has anyone been diagnosed with borderline personality?

Question

how do you know if you have it. and can you get ssi if your dr. diagnoisis you with it? is it genetic and what medicaine do they put you on if you have it

i have been diagnosed with anoreixa/bulemia i am recoverying the last 6 months i havent had one episode they say ill be fighting this problem all the time its a day to day struggle. i have also been diagnosed with the following post tramic dissorder when i lost my son from S.I.D.S 15 years ago. i have also been diagnosed with obessssive compulsive / panic attacks with anxiety dissorder. and i have had 6 misscarriages after my tubal ligation 8 years ago which caused me to go into depression, i have also been diagnosed with seasonal depression. can all of these be just from the borderline personality dissorder? i have been on prozac - lexapro paxil and cymbalta. i also have migraines that last 3 to 4 days a week i am on topmax and maxalt. i was abused at 2 months of age and again at 12 years old. my psychiatist thinks i may have ADHD. is it possible to have all of these? can all of it be just the borderline dissorder?

Answer 1

my gf has it and you can lead a very productive life with it shes a mother of 2 boys and she is an intensive care nurse the medications you would haveto take if diagnose d with it would depend on if you are suffering from anything else besides the bdp and to thins point it hasnt been linked genetically and your primary doctor isnt qualified to diagnose you with this type of disorder you would have to be diagnosed by a accredited therspist or psychiatric professional

Answer 2

I have a friend who is borderline personality disorder. You were given this diagnoses because you display two or more different types of personality disorder. It is often cause by a bad childhood and that is sometimes brought about by having one or more parents who are mentally ill themselves so yes in that way it is genetic. My friend is on disability. So yeas to your question about SSI. Your Dr.(Psychiatrist) will know what medication to place you on.
You may be able to work, it isn't easy living on a small amount of money such as with SSI.

Answer 3

I have it in addition to bipolar and several other psych issues. It took a VERY long time, but I finally do get SSI.

Medication does not really address the core of bpd specifically, although it may be used to treat some specific symptoms and any co-occurring biologically based disorder like depression should be treated. The best treatment for it, in my opinion, is something called DBT.


It is extremely common to have overlapping psychiatric disorders.

Here's some websites you might find helpful.

http://www.nami.org/Template.cfm?Section=By_Illness&Template=/TaggedPage/TaggedPageDisplay.cfm&TPLID=54&ContentID=23040

(If link doesn't work, just try going to NAMI.org, under specific illnesses find bpd)

http://www.borderlinepersonalitytoday.com/main/

http://www.bpdresources.com/

http://www.dbtselfhelp.com/

http://www.bpdcentral.com/

http://www.remedyfind.com