r/bipolar Jul 23 '25

Living With Bipolar What kind of job do you have?

Anyone have bipolar 1, had hospitalisaions for mania, and still have a job or career? Or been able to get through university? Wondering what jobs work well with the needs we have

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u/Independent-Day-6458 Jul 23 '25

I work at a retail position but it sucks because I had much better jobs in administration before but I left due to mania. So I’m back in school (which I also dropped out of and am now going back) studying to become a counselor