r/bipolar • u/Common-Series8622 • 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/Gwilwilith Bipolar + Comorbidities Jul 23 '25

i'm on a student job, working 4h, low income but it's all i can handle right now. still recovering from last manic episode and there's also anxiety. i know i can do anything i want when i'm stable but i'm still in that post-episode stage my brain feels like it can't process, so this light job is a gentler way to get back at things.

edit: from 2019 to 2023 i worked as a developer, then i was fired in a lay-off and in a manic episode decided i wanted to be a flight attendant and lived one year in another town to study for it lol so far i haven't got it in and some of that sparkle has died but we'll see.