Are you treated poorly by Dr.s because of bipolar?

I don't have many problems with doctors, especially medical doctors. I've always gotten and reciprocated respect for the relationship.

There is a possibility it is because every time I present at a doctor's office, I dress business casual. I don't care what anyone says, dress changes the way people respond to you. You can cheer all you want for a more casual environment, but I guarantee showing this sort of respect at a doctor's office goes a long way.

My job in engineering is a casual environment, and jeans are normal and sometimes necessary for the environments in which we work. That being said, doctor days are still a day to dress up and be at least business casual. When you have only 15-20 minutes to spend with a doc in the first place, first impressions and assumptions go a long way.

OK, stepping off my soapbox now. Feel free to flame away. People have every "right" to dress like a mess when they see a doc (and I see them in the waiting room all the time) but I guarantee you it changes the type of treatment and ability to garner respect from the doc.

but if you are not doing well. It is appropriate to be unkempt. it helps to show that you are not doing well.
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