It does suck to have had so much improvement and then people doubt your abilities; that would frustrate the heck outta me too. It seems like the IP pdoc was the final straw-your trying so hard and somebody is questioning you every step of the way it seems. I bet it would have been nice for someone not to just acknowledge you're doing better, but to prove they believed it, ya know-give you some kind of support in it. I think it's awesome you're taking it to the next level, glad you got the chance/place to rant, that kinda stuff can really get to ya when peeps are being all discouraging.

Keep at it man, you got this,
-obj