So I disclosed today and now I’m having all kinds of anxiety. I sent an email because I knew I wouldn’t do it any other way. I did say I’m happy to discuss further and answer any questions but I informed my boss I struggled with whether it was safe to tell or not. The reason I felt I needed to tell my boss is because about 2 months after I started I was having horrible anxiety and then I added Wellbutrin to the mix. I’m on a mood stabilizer and have taken Wellbutrin on and off for years and been fine but this time it threw me into hypomania. Let’s just say I stopped eating completely and lost 30 pounds in 3 months. Huge red flag. I also stopped sleeping and almost had an affair. Don’t you love having these mental breaks. Anyway, it was very detrimental to my new job and I was sat down and told I had a morale problem. I was already coming out of the mania then and got my ass in gear at work. The damage had been done with the head boss. We only have 8 people in the office and I mainly work with her. I have been working hard to prove myself but I can tell she just doesn’t really like me and the shift came during my mania. It’s gotten to the point that I felt if I didn’t explain my behavior it would be worse for me in the long run. I’m seen now as having a bad attitude and incompetent. I explained in my email that I like my job and I’m proud to work here. But now it’s a waiting game to have the talk in person. I happen to work for an affiliate of the US’s largest civil rights firm so I feel like it would be hard to fire me while we defend ADA cases. But you never know. I am fine now and never have any issues. I have 3 kids, have been married 17 years and have two masters degrees, was in the Navy (before diagnosed) and have been rather successful enough to not know I had bipolar. Sometimes I don’t even think I have it and then something like this happens out of the blue and I paint my 3,500 square house by myself in one week. Every color of the rainbow I might add. What has been your experience? Any good outcomes?