[Brokenwings73]

Ive had a bi polar diagnosis for 12 years and have dealt with both predictabe moos swings and rapid cycling. I'm my mania I'm implusive, gregarious at one moment then pushing people away at the next. When I crash into depression I isolate, feel alone, desolate and like nobody wants me. I just got diagnosed with borderline personality disorder. I've read up on some of the characteristics and am trying to differentiate between the two and how they differ that greatly. Is BPD just a broader terminology or are it's traits so specific to it's own MH disorder much more severe?

[Perna]

Simply put, if life is a constant episode of chaotic behavior, if the patient is unable to maintain employment, is often the center of dramatic upheavals regarding interpersonal relationships ( or drama with everything else), if the patient can't maintain some semblance of romantic relationships or friendships and is always struggling with co-workers and employers, then a psychiatrist is going to label this a personality disorder.

From: http://psychiatrist-blog.blogspot.co...r-bipolar.html

From what I have read, I gather that if you are going along okay in life and hit a bump, up and/or down, but then recover when it's over, that's bipolar, but if you never seem to get your feet under you and there's no rest for the weary, then that's a personality disorder.

[CatChi]

I am in the same position. There is a lot of overlap in the criteria. I think borderline personality disorder (or emotional stability disorder) adds an intense fear of abandonment and a more constant state of rage.

[tyedyesky]

Originally Posted by Brokenwings73

Ive had a bi polar diagnosis for 12 years and have dealt with both predictabe moos swings and rapid cycling. I'm my mania I'm implusive, gregarious at one moment then pushing people away at the next. When I crash into depression I isolate, feel alone, desolate and like nobody wants me. I just got diagnosed with borderline personality disorder. I've read up on some of the characteristics and am trying to differentiate between the two and how they differ that greatly. Is BPD just a broader terminology or are it's traits so specific to it's own MH disorder much more severe?

It makes me so sad that we spend so much time worring about the lables, names, and tags that society and doctors give us. My hope for you is that you forget about those and get to a place where you just do what it takes to get better no matter what it's called. Bless all who are on this site! and good luck to us all!

[tattoogirl33]

Unfortunatly ppl like me need lables in order for our insurance to continue paying for treatment... That and it's fun to look my 36 year old sister in the eye and tell her 'I see dead people' causing her to laugh so hard she pees herself.. we all make light of my 'issues'