I consider myself high functioning: job, wife, house , friends, animals, baby on the way.

Where this issue comes into play for me is when seeing any other health care professional besides my pdoc, especially a physician. When the asked about conditions I say bp and they immediately ask, " have you actually been diagnosed?" like they don't believe me.

I can only assume this is because of the prevalence in this area of people creating reasons to be prescribed anti-anxiety meds and abuse them.