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Anachronism wrote:

disintegration wrote:
Maybe a second opinion from a psychologist who spezializes in bipolar disorder.

Or maybe try the treatment and see if you do better?
Why did you seek treatment in the first place? What do they plan on doing as therapy?

Depression and anxiety and self esteem, also coping skills, drinking is not a good way to cope with stress lol

Also advice on family dynamics, my moms been in psychosis for two months and my gran is abusive to both of us and I need advice on how to deal with that

Hm, then maybe ask if they can find strategies and treat your symptoms without a fixed diagnosis because you feel like it doesn't fit?

No idea about the legal situation with that tho.

I read something about how they started an experiment where they stopped with traditional diagnosis and lumped together symptoms to bigger categories depending on different factors because it has become harder to make a clear cut, because it wouldn't change anything about the treatment, so maybe that's the future of psychotherapy, who knows.

Anachronism
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Anachronism wrote:

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Anachronism wrote:

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Yeah but I think idk, as long as u don't have mania/hypomania (doesn't someone have to express to ur therapist that they have seen u act that way themselves for diagnosis safety or whatever) n u don't relate to the symptoms of hypomania in like a tecnical way ig u r "fine"? Idk. I just think when it starts being like, only looking into one thing cus theres family history w it is stupid yeah lol

Well I told her like, according to some psychiatrist (I felt like he was a drug pusher tbh) when I was 15 or 16 I was acting "hypomanic" on SSRI's so he thought i had bipolar II and put me on a ton of shitty drugs

She asked if I felt like... energized or like I needed less sleep sometimes and I said idk sometimes I guess but I dont know if it's like regular human happiness how am I supposed to know

So she will help me differentiate that

Tbh I hope its not true lol

Isk it doesn't sound that serious (the "hypomania" part) but might b worse than u think, can never know. But also yeah, at 15-16 many ppl act like that which is why u can't b diagnosed here if u r under 18 or whatever (I think) unless its like extreme mby

Yeah its probably mild if it's true so that's positive? Lol my mom is bipolar I. Fuck that shit lol

The only time I ever recall feeling uh.. "manic" past adolescence was when i was abusing stimulants, and it didnt really occur to me until my ex was like "uh you were super manic like it was weird" but isnt that what those drugs kinda do? Lol

And I'm not telling a professional about that hell no

Jisatsu
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Jisatsu wrote:
same with me
but ive been diagnosed with bpd
i kinda understand where they are coming from but honestly... dont really believe it
i still stick with saying im depressed with social anxiety (the second part is kinda true, i was diagnosed with a general anxiety disorder)
it just feels more correct to me

Anachronism
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Anachronism wrote:

Jisatsu wrote:
same with me
but ive been diagnosed with bpd
i kinda understand where they are coming from but honestly... dont really believe it
i still stick with saying im depressed with social anxiety (the second part is kinda true, i was diagnosed with a general anxiety disorder)
it just feels more correct to me

Oh see I've wondered about bpd
I feel like bpd is commonly misdiagnosed as bipolar II

It would explain my self destructive behavior a lot better

Tho the stigma sux

Harumi
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Harumi wrote:
I see a lot of people commenting that they went to school for this so they should know, but we're all human and even psychologists makes mistakes. Not saying that they are wrong or right, but if you feel like u don't fit with what they have diagnosed u with, you could always say so.

Jisatsu
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Jisatsu wrote:

Anachronism wrote:

Jisatsu wrote:
same with me
but ive been diagnosed with bpd
i kinda understand where they are coming from but honestly... dont really believe it
i still stick with saying im depressed with social anxiety (the second part is kinda true, i was diagnosed with a general anxiety disorder)
it just feels more correct to me

Oh see I've wondered about bpd
I feel like bpd is commonly misdiagnosed as bipolar II

It would explain my self destructive behavior a lot better

Tho the stigma sux

well, often people are misdiagnosed with bipolar or bpd when actually they have ptsd
its a mess

Anachronism
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Anachronism wrote:

Jisatsu wrote:

Anachronism wrote:

Jisatsu wrote:
same with me
but ive been diagnosed with bpd
i kinda understand where they are coming from but honestly... dont really believe it
i still stick with saying im depressed with social anxiety (the second part is kinda true, i was diagnosed with a general anxiety disorder)
it just feels more correct to me

Oh see I've wondered about bpd
I feel like bpd is commonly misdiagnosed as bipolar II

It would explain my self destructive behavior a lot better

Tho the stigma sux

well, often people are misdiagnosed with bipolar or bpd when actually they have ptsd
its a mess

Ppretty sure I dont have PTSD

Think you're right but I also think stress can worsen underlying conditions

I could be wrong tho, just speaking from experience, stress worsens my anxiety/depression and it triggered my moms bipolar mania/paranoia I think

My mom has been exploited/abused and it explains why her paranoia is focused on rape and stuff like that I think

Private
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Raquelle wrote:
bipolar is super overdiagnosed here where i live at least...
i went seeking for help for ptsd symptoms (from abuse) and now they are suspecting i have bipolar II too...
So yea
i understand you
and i feel your frustration
i really hope you’ll get the right treatmeant to your symptoms, whatever the diagnosis is.

Anachronism
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Anachronism wrote:

Raquelle wrote:
bipolar is super overdiagnosed here where i live at least...
i went seeking for help for ptsd symptoms (from abuse) and now they are suspecting i have bipolar II too...
So yea
i understand you
and i feel your frustration
i really hope you’ll get the right treatmeant to your symptoms, whatever the diagnosis is.

I mean it makes sense considering my family history but you get my fear

I think yall are right be open to everything and see it as a way to treatment

I think I'm mostly afraid they're right tbh

Private
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Raquelle wrote:

Anachronism wrote:

Raquelle wrote:
bipolar is super overdiagnosed here where i live at least...
i went seeking for help for ptsd symptoms (from abuse) and now they are suspecting i have bipolar II too...
So yea
i understand you
and i feel your frustration
i really hope you’ll get the right treatmeant to your symptoms, whatever the diagnosis is.

I mean it makes sense considering my family history but you get my fear

I think yall are right be open to everything and see it as a way to treatment

I think I'm mostly afraid they're right tbh

Yeah. I really do get the fear

i think so too... if it doesn’t work out you can at least sigh in relief or something. And if it works, well it works, that’s good too.
i can relate to that fear so much too... bipolar seems like such a hard and big diagnosis, like can *i* really be that unbalanced..? It’s scary it really is. I think it’s the best to just treat it as a treatment to symptoms