(((((BNLsMOM)))))) I think she is assuming that if you are Bipolar that you will be trying to excuse going off the stabilizers to get the manic "high". I had this problem with a p-doc who told me straight out I was being a noncompliant Bipolar when i told him I was hallucinating on an anitdepressant he had me on. The next p-doc took me off it faster tha n fast.
This is a very deeply ingrained attitude among some psychiatrists, hon, and I think you need to adress it with her. It is not fair and risks undermining your allainace and worsening your treatment. In my case, it didn't work; even with my talk-doc's assurances he didn't believe me when I said I didn't have pleasant highs, that the meds were a relief for me except when i saw things that weren't there. He just rolled his eyes. Huggs hon. That woman would P me off.