I can agree with second guessing yourself. I did it for years and that is why it has taken me so long to be diagnosed. The second guessing stemmed from not being taken seriously enough by my dad when I first started having problems. Still to this day my dad thinks I'm "faking it and crazy."

I have to agree that it hurts more to have someone not take you seriously than overly dote on you. Doting just makes things more difficult sometimes, more of a frustration than hurting.