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Originally Posted by Neil S
Tuma, The good cop/bad cop thing is called splitting. It's a key symptom of Borderline Personality Disorder. Along with distorted self-image, sexual aggression, unstable personal relationships, frantic reactions to perceived abandonment, and impulsivity.
But there's no way that describes MLYLT. Nope.
A lot of the symptoms of BPD overlap with Bipolar II and people are misdiagnosed and not treated with drugs because of this.
As I have stated before, a lot of my family is bipolar and have been successfully treated with meds.
Yes, I have some of the symptoms of BPD, but those are the symptoms of my Bipolar.
I'm not impulsive at all with reckless behavior. Yeah, I like sex a lot. But, that's not me being impulsive. I just like sex and the need for sex flucuates the same every month with my cycle. It's not something I do impulsively. I don't spend money impulsively or take drugs or other dangerous activities.
Yes, I get suicidal. It's always when I'm manic low and in a depression. This is a symptom of bipolar. I wanted to add that I've only had two periods of being suicidal in my life; the past two years on for a period of a few months when I was young.
I don't have chronic feelings of emptiness.
I don't have paranoid thoughts.
I don't have intense anger and aggression. I get angry, but it's never "intense". Code3 has seen me really upset one time and will probably tell you that I'm calm 99.8% of the time.
I don't have identity disturbance. My self image is pretty consistent. There are things about myself that I'm really confident in and I have a couple of insecurities. I'm working on those insecurities, but my self image doesn't fluctuate.
Yes, I have emotional instability. This is a BPD symptom, but is the Hallmark of bipolar. If I'm manic, I'm super depressed or over the top happy.
Yeah, I have experienced some abandonment issues with code3. But, as I am normalizing those feelings of abandonment are dissipating. I never had abandonment issues with my ex-husband and I think this was because I was pretty normalized throughout the relationship and not experiencing mania.
Last edited by MeLoveYouLongTime; 06-29-2017 at 03:03 PM.