<p>As for my friend, I am no doctor. But, there are some facts I do know, things I saw myself. I saw a large variety of meds she was taking that all said no alcohol. And when I said “boozing” before, I did not mean a sip of Chambord after dinner. I mean knocking down 6 to 12 beers in a 2-3 hour span most every evening after work. And on the times she was off work, theoretically to get back in balance, she was still boozing.
What I believe is that the alcohol affected the effectiveness of her meds, hence her claim that her meds were always “messed up”. Was she really ill? Was the problem really her meds? If she was ill, was it basically self-inflicted? Were her actions fair to herself? Her doctor? Her employer? Her workmates?</p>
<p>By no means would I imply she is typical of all those diagnosed bipolar; I only report her actions. But eventually our company had had enough and that led to letting her go, and our company being less tolerant of all others’ illnesses.</p>