) job, so just sitting at a desk and staring slack-jawed at a monitor all day looks productive (this is a biggie)
* i worked at places with flexible hours, so it didn't matter what time i showed up in the morning or if i had to take off for appointments
* i had good insurance
* my coworkers were mostly male and not the type to pry into my personal business
* i had paid sick leave
* the commute was not too taxing
* the bosses were hands off and pretty much left me alone to do the worki totally felt like a fraud doing all this, like i was going to get found out and chewed out. but as it turns out, most people are remarkably unproductive in the modern computer workplace anyway. so the fact that i wasn't actively screwing things up was helpful, and getting the odd thing done here and there on my good days was just a bonus.
ps - and when you get tons of crap done in the hypomanic phase, you look like a hero!!!
pps - the first job after a bad depression was the worst. i'm starting to get used to working and coping with my mood swings now. it takes a lot of work and practice.
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