I'm not sure if I'm hijacking here - but I know many of you mention that you bring significant others etc to appointments with you who see you and know how you function from day to day..... and that they contribute and the docs seem receptive....... does this add credability????????

This may seem a strange tangent - but I was thinking that my vets seem to always be kind, attentive, talk to me about the "patient" and listen..... they seem to get better care then a lot of us humans....

Is having an advocate who is knowledgeable along with you at least first visit helpful? I know, as Alkymyst mentioned, sometimes being "too knowledgeable" seems to be a threat to some, and maybe could encourage better cooperation from the doc?