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/Due_Masterpiece9727 Bipolar Jul 24 '25
i’m currently working back office, so the usual 9-5, until uni starts again. honestly the environment at the office is really harmonious so it’s the only thing keeping me there- for some reason, i find that i have so much energy, that i want to keep working more. to be frank, i would not recommend a 9-5 for people who go through episodes with highly variable degrees of energy. having your own business/working towards your own business would be the best for a lot of people like us.
uni is awesome for me, personally. honestly, as long as you like your degree- you can tweak it out a bit once you go on to become a graduate. if your degree is interesting/innovative then it might work with this disorder.
what works for me is having goals. if i have the goal to do something greater with my job or my degree, i can get out of bed in the mornings when i’m having a depressive episode. i can sort of “use” my manic behaviors into doing something constructive and creative - like conducting a case study no one has thought of before in my master’s thesis. what matters is, that you at the very minimum attend therapy fairly regularly in order to make your moods kinda sorta work out for you!