[Greenfins7]

Does anyone else feel like enough is enough? Being diagnosed bipolar is enough. Today my new therapist thinks I might have boarder line personality disorder, too! Who is the moron who named an illness that? It sounds like my personality is defective. I like me. I don't want to change who I am. I just want to stop FEELING everything all the time. I don't even have words for my emotions. It's a blender...always. I feel like Charlie Brown right now. "I got a rock."

[Angelique67]

Yes! It really does get ridiculous. I'd like to know what I really have because I'm not at all sure. Anyway the labels are all pretty stupid. Just ways to categorize "problem" areas. :/

[Victoria'smom]

I think most of us have multiple disorders

[Curious651]

Omg. Been there. Sorry for your discomfort with the situation. Deja vu. I think I said those exact words up to the I like me part. That took place three years ago. Still think pdoc moron with the dx of BPD. I don't see it and most my friends don't see it. I am not needy at all. Could ask for second oppionion.

[Greenfins7]

Thanks, everyone. I feel better that it's not just me. I really do.

[~Christina]

I have BP I , a few years ago an IP Pdoc labelled me BPD ... Him and I didn't get along at all , so I think he did it outta spite. (whatever)

My Pdoc and T didn't agree, they felt that altho I do have some traits of BPD, that it could or could not be realistic in my case so they dismissed the diagnosis based on how I managed to cope with day to day life and relationships.

BPD is treated mostly with DBT therapy, not much help with medications in "general." DBT is actually helpful for BP too.

We all have our own unique verison/soup of Bipolar so to speak.

If my Pdoc slapped a label on my unique version I would be BP I, Anxiety,Panic disorder, Ptsd, Ocd, Psychosis, Poor impulse control and just for kicks DID. My Pdoc uses the umbrella approach.. Unless I went full blown out of my mind on any particular one then he would consider a specific new label.

Every Pdoc has there own views on diagnosing.

My advice focus on treatment plans as opposed to getting hung up on a label. Yeah It's hard and scarey at times

Take care

[HALLIEBETH87]

I had a pdoc in a hospital who dxd me BPD with my bipolar...my t disagreed. My pdoc disagrees and we worked with me mood charting regaularly and it got ruled out! I *do* have traits but not the dx. Every pdoc is different

[Crazy Hitch]

Yeah I've got bp and bpd.

Borderline was first conned as a phrase because it was thought to lie between neurosis and psychosis.

The label is misleading.

To date mental health practitioners are pushing to have the label changed to emotionally unstable personality, but no name change as of yet has occurred.

[smartbutcrazy]

You know I wish they would come up with a new name for that soon. Borderline is a horrible label and always seems to have bad connotations. I think the mental health practitioners see it and automatically do an eye roll. Don't get hung up on the ridiculous labels people put on you. Just focus on what you need to do to stay well.

[HALLIEBETH87]

Originally Posted by smartbutcrazy

You know I wish they would come up with a new name for that soon. Borderline is a horrible label and always seems to have bad connotations. I think the mental health practitioners see it and automatically do an eye roll. Don't get hung up on the ridiculous labels people put on you. Just focus on what you need to do to stay well.

I have experience this with a different dr in a psych hospital. I had OD and he knew the BPD dx from the other Dr...it didn't go well. Not all of them are like that but there are some. Its the same with anything.

[LilacLime]

I have Bipolar 2, GAD, OCD, EDNOS. I also suspect that I have so form of PTSD based of some stuff from my past. So it's just stacks on stacks on stacks. On the plus side I never run out of things to talk about it therapy!

Welcome to the comorbidity club though! We're more fun anyway.

[Crazy Hitch]

Originally Posted by HALLIEBETH87

I have experience this with a different dr in a psych hospital. I had OD and he knew the BPD dx from the other Dr...it didn't go well. Not all of them are like that but there are some. Its the same with anything.

Totally agree

[winterglen]

Sometimes disorders are like side effects of other disorders.

For example, I was a bipolar kid. Because I overreacted to things, other kids thought I was a nutcase and went out of their way to avoid me. That gave me some social anxiety. I couldn't trust my own emotions or judgment, so I could never be sure if I was behaving appropriately. I seem to have the permanent sense that I'm doing something wrong and everyone knows it but me.

Of course, growing up feeling ostracized meant that my self-worth was horrible. I saw myself as this disgusting freak that everyone else hated, which led into my eating disorder and self-harm. I wanted to take control of my appearance, change myself from the disgusting freak to a normal person who deserved to be included in life.

So the path of my life was this: Uncontrollable emotions --->ostracism---->fear of my bad judgment ---->self-loathing ---->desperately wanting to be accepted ----> needing to prove my worth through extreme behavior--->frustration for not being able to succeed ---->hopelessness