Florence Nightingale had BPD!?!

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I have ADD (inattentive type), and I lost my job for being, well, inattentive (don't worry nobody died, actually in my 11 yr career, no one has ever experienced any harm under my care which even some "normal" nurses can't claim) I wasn't taking my meds because my insurance company sides with the DEA in thinking they are evil and I'm gonna start selling them to naieve college kids.I tried to shelter myself from that stigma. But I say, no more! Maybe I'm a little late here, but after losing my job I did some soul searching, got back on meds and with some investigating, I realized Florence Nightingale herself was reported to have OCD! The mother of modern nursing! I wonder how many employers would have given her a pink slip? Anyway, it just reinforces everything I always thought about mental illness or disabilities.We are the innovators and the inventors-without us, life on earth would pretty much suck. I'm not saying that it's not my responsibility to treat my disorder or take my meds so that I can keep my patients safe. I guess I'm just hoping to communicate to others,who are experiencing self doubt in this modern job market that still shames mental illness, that, when appropriately harnessed, your mind can do beautiful and wonderful things! I'm glad to know that people like Charles Darwin, Winston Churchill and Abraham Lincoln all had the proverbial monkey of mental illness riding on their backs! In my opinion, I'd rather be like them than normal or boring!