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BP split personality?

deleted_user
deleted_user
Im wondering if bp disorder has anything to do with spit personalities as well.
Let me tell you a short story and u can give me some insite on this.
Last night I asked my daughter if she would please take off her school uniform and bring it to me to wash so i could make a full load.
After 5 minutes she didnt come to the laundry room so i yelled from downstairs for her to bring them to me.. next thing I know shes yelling and screaming, brought me the clothes, told her dad she was quitting her job, called me a bitch, I went upstairs and told her this is enough, so i took her video game away, she kept going so i took her cell phone away from her as well.. she had much to say as im sure u can amagine..
I came down to my office to get away from the situation for a bit.
The next think I know, not even 10 minutes later, she comes into my office all calm, asks me if I want a drink or anything, hugs me and sits down beside me as though nothing happened.
I took that opportunity to talk to her about what just happened, and she just shruggs, like it was nothing or as though it never happened...
Im confussed... is this normal for bp?
deleted_user
deleted_user
Sounds like a normal kid to me!
storiesmom
storiesmom
sounds just like my husband and daughter.(no wonder I look so old)
deleted_user
deleted_user
Amen to that stories!
deleted_user
deleted_user
Yep---sounds pretty normal to me too. Is she diagnosed as BP??? My son is (he is now an adult) and it seems to me I remember thinking that if he were female, he could replace the star of The Exorcist---he would have raging fits and then calm, quiet moments playing catch with the puppy and then switch again to violence. Very scary!!! and very confusing. He never remembered the rages--now I know it was the lack of diagnosis and medication.
deleted_user
deleted_user
Kids with ADHD or ADD have guidelines on how to handle them differently. These guides are for teachers, employers, and family.

BD is classified as a more serious mental illness or disorder. I am sure because of this there are easier ways to handle them than to challenge them. I am the type of person that if you challenge me I would rather cut off my arm than give in. But if you handle me differently then I am puddy in your arms.

The fact that she is a teenager means whatever the way to handle her is multiply that by a thousand.
deleted_user
deleted_user
I recognize this behaviour in my stepdaugter. Only she comes in 5 minutes later and apologizes for her rage/outburst. I think it's normal for a kid. BUT, I don't know whether your daughter is BP (you didn't mention it) and it may be a rage issue or rapid cycling.
peace, t
deleted_user
deleted_user
Yeah...I don't think that's split personality, except maybe in the practical sense of that term. I act like that sometimes, and I have nothing like her excuse--rather, the notion that it's a teenager we're dealing with. How old is she? If she's a:
Tween: you're about to be in trouble.
Early teen: You're in the thick of it.
Late teen: Hang on for just a little while longer.
deleted_user
deleted_user
I guess I should have been more specific. My daughter is 15, soon to be 16 in january, and she is diagonsed as being bipolar. she is on medication, lamictol, she use to be on risperitol as well, but she was gaining too much weight on it, (shes not overweight) but she freaked about it and wouldnt take it so were just on the lamictol at the moment, I know normal teens can have these episodes, but not to this degree, I have two more teens one 17 and one 19 so I know the teenaged outbursts, and this is different.
deleted_user
deleted_user
You might try keeping a mood chart for the doc to take a look at during the next appointment. And certainly let him know about the quick-switching.
deleted_user
deleted_user
What about borderline personality disorder? It could be worth looking up the symptoms and seeing what you think... not meaning to worry you - even just for elimination purposes.
deleted_user
deleted_user
Sounds like me as a teenager and I started having manic episodes then. So I guess thats when the bp kicked in.
deleted_user
deleted_user
Bipolar disorder is a mood disorder. Split personalities are a personality disorder, as is borderline. They aren't mutually exclusive, but your daughter doesn't sound like she's exhibiting anything like multiple personalities. If she was, you'd know; she'd be acting like, and identifying herself as, literally different people at different times. She's exhibiting major mood swings. Like others have said, BP is often still developing to its full-blown state in the teenage years, so it's hard to keep the meds up to speed with the disorder's development. Takes a few years to get the meds right, and like everybody else said, the confusion is compounded by regular adolescent volatility. No need to worry about split personality, just get back to the pdoc and work out the meds.
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