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Originally Posted by scar12346
Well it's not a diagnosis for Scar but it was a random thought Evee had one night.
We were thinking of Scar's depressive episodes. We first thought it was just depression but then Evee looked at what she knew about Bipolar Disorder and the symptoms matches Scar's... But even then we don't know a lot about Bipolar and we were wondering, isn't it a personality disorder in a way? Therefore since we have DID ain't it.. little bit impossible to have two personalities disorders? Or are we totally wrong.
And then.. we are think is DID even a personality disorder 
But outside of the way, if that isn't possible than could it be another alter? I guess our system is very different and we usually have no clue who is out so if there is a possibility of there being an alter identical to Scar and them switching and we not noticing on behaviour and act and everything all together we would not know that unless Scar says something. By now the only "depressed" alter is Noah but he doesn't come out he just talk isht to Scar and depress him like that. |
no here in the USA bipolar disorder is not a personality disorder, it is called \categorized with the depression\anxiety disorders.
no it is not impossible to have bipolar and DID. they each carry their own designated diagnostic criteria. if a person fits both disorders diagnostic criteria they will receive both diagnosis labels.
with DID there is a diagnostic criteria that says the symptoms can not be better explained by another mental disorder. what that means is the treatment provider must look at each symptom the person is having and decide whether that symptom fits with DID or bipolar disorder.
in short each disorder must not cross over into the other any more. America is moving away from the multi axial (many mental disorders sharing the same problems, many mental disorders on the list of that persons problems, and did away with the diagnostic label of NOS categories.)
example I had DID and Bipolar disorder. by the new standards any problems associated with my DID could not be part of my Bipolar and my bipolar problems could not be part of my DID problems.
you know how you read posts where people cant figure out whether their dissociation is because of this or that. well now treatment providers have guidelines that tell them if this is happening its bipolar problem if that is happening its a dissociative problem. the two dont cross over any more. each has their own special list of diagnostics.
to answer your next question is DID a personality problem...not here in the USA. the name was changed in 1994 and no longer included in the personality disorder category. now its called a dissociative disorder not a personality disorder (hence the name dissociative identity disorder.)
only your treatment providers can answer whether the problems are another alter or not. suggestion on this contact your treatment providers. they will explain how they go about diagnosing whether something is a DID\dissociative type alter, other kind of alter or another mental disorder or normal for you and your system.
what I can say is that in my location a DID type alter is not identical to the host. we have a new term here called ANP (Apparently Normal Personality) which is different in my location than having an alter associated with DID. your treatment provider can assess whether this problem you are posting about is an ANP or an alter associated with DID in your location.