please help looking for reassurance - could i have any other disorders besides borderline personality disorder?





years ago i was diagnosed with borderline personality disorder and my psychiatrist also accepted i have PTSD traits to.

im 31 and have endured a very hard life with abuse, victimization, mental abuse all throughout .

my symptoms from the age of 16 which got worse as years past by are :

mind racing, cluttered, scattered thoughts, forgetting what i was thinking minutes before —obsessive worries— repetitive asking questions on yahoo about same life circumstances —– impulsive outbursts of rage in public, difficult controlling aggression and rage ; antisocial anger towards people ; spacing out ( dissociation ) - persecutory paranoia , agoraphobia , intense panic and anxiety feelings when outside , palpitations ; a feeling of feeling abandoned and out of control : always found it difficult to concentrate and absorb information : ( although ive read books and understood them ) : keep having to re read sentences to understand them : mind drifts off whilst reading a page of words.

always had low self esteem, difficulty interacting, forming and maintaining friendships . im very intellectual and are often told im very intelligent, understand things well, talk well , and have a good mind. have a good imagination. can converse very well.

as a kid was quite hyperactive, always running around , but calmed alot into teenage years.

my mind always races every day, racing thoughts, keep forgetting things , my mind feels scattered with thoughts, difficulty trying to organise and structure.
have obsessive worrying thoughts about physical, mental health.

everyday i get mood swings, from feeling totally depressed and despairing one minute , then the next minute , ‘ ok ” again - if im in a severe depressive low , then someone talks to me, reassures me, gives me clarity —- my mood will suddenley lift to feeling ok again –

so would that rule out having bi polar ??

i used to have aggressive outburst in public, where stress would build up…my thoughts would race…disorganised….get paranoid that people were threatening me or persecuting me , get jealous of happy people — than i would just end up losing it like a mad man, threaten people attack, lash out at strangers….

this has greatly improved for years now….i learned to control my behaviour, been seeking help. even though psychotherapy isnt available because of lack of resources.

i often worry though do my symptoms mean any other disorder other than borderline personality disorder ??

like : OCD , GAD , bi polar , add , ?? what do you think ?

i lived as a reclusive for many years, developed agoraphobia , and only go out to pay bills do shopping etc - i have bad anxiety and panic attacks when i go out, hyper vigillant , cant venture far from my neighborhood anymore etc. i stay in my apartment most of the time etc.

2 Responses to “please help looking for reassurance - could i have any other disorders besides borderline personality disorder?”

  1. xheffalump said:

    Hi,

    First of all I’m sorry to hear you had to endure maltreatment. I was diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder about a year ago, and although I’m still coming to terms with it and recognising my problem behaviours/thoughts, all of which you’ve stated does not seem out of place.

    People are different, and therefore symptoms may vary according to who you are. For example, not every paranoid schizophrenic sees pink elephants, though many paranoid schizophrenic suffers visual hallucinations.

    As you’ve mentioned, you often have obssessive, paranoid thoughts about your mental health. This could be what is causing you to question your diagnoses, whereas in reality nothing else is wrong. Sometimes, obssessing over something can cause things to get worse, and your mind begins to fabricate and create things that do not really exist.

    To me, you just sound paranoid.

    As you were given diagnosis of PTSD and BPD, I wouldn’t worry about having anything else. Obviously, you saw a trained psychologist who spent many years training for his/her degree, so no one on Yahoo! Answers is going to know better. If you met diagnosis criteria for any other disorder, I’m pretty sure your psychologist would have informed you.

  2. tooter said:

    Aspbergers or
    manic depressive

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