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Originally Posted by Lefty_Mac
No , I apologize deeply for my lack of manners;, I should have mentioned that the distinct illnesses are co-ocurrent, when you mentioned about BPD not being a combo of them; of course they're not, but symptoms of them DO indeed overlap with BPD - there's nothing accurate that can define BPD and that's why I distrust and disagree with the DSM; in other words, "comorbidities" - that's the term. Therefore a person can definitely have traits of other diseases enough to be included in BPD, but not ALL of the traits. That's just what I was saying.
They simply overlap and to rely on a single set of symptoms to diagnose BPD is just wrong, in my honest opinion. It just so happens, that to treat BPD you should be very careful and study these comorbid symptoms, lest our illness can't be treated well. This thing is no joke and there's a good reason why one should inspect the the ICD just as well as the DSM (in my honest opinion again, not necessary and misleading, but if it's a certified code, then one can indulge himself with it; I don't).
Sorry if you've taken any offense in that, I didn't mean it, that's for sure. My sincere apologies. As for the rest of my rant, I was just angry at Ms. Schreiber's lack of profissionality, which led me to remember about studies and documents and my own experience with equally incompetent therapists and doctors; one thing led to another and then I was in sheer rage; just an usual day in the life of a Borderline Personality Disorder's sufferer, right? 
Once again, my deep apologies.
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Thank you, and no worries. I wasn't making the connection so was unsure if I had said something that somehow offended you or if I misunderstood.
I do agree that since so many disorders (most actually) are comorbid that it is easy for people to be appear to have BPD. But I am of the opinion that an official BPD diagnosis should be left for those that do fit the exact criteria. Sometimes when you are treated for the individual disorders, the "emotional dysregulation" greatly improves. If you took every teenage girl that appears borderline by some of the extreme things she's done (and I know a few) and looked them 10 years later, the ones that have good support systems often lose those BPD traits. That's why many doctor's won't diagnose a teen with it, because a lot of it can be attributed to adolescence. The same can be said for women women who with Aspergers. Their outbursts can be related to sensory overload and so on. The behavior is related to a neurological issue. If you treat the sensory issues, the behavior changes - at lot (I know from experience). I just feel like the BPD diagnosis is given out too often by doctors who are looking at the whole picture, just the behavior. It might not always matter if the treatment is the same and it works but often it doesn't and people suffer because of it. Or worse they can't find anyone willing or able to treat them. The US insurance companies have terrible benefits for people diagnosed soley with personality disorders. So if it's the wrong diagnosis (some of them neurological) it could be so harmful.
Regarding the article, even though some of what she writes might be accurate, this is mostly her opinion. This woman isn't even a licensed therapist, so she has zero credentials. She has a Master of Arts, not science, so I wouldn't pay much attention. You can't take these kind of writings seriously and they are all over the internet. Margaret Linehan is the one person who writes about this BPD that is worth paying attention to. She's really the only authority on the subject, in my opinion.