I've only told a very few people, my immediate family, in-laws, siblings, and one guy at work. The guy at work was a recommendation from my psychiatrist. He said I need someone at work that I can trust to tell me when I'm going off the reservation. Everyone has been very accepting. They are relieved to find that there is a reason I have been such a butthead in the past.

However...

For all of their understanding, I might as well be schizophrenic. There is nothing in their minds that separates one illness from another. I don't hold that against them. I would probably have done the same thing before I was diagnosed.