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Originally Posted by lostandscared54
I am so confused. I am diagnosed, currently, with Schizoaffective disorder (bipolar type), PTSD, and borderline personality disorder. My psychiatrist recently told me to read up on borderline personality disorder. Due to BPD being my Axis III diagnosis, it has been the least discussed with both of my pdocs. So....as I was told I looked up BPD and read up on it. Now I have a conundrum. My question is regarding the mood swings that are inherent to BPD and the fact that I have never truly had a fully blown manic episode. I have nearly been hypomanic and not sleeping. Would it be wrong for me to believe that I have been misdiagnosed and that I do not have schizoaffective disorder and that I really have schizophrenia and the afffected mood comes from the BPD?
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I would seriously consider getting a new diagnosis with these results and at the very least if this was me I would be asking the psychiatrist where he sees the Borderline personality disordered symptoms. that way you wont have to worry about trying to fit yourself into each and every symptom of the disorder, that in itself could cause you major stress and problems.
if it was me I would also be asking him why he is calling borderline personality disorder an axis III diagnosis when on the multiaxial scale axis III is for medical conditions such as those things you will find on this link about axis III diagnosises
http://psyweb.com/Mdisord/DSM_IV/jsp/Axis_III.jsp
Axis II
http://psyweb.com/Mdisord/DSM_IV/jsp/Axis_II.jsp is where you will find personality disorders.
maybe even have a second evaluation with another psychiatrist for a second opinion may help. maybe the second psychiatrist will be more willing to discuss your having borderline personality disorder.