My current pdoc seems okay so far. The one before her, though, told me that my symptoms struck her as attention seeking behavior and not bipolar at all. She was cold, rude, and unresponsive. I saw her twice before I said "the hell with this" and quit meds cold turkey, because she made a part of me believe that maybe it was true and I was faking it for some reason. I tried to ignore my symptoms for several years, even though it prevented me from getting long-term work or getting my finances in order. I shouldn't have done that to myself, but that entire experience was a bit traumatic for me as I assumed after the fact that no one else would believe me either. It took a LOT of convincing from my boyfriend to get me to go get help and meds last fall.