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Aug 22, 2014, 02:57 PM
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I have been diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder and have had the diagnosis for a year. However, my doc. is notorious for diagnosing bipolar disorder to almost everyone he sees. It's a diagnosis that's thrown around a lot with him.
The thing is, my "mania" is MOST of the time externally driven. If something good is going to happen, I'm reckless. Impulsive. Excited. Enthusiastic. Something I'm consistent with BPD is I'm SO AFRAID of abandonment. I'll stay with a guy just so he wont leave, even if I don't like him. I've dragged relationships out for years after learning I don't like someone two or three months in. I'm always hungry for new and exciting. I'm addicted to the highs I've felt. People always say I have a time of day. I'm happiest in the mornings. Sometimes TOO happy. then by around 5 o clock I'm depressed, sad, hurt, scared. I'm very guilty. All the time. I worry about what others think and how I affect them. I depend solely on one person. It's usually my sig. other. I also obsess over things a lot. I think that's a symptom of my OCD though (I was diagnosed with that when I was a child) Help me?? I'm so lost. I've ruined so many relationships, it hurts my school work, my job, I'm trapped in my own mind. I'm desperate for some kind of relief.
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Aug 22, 2014, 03:58 PM
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Maybe you need to get a second opinion.
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Aug 22, 2014, 04:10 PM
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Dragging out relationships can be a trait of many disorders, or simply a maladaptive trait outside of any disorder. It's often indicative of low self-esteem, which can happen with most psychological problems, if only because our disordered functioning makes us feel insecure.
No one here can really tell you what your diagnosis should be. It's not unusual for people with bipolar to have moods triggered by outside events, but that also occurs in BPD and you really need a good psychologist or psychiatrist to help identify the underlying traits that will tell you what your real diagnosis is. It's also possible to have both a personality disorder and Bipolar. But if you don't trust what your doctor is telling you, I would always suggest that you seek out another opinion.
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