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Originally Posted by Skittles56
I asked my therapist about this today. The example he gave me clarifies this a lot for me. He was talking about people who self-injure. He said in his experience, people who SI may or may not be bipolar, but they definitely have BPD.
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This is not true. I've self harmed since I was 12 and never had a diagnosis of BPD, I dont meet the criteria.
Im still having trouble understanding how so many people can have a multiple diagnosis of both BPD and BP, It seems extremely common on this forum. Of those that have BPD and BP have you had intensive supervision/mood monitoring to provide an accurate diagnosis? I wonder how many do have BPD and are misdiagnosed as bipolar as well since their pdocs can only make a diagnosis on what they are told. How many people are put on these potentially harmful drugs when it can be treated with behaviour therapy?
I just realised this could come across not as I intend it, I dont mean to say anyones diagnosis is wrong, I just honestly wonder how many are. And how many could be getting better treatment if they were accurately diagnosed.