I totally believe I was bipolar, because for a long time that was the only illness I thought fitted.
When I first heard/read about BPD I already had a bipolar diagnosis, so I trusted I had bipolar and thought i just had BPD traits.

What gets me is the Pdoc didn't even tell me, he just put it on my record
Without talking to me about it, my T is the one who has written a letter to my gp and and to me detailing the reasons why I have this diagnosis, and my care co ordinator was the one who told me I had BPD and not bipolar and who is sorting out DBT and CBT for me.

It's not that I WANT to be bipolar but I feel that to just wake up one day and be told you're not that and that it was decided by a doc 2 months ago is a bit of a shock. I'm glad they're not going to keep making me try Meds though.