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snetland Posts: 13
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Days like today really make me want to expose my BP status at work. Actually, I always want to. I work in an adult foster care facility for people with mental health diagnoses. I obviously know a lot about what my clients go through because of my own diagnoses. I sometimes think I come off as a know-it-all (although I could be paranoid about this). This could be attributed to the fact that I'm the only entry level employee with a Bachelor's degree. But I would love to come out of the closet with my BP status. I found out today I was passed over for a promotion I was going for. The other candidate had about 8 months seniority over me, but I have a degree and more experience. I'm also pregnant and have higher aspirations for my career, which I have voiced. So I'm sure those were red flags (in fact they said my aspirations were). The other woman is a very happy, peppy, new mom. I'm not the peppiest person around but I take more initiative to get things done than anyone else at our company. Anyways, I understand their decision but it still sucks. It makes me feel like my degree means nothing. It doesn't help that BP has been messing with my life recently (my husband is also BP, manic, and driving me nuts). Work has been the only place I feel ok lately, and that is no longer the case (although I'm hoping for a better day tomorrow). I would really just love to tell everyone in the world that I live with the same life-destroying, gut wrenching symptoms as most of my clients (times 2 if you factor in my husbands status as well) and still manage to be as awesome as I am. I think I deserve a gold star for that. But maybe I'm just a brat. Depakote 1,125mg
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