question - Bipolar Disorder Message Board

parker7 · 05-28-2003, 04:32 PM

can anyone tell me if boarderline personality disorder is the same thing as bi-polar??? Sorry to be so uneducated about it.

TiredMan · 05-29-2003, 09:17 AM

No, it is not, but the treatment courses are often very similar.

My layman's opinion is that the easiest way to distinguish the two is that bipolar has clear evidence of mood cycling - with patterns - whereas the mood swings of BPD are more random/chaotic.

woo15272001 · 05-29-2003, 09:28 AM

thank you for your response--the only thing with bipolor is that i never have had a manic episode

rsg · 05-29-2003, 09:34 AM

Hi, That is what I first thought was wrong with me, seroquel straightened that s*** out: how are you being treated for this?(what meds)..just wondering, RG

woo15272001 · 05-29-2003, 09:56 AM

i have been diag with ADD w/o the hyper and trichotillomania(pulling out of eyelashes and eyebrows) which i have not did in about 11 years-i am now 28--i am compulsive --sleep 12-14 hours a day--distorded body image, bad relationships--i've only been on anti depressants and believe me all of them--they do not do much anymore--a doctor has recently given me strattera (did nothing)--and now cylert---nothing but they both make me sleep---when i ask for concerta or adderall--they automatically assume i'm a drug user or seller and i've never did either one--my child phys--put me on wellbutrin at 16 and if that did not work he was going to put me on ritilin--but i quit going--that's why i suggested it--today i have my first appt at the minrith meier clinic in dallas--i hear it is good