carmen33
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I live a very open life, I don't hide the fact that I am a alcoholic/addict nor do I hide the fact that I am bipolar, but I tell on a need to know basis, I don't announce to my boss that I am bipolar, nor do I announce to just everyone and anyone, I've told a couple of people that I work with now, a close person I work with, and a person that I come in contact with on a daily basis, still haven't figured out why I chose to tell her about it, but feel that I was lead too, as she was dealing with a daughter that has the very symptoms that I was having. The close co-worker was told as she might encounter me on one of the days when my tongue gets the best of me and I give someone a piece of my mind. My family knows, some that are around full time, and others because of the medical fact that they need to know that bipolar is in the family tree, they were also told of the diabetes, sleep apnea, and hidradenitis, all things that can genetically affect others in the family. I didn't know about diabetes being in the family tree till after I was diagnosed, didn't have the answer for the hidradenitis till after diagnosis, sleep apnea, while maybe not genetic could explain why someone snores and give them a idea of what could be going on. Alcoholism and Addiction can be considered genetic, for a person who can go into mania, sometimes it is better that most of their close friends,family and sometimes employers will benefit from knowing as it will help in the support system for when things are going wrong. |
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