Bipolar Disorder Support Group

Bipolar disorder is not just a single disorder, but a category of mood disorders marked by periods of abnormally high energy and euphoria, often accompanied by bouts of clinical depression. This is the place to talk about your experience with bipolar disorder, learn from others' experiences, and find support.

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Still know what I am diagnose with

MonaP
MonaP
I went to therapy yesterday and we talk about my symptoms and diagnose. My therapist think I am bipolar but my pdoc think I have major depression and some feature of borderline personality disorder. I am so confused. I will see my therapist in 2 weeks and my pdoc on December 2. I really would like to know my diagnose so I can learn more about my illness. What do you guys think about this?
Community Leaderacuriousfish
acuriousfish
We are not psychiatrists - even if we were we would ned to ask you a bunch of questions for about 90 mins or more before even starting to think of a diagnosis.

However, I think some of the things you said before did sound like borderline.I think you were talking about the rapidity of your mood changes

"While a person with depression or bipolar disorder typically endures the same mood for weeks, a person with BPD may experience intense bouts of anger, depression, and anxiety that may last only hours, or at most a day"

http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/borderline-personality-disorder-fact-sheet/index.shtml

There is a community which includes Borderline - it's "Personality Disorders".

There are a lot of Borderline people with BP who are in this community.
deleted_user
deleted_user
Boarderline and bp have a lot of the same symptoms. I have both. I understand your willingness to learn but posting the same thing every few hours isn't going to help. Go ahead read up on both things educate yourself. Some o f the same meds are used in depression as bp it just depends on where you are at on your bp. Bp does not have one miricle drug as you read on here many people are on many things, many things, don't help, many do, it is all trial in error no matter what you have. Relax your inpatience is making my anxiety go up.
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