What this woman said to you is all sorts of wrong. She probably would have been out of a job had she said something like that to me (I'm a very strong personality and I despise ignorance like that). I understand exactly how she made you feel. I consider behavior like that from someone a form of brainwashing. The most important thing for you to keep in mind is this: NEVER DOUBT YOURSELF!! You know your body and you know how you feel, don't ever let anyone tel you otherwise.

It's the people that truly suffer with BD that know what you're going through. Not everyone goes on medication and does well. I am chemically sensitive, so a lot of these side effects are killer (I go for days without sleep from a lot of this stuff), and my doctor has said more than once that I probably have treatment resistant BD. I have been on Cymbalta since it was released. I took it for about four years and ended up going off of it because I felt better. But after two of the hardest years of my life, my BD came back with a vicious cycle, so I have gone back on medication. BD is hard to explain because it does not target the weak. You have to be a strong person to handle it, no matter how mild or severe it may be.

I wish you success with your letter and I hope you are never treated so poorly again.