i have been diagnosed recently with borderline personality disorder. however im worried their might be?

Question

a mental illness or a thought disorder or severe depression coexisting with it. even though the psychiatrist told me there wasnt. i have jumbled up, disordered thoughts alot, and constant spinning racing thoughts to. i sometime have persecutory paranoid ideas to about people, i feel lethargic alot with no energy. the psychiatrist told me last week, he didnt think there was any schizophrenia present or psychosis. but im still worrying to the point of obsession there is a mental health condition not being recognised with the borderline traits..i sometimes think people are victimising me with subliminal words designed to upset me, although this is not a 100% concrete in my mind this is happening. its still a kind of distorted thinking isnt it?~i get very down over this as i wonder whats wrong and how im going to get well and live a life...as im 29 now and ageing prematurly to. i do accept alot of my symptoms do fall underneath borderline personality disorder but theres this

that theres another mental illness present with it to...has anyone else ever been in situation like these?

Answer 1

You may be stressing over this more than you need too. Perhaps being on some medication for anxiety is more of what you need.

You didn't say that you were taking medication...but consider that the treatment you are under should be given a chance to work. And if it doesn't provide some relief, consider consulting another physician.

Borderline personalities can be associated with other disorders. To have a physician definitely say that you have no other problems is declaring an opinion not a fact. Explore yourself.

Just based on what you say, you have a bit of obsession going on.....that could be part of an anxiety. OR not. Just give yourself a little time and go with how you are feeling.

Answer 2

I should think all of what you say it pretty relevant to your condition. I read recently ( which i happen to relate to) that anxiety, depression, and your personality disorder, are all associated with each other.

We often want one true answer, but the truth is it may be a combination of all three.

Try and look at it like this.... you are worrying about your disorder, which is causing your depression. Which is common. Anxiety is part and parcel of depression, which is the obsessing thoughts you have.

I and many others obsess about how we can Analise ourselves in the ultimate search to feel normal. but like one of your other answers said....try to relax about all this as you will make it worse. Go back to you doctor and tell him, if you want to, that your anxiety may be causing you unmanageable depression. But hay! give one thing a chance at a time. Find someone you can share your problems with.

I am searching for the ultimate reason as to why i am like i am. I am on medication and feel there may be 'obsessive compulsive disorder' in there some where... but i am not going to find out unless i get down the docs to discuss some of my deeper worries am i. I keep putting it off, as i never really know where to start when i am talking to the doc. Ask your doc how depression and anxiety work,,, you may need to hear and understand/reasoning, from someone who really knows, before you are able to relax about this.

I hate going to the docs, i find it a total drag going and really just put up with it all, thinking i can get on with my life, only to find i am awake alot in the night thinking etc

hope you learn to relax and except your diagnosis.

.....by the way it goes without saying that you must get out and about, socialise as much as you feel you can, eat well and exersice, to improve your moods and well being.
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Answer 3

It sounds like half the problem is that you are worrying about it too much. Borderline personality disorder won't completely wreck your life. I suffer from it but just find that I have wierd mood swings. Calm down about the whole thing and relax or you will just make things worse.

Answer 4

Why not deal with one disorder at a time? Yourself? I cannot believe that you would pay a psychiatrist and then wonder if you could fix it yourself - what a waste! Why cheat yourself out of a cure? OK, forget that - go along with your psychiatrist's recommendations, and experiment with another mindset. For now.

Answer 5

I think I may have answered your question earlier. If I didn't please email me and let me know...I know there are professional people who really can help, ask your GP he will know exactly what to do. There are other routes you can take, not just psychiatry. I do hope you find something that will help - like any complaint, if psychiatry did not work, don't take no for an answer, go back to your doctor and explain.