Oh, yeah, ignorance. One man told me that he heard that bipolar people, when manic, have sex like rabbits. I was taken aback and did not tell him about bipolar - I told him that I had depression and anxiety, which absolutely was no problem for him and he told me that he used to take Prozac and benzos, so he is in the know.

Thanks for bringing it up - I completely forgot that there is MI and MI. In California, I have witnessed for many years that the classic D&A (Depression and Anxiety) is what I call "the new norm", but bipolar and psychosis are not.

Do you think that this divide - that D&A are respectable but the rest is not - is true nationwide?

The man who himself took Prozac but made such an ignorant remark about bipolar was from California. I had distant acquaintances tell me about their D&A during casual lunches where such disclosure was absolutely unnecessary. Many of our local "hi-tech celebs" are openly blogging about Depression. ADHD is also becoming pretty accepted.

I really wonder if this is a local phenomenon.