Almeda, I'm pretty familar with the MMPI (from school-- know how to interpret scores, etc.), mood disorders (have one), personality disorders (have one), and drugs (take 'em) lol... so I think I can help you think about this.

Please don't place to much weight on the results from the MMPI in relation to your medication. It doesn't matter whether or not you "officially" have a mood disorder-- think about your symptoms instead. Do you feel depressed? Do your moods swing? Even if they swing as a result of personality issues, medication can still be helpful.

As you probably know, there is no medication to target a specific personality disorder, rather different medications are used to treat symptoms of personality disorders.

Don't place a whole lot of emphasis on what the MMPI said or what your diagnosis is... focus on what you are feeling. The feelings, the symptoms you have, are what you have to deal with-- not what category they fit under. It's never a neat fit, as you know already know.

I have spent the last eight years on and off medication constantly. I have wondered (especially now that I am on Lithium) how much of what I am feeling at this point is a result of the medication itself. Think a lot about yourself pre-medication verses now. What is better? What is worse? What can be attributed to therapy?

Although I am diagnosed with a mood disorder and have severe and sometimes lengthy depressive episodes, most of my problems lean more towards the personality spectrum as well. My pdoc and I chose a mood stabilizer, an antidepressant, as well as an anti-anxiety med.

And of course, most important-- whatever you are thinking of doing........ Talk to your pdoc!!!