Just ignore him. It's a shame that he is so opinionated; it would be great to educate someone about ultra rapid cycling, but he doesn't sound as if he would be receptive. Ultra-rapid cycling is a real form of bipolar, but it hasn't made its way into the intro psych texts yet.

My gynecologist refuses to believe that I'm bipolar. It's because she also treats my mom, who is in deep denial over my dx. When I went to see the doc after I was diagnosed, she ordered a thyroid test and told me that lots of people have "difficulty adjusting to college life" and that that doesn't make me bipolar. Funny how I've had symptoms seven years before starting college...grr..

Cocoa, I can really relate! Sometimes being "high-functioning" (I'm still not high functioning by my standards, regardless of what anyone else says) can be a curse. No one believes that you are in pain if you manage to look fine on the outside.