I get the same type of response , sadly, from other mental health workers when they realize that I am a psykologist working full time and bilpolar I. The only one wh seemed able to handle that knowledge matter of factly was the p-doc I shared and office with at the child psychiatry unit in the town I worked in recently. Most folks seem to assume tht you are so caught up being " fussed with" that you just won't be able to work a full job.