I'm so confused. I have anxiety, no doubt about that. But I'm wondering if I have Borderline Personality Disorder. I've been reading about it & it seems to me I fit more of the critera for it than I do bipolar. I was diagnosed bipolar last year. Granted, I have symptoms of bipolar mainly mania, periods of hypersexuality, hyperactivity, little sleep. I never had major depression, although I've had major down periods but they tend to be very sporadic & can change rapidly depending on my surroundings at any given time.
Basically it seems to me that I fit Borderline Personality more than Bipolar, I've had instances of cutting, self harm & I am always very very emotionally unstable & fragile. Like I can be in a great mood & if someone says something I interpret as insulting I immediately fly into a rage. It seems my emotions are all or nothing.
The main thing I think why I may have Borderline Personality Disorder is that mostly my mood swings tend to be extremely volatile & rapidly shifting, sometimes many times during a day. Like I will go from extreme self hatred & sadness but if someone says something nice to me to make me feel better I feel instantly elated. This can happen several times over one day at times.
Granted I still have periods of 1-2 weeks of what I guess is mania, sleeping around, putting myself in risky situations.
I've been taking anti psychotics & anti-anxiety meds, but I really wonder if these rapid changes in mood might have be misdiagnosed as bipolar when I'm actuallt borderline.
What should I do? Ask my psychiatrist about this? I've never mentioned borderline to him but I will bring it up. I know one can have bipolar & borderline together, but I wonder if I may not be bipolar at all because it's clear to me that after keeping track of my moods they shift rapidly over minutes, seconds, hours, much more so than weeks or months.
I never had childhood trauma that I know Borderline people can have, although I was horribly teased & picked on in school which still leaves me with self image issues. Can anyone here relate to this?
What if I really am borderline & not bipolar? Will they stop the anti psychotic drugs? I just have this strong sense that I have this condition after careful logging of my moods and emotions.
Basically it seems to me that I fit Borderline Personality more than Bipolar, I've had instances of cutting, self harm & I am always very very emotionally unstable & fragile. Like I can be in a great mood & if someone says something I interpret as insulting I immediately fly into a rage. It seems my emotions are all or nothing.
The main thing I think why I may have Borderline Personality Disorder is that mostly my mood swings tend to be extremely volatile & rapidly shifting, sometimes many times during a day. Like I will go from extreme self hatred & sadness but if someone says something nice to me to make me feel better I feel instantly elated. This can happen several times over one day at times.
Granted I still have periods of 1-2 weeks of what I guess is mania, sleeping around, putting myself in risky situations.
I've been taking anti psychotics & anti-anxiety meds, but I really wonder if these rapid changes in mood might have be misdiagnosed as bipolar when I'm actuallt borderline.
What should I do? Ask my psychiatrist about this? I've never mentioned borderline to him but I will bring it up. I know one can have bipolar & borderline together, but I wonder if I may not be bipolar at all because it's clear to me that after keeping track of my moods they shift rapidly over minutes, seconds, hours, much more so than weeks or months.
I never had childhood trauma that I know Borderline people can have, although I was horribly teased & picked on in school which still leaves me with self image issues. Can anyone here relate to this?
What if I really am borderline & not bipolar? Will they stop the anti psychotic drugs? I just have this strong sense that I have this condition after careful logging of my moods and emotions.