What I hate the most is when people learn you're bipolar and they assume you must be dumb and/or extremely volatile and/or incapable of taking care of yourself. You can hear it in the tone of their voice when they start talking like you're a small child or a bomb that might go off at the slightest thing. For some reason I get this a lot from hospital receptionists and telephonists. When they know you're mentally ill they always make you feel like you're being unreasonable or dull even if you're just asking the most innocuous question in the politest way.