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Originally Posted by ~Christina
It's virtually impossible for someone to find stability if there is drinking and street drugs in the mix.
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Originally Posted by Misssy2
Christina..the thing is...there is documented evidence that even without drinking and street drugs for 8 years I could not become stable.....
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Originally Posted by Misssy2
.I very much trusted the last facility I was with and they diagnosed me with Borderline...and it took them about 1 year to diagnose me.
This place...diagnosed me with Bipolar in 1 day...that is why I struggle so much with it....they hadn't even had many discussions with me at all.
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Originally Posted by Miguel'smom
Bipolar is med based but borderline is therapy based. Some times it's an easy dx other times not....I'd ask next time why it's BP and not BPD.
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I think inquiring and re-examining about the BPD is merited.
Christina's right. And it doesn't just go for BP of course -- the drinking isn't helpful in trying to gain stability for BPD either. But the evidence that you didn't stabilize when off it for so long seems telling.
Also considering your previous dx of BPD over far more thorough assessment...
It may well be that approaching treatment from a BPD angle would be more effective for stability. That doesn't eliminate the drinking issue of course, but gaining stability could well help with the urge to do that. They'd go hand in hand.
(It is possible to have both of course, just something worth investigating, imo.)