I am a 26 year old female. I have been diagnosed with bipolar I...I don't exibit many of the symptoms that are very prevalent to bipolar but the symptoms that are similiar to borderline I exibit. I exibit every symptom of borderline and have for many many years. I don't have a doubt in my mind that I don't have it. I am just curious to know if anyone also has bipolar or has been misdiagnosed?
Hi Sunshine! I don't have direct experience with what you are asking but I am here to offer help and support in any way that I can. Have you considered a second opinion?
I am a 25 year old female and I've spent 10 years being misdiagnosed. Actually the first couple years everyone said I was acting out for attention. I've had a diagnosis of clinical depression, major depression, bipolar and most recently borderline personality disorder. With this recent diagnosis I did some research on it and everything I've read describes me exactly. After talking to my therapist and psychiatrist about this, it was confirmed that I suffer from depression and BPD. They've got me on the anti-depressant Effixar and weekly therapy. It's been 4 months of this new routine and it has helped so much! Not that I'm cured or anything, but for the first time in my life I'm setting goals and making plans. I don't feel stuck, lost, scared, hopeless, depressed or any of the other negative feelings that I've somehow managed to survive through all these years.I feel “normal”, or I guess what I always imagined normal would feel like…
Sorry, that was a lot but I've lived through and learned from so many diagnoses, treatments, medications, etc. and I hope that what I've been through can help you or somebody to get the right treatment.
Hey, I have just recently been diagnosed with bipolar as well. It's a hard thing to
Deal with. If u need anything, I'm here. Abd if you think your misdiagnosed, I would get a second opinion from a different doctor. Take care
thank you all for your support and advice. I really appreciate it. Houston_25 you sound a lot like me. they also diagnosed me with major depressive disorder as well. I am going to my psychiatrist on the 26 and then I will talk to him about the possibility of me having BPD. But I'm scared he won't hear it because I believe hes the one that diagnosed me with bipolar so we will see... if he doesn't hear me out then I'm going to another psychiatrist for a second opinion and one thats closer to where I live anyways. But its good to actually hear someone else say what theyve been through and that it really is possible to be misdiagnosed. And I'm really glad to hear that you are doing well thats great. Right now for me I'm in a really good relationship and have a great job great support...but sometimes I just out of the blue get suicidal thoughts and crazy outbursts of anger...like today I was driving into work and I thought or heard run your car into the bank off the side of the road and I listen and it sounds good and all but I ususally ignore it. but still its strange I don't like it. The only medication im on is abilify (mood stablizer) and wellbutrin and anxiety medicine. What medication are you on for your BPD anything? or just effexor?
I'm 49 and was dx with bi-polar, PTSD and suicidal depression when I was 12. I've done a lot of research and also worked in the mental health field for the last 10 years and finally came to the conclusion that my primary dx is BPD about 5 years ago and pushed to get a new psych eval which also determined that I indeed had the correct dx of being BPD as the primary. It's been a battle.
I would like to help you but they have me so screwed up that Im not sure what I have.I have seen 4 doctors they all agree that Im bipolar but its unspecified so I dont know if its 1 or 2. THEY ALSO SAY iM A MANIC DEPRESSIVE, severe anxiety and then my councler said I was schizo effective, so who the hell knows. I wish you the best of luck.
Houston25- What therapy are you receiveing I want some? SUNSHINE- I have BPD, Bi-polar I and PTSD-prolonged. I was firsted dx with BPD 18 years ago then shortly after schizo-effctive which was wrong, ended up being Bi-polar I with psychtic features and rapid cycling. what a **** mess and any time go into the hospital for mania the acute care doctors never believe I am manic even when my treating doctor says "She is MANIC" I want her in the hospital. The dicharge papers always diagnous is either, Mood disorder NOS or BPD never mania or Bi-poar manic espisode, never,never. The acute care dotors are stupid. I have one acute care doctor that sees me when I'm in the hosptial at times and when I'm there for mania he has never believed I have Bi-polar always blames it on the personality disorder. I hate BPD and wish I was never disgnoused with it but I am a classic BPD that is for sure but I am also a Classic Bi-polar I case too. Would love to talk to you more, I sure wouldn't ask my doctor for this label if I was you. I want it off my medical records it has been a curse for me since I got it, because now my Bi-polar sympthoms go under treated when they happen because doctors are blinded by the BPD diagnous. Good Luck to you- Goofy17
My older-aged psychiatrist first diagnosed me with major depression, then bipolar. But last year, when I was 24, my friend in medical school had attended a seminar on bpd and she told me i had every symptom of it and that it fit me so well. Sure enough, I looked it up and had all 9 symptoms. I saw a bpd specialist and she said i definitely had it. i think it has to do with diagnosis trends. a lot of older doctors aren't familiar with bpd and therefore try to fit you into some other, similar category. But similar isn't good enough for me! Getting the right diagnosis has given me such relief and now I am seeking out the proper treatment. Good luck to you. I'm here if you ever wanna tlk more :)
Stephanie