[DalekxAsylum]

Anyone out there like me?
Bipolar Rapid cycler.. psychotic features and mixed episodes?
PTSD
ADHD
Anxiety Issues
???

[Wander]

I have the same diagnosis as you except I don't have ADHD and do have BPD. It it very trying. I just got out of a severe depression a few weeks back which was great but in the last few days the PTSD, which had been quite for over 18 months, has arched up really bad. I feel like I am drowning

[OutlawedSpirit]

I have schizoaffective bipolar type, PTSD, and OCD

[Shmooey]

Professionally diagnosed:
DID
PTSD
Agoraphobia
Schizotypal Personality Disorder
Major Depression with psychotic features

The new pdoc is saying the personality disorder diagnosis and psychotic depression should be changed to schizoaffective depressive type.

Guess we'll see what happens, but even is that does change, I'll have multi-diagnoses.

[~Christina]

Welcome to PC .. You will find loads of advice and support here

On a side note I use to live around Tampa lol

[littlemiss44]

I'm right there with you with multiple. Bp2, bpd, ptsd, anxiety, depression.and adhd. Your definitely not alone! Welcome to pc! You'll find lots of good support and advice here so keep posting.

[Hopeful Camel]

Hi there! You are in good company. I'm rapid cycling Bipolar I; PTSD; BPD in remission; and psychotic depression with a bad case of anxiety thrown in just for jitters. I think the thing that I try to remember with this basketful of diagnoses is that I need to be super-duper good about self-care. It is a challenge, but doable on most days. I'm not having one of those days today, sort of white knuckling it, but soon sleep will come and I will get a new day. take care

[loophole]

Bpd.... I suppose u can give yourselves multiple diagnosis.. but in bp itself u could say it is adhd.. anxiety. Social anciety. Generalized anxiety. Autistic. ... I have 3 confirmed I just chalk it all under bp. ..

[haverty]

I seriously wonder what hasn't been discovered yet in the field of mental health? I have multiple dx, but I question the validity of putting so many labels on one person. I guess it's possible, since so many people have multiple dx, but I wonder if docs aren't just too quick to throw another dx in the mix?
I'm not questioning any of you, just typing aloud for myself. I wonder if some additional dx aren't caused as a side effect from the medications to treat the original dx. On seroquel, I was certain I had something else wrong when I started having visual and auditory hallucinations.

Just my questions I've been mulling over.

[BipolaRNurse]

I could say in all honesty that I have alcoholism, anxiety, rapid cycling, psychotic features, and maybe even some ADHD thrown in there for fun. But my pdoc doesn't believe in putting an alphabet soup of diagnoses behind a person's name, and he's treating me for all of the above under the BP umbrella anyway. Works for me!

[HALLIEBETH87]

I have multiple too. Bipolar 1, rapid cycling and BPD and anxiety

[Tucson]

I am both BP II and GAD. My doctor treats the symptoms instead of the disease. There are pluses and minuses to this approach.

[lilypup]

Bipolar 2 with psychotic features. Thank god that is all I have. It is plenty!

[BioAdoptMom3]

15 year old daughter is diagnosed with:

Bipolar, quick cycling and mixed episodes
PTSD (adoption as well as rape by the father of a friend)
GAD
OCD

Nancy

[Love&Toil]

Alphabet soup! Ha ha!

Here's mine:
Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Bipolar 2, Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder, seasonal affective disorder.

In the past:
Anxiety attacks, panic attacks, major depression, postpartum depression and anxiety.

Considering how much I've gone through, I'd have to say dang, I'm resilient! LOL

Everyone is "diagnosable" according to the various axes of the DSM. Which means everyone potentially has more than one diagnosis.