IMO, the person that admits they have a problem deserves a lot of credit. Though one of my diagnosis is bipolar 2 in remission (a diagnosis I am unsure of but one that is totally possible), whenever I go the doctor lately, my H pipes up at the very beginning of all my doctor appointments that I am bipolar and in other places he mentions that I have cancer. It is like he uses my conditions to explain why family issues have gone so badly. He also always constantly asks if I am taking my meds. Sometimes I think that others find themselves focusing on another's MI diagnosis as the reason for problems instead of facing all the factors that led to the problems. Perhaps they just are not at the same place we are in their internal journeys--they haven't faced all their demons. Facing demons is not easy--it can make you go mad.