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Originally Posted by PurpleFlyingMonkeys
I assumed it came from a part of the DID but perhaps they are seperate. It's really confusing. I don't think I have all of these seperate things wrong with me, it can't be. They say I'm bipolar 1, schizophrenic, manic depressive, DID, ptsd and severe anxiety. There has to be some kind of connection, something that clicks them all together. No one can be this messed up and still be functioning.
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If it helps any, typically from my experience and in speaking with my clinicians, my understanding is that bipolar disorder and manic depression are the same thing (though the term "manic depression" has typically been referred to me as classic bipolar, or bipolar I) and some clinicians will look at symptoms of both bipolar disorder and schizophrenia and combine them into schizoaffective disorder in certain cases. PTSD and anxiety can go hand in hand and symptoms of depersonalization and derealization are often seen in many illnesses, including bipolar disorder. The DP/DR is not necessarily a separate thing. So, your list may be shorter than you realize. It would take a clinician to help you sort it all out. My DP/DR symptoms are from Depersonalization Disorder due to trauma, which is separate from my bipolar 1 because my dissociative episodes are independent of my moods.
At the end of the day, it's all a big alphabet soup that can become very muddled. Just take some comfort in knowing that some of these things may not be as separate as you may think.