I have had the unfortunate problem of having hard to diagnose down immune system problems with neurological symptoms as well as a diagnosis of bipolar disorder. The bipolar disorder diagnosis came first and every time I go to a physician they feel that they have to question me about the mental illness. I have had strange things said to me like "bipolar disorder can cause all kinds of problems," and your problem is depression or anxiety or somatization. I was just written off by a doctor without appropriate testing as having somatization disorder and it affected the way I was treated in the local hospital. I was released while I was very ill and had some rude things said to me such as wasting people's time with my problems. I understand that somatization disorder actually exists but it seems that everyone thinks they know what bipolar can and can't do and doctors sometimes seem to forget that you still have a human body just like everyone else and can get ill too.