I’m new to this forum. Seeking to understand my daughter’s disorder and get some input as to the best ways to cope with her disorder so I can better deal with her unexpected quick mood changes.

She has always been very moody, with dramatic emotional displays and tends to need to be the center of attention. I used to chalk it up to her being a teenager and a drama queen. However as she has gotten older (she’s 21), her relationship not only with family members, but people in general is so up and down. Most of the family doesn’t like to be around her, because she’s hateful and selfish. She started seeing a therapist a few months ago and he diagnosed her with BPD recently. She tried to hurt herself about a month ago so we checked her into the hospital for 3 days and she is on new medication. Everything seemed to be going well until last night and she flipped out on me. We were just joking around, giving each other a hard time about different things and she just quits laughing and goes off on me.

I’m always on edge and never know what to say or not to say in fear of it setting her off.

Just looking for some helpful tips/advice, maybe some good websites to visit and explore. Trying my best to be supportive, and a mom too. It's just very stressful never knowing what side of her personality I'm going to come home to.