Like mania or hypomania episode
lack of need of sleep, really high energy level, increase sex drive, (which I really do not know if 4 – 5 times every day is excessive), binge eating, extremely high mood
But when he is down, he is REALLY down. Like suicidal.
is it possible for cluster b personality disorder like borderline personality disorder also have bipolar type of symptoms.

Is there any relation between personality type and bipolar disorder? Is a person with a particular personality type has higher possibility to pick up bipolar than others with other personality types? If so, what is the chance for INFPs to develop bipolar? Thank you!

hello! i was diagnosed as bipolar when i was 12 and about a year ago i was hospitalized after a traumatic event. a doctor i only met with for five minutes told me i wasn’t really bipolar, that i was actually bipolar but you can’t diagnose anyone under 18. so i was just wondering the difference and how you can tell which is appropriate. i mean the most common physch misdiagnosis is mistaking schitzophrenia for manic depression so its possible, at the same time i respond to medication and dont respond to group therapy, instead i get along better with “authority”.

I’m borderline, my boyfriend is bipolar

what is the main difference?
it seems like we have a lot of things in common

i’m just wondering, because i think my mom is bipolar and i go through these weird super super happy one day, almost depressed the next things, so i think i might have it mildly. and i’m just wondering, how much does the medication alter your personality? because i don’t think i’m gonna go to a doctor or anything because it isn’t bad at all, but if i do i don’t want to go on meds that are gonna change who i am.
i’m just wondering cuz it seems like i go from one personality to the next. i probably don’t have it, and if i do it’s really mild. i’m just curious

How does your disorder affect intimate relationships (both friendships and romantic relationships) with other people?

If you’ve ever tried them, how do recreational drugs (in particular coke, E, and weed) affect you when you have Borderline/Bipolar? It must be different than for people that don’t have BDP/BPD.

Have you ever been in a relationship you didn’t want to be in, or push away a relationship that you DID want to be in?

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I have Bipolar “Manic depression” a mood disorder!

Right this very second I’m in such a bad low depressive state that I have spent minutes off and on thinking about dying!! how nice it would be to get rid of this horrible dark crappy feeling and to get away from this state of mind. Thinking logically, all I want to do is curl up in my warm bed and sleep for ever! in other words die. This is how I feel right now, this day, this second, nice! and for some of you it will seem like I’m reading your mind where as for others I guess they wont have a clue what I’m talking about and will jump to the conclusion that I’m stupid or mad! yet I have a gift as such. Once you have this Bipolar disorder or mood disorder, you are able to understand many other people but sadly some people with never understand you, something I have experienced in my past.

Work is on my mind as once coming down I begin to hate what I do. The boss has no idea how to deal with me as a normal guy let alone having this to deal with. His fault? Well his wife has depression so yes you would think so but I cant hold my mental illness against him. I hate the words “mental illness” as its so umm mental!!  Not one person would raise an eyebrow at a guy with a broken leg or arm but say the magic words “mental illness” and lots of people get so worried and may even avoid you, yet I think I have more people skills and care for others than most! in my opinion.

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Borderline Personality Disorder is not as common as Bipolar, and also we know less about this illness. Twenty percent of hospital admissions for mental illness are diagnosed with this disorder, while fifty percent of hospitalisations for mental illness are bipolar patients. Young women are the group more known to develop Borderline Personality Disorder, while bipolar affects both men and women equally regardless of age.

Mood swings such as anxiety, depression and violent flare ups are experienced in both patients with Borderline Personality Disorder and those with Bipolar. With Bipolar patients these symptoms can last weeks or months in a cycle, whilst in Borderline Personality Disorder it may only last a few hours or a day.

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Borderline personality disorder and bipolar are often mistaken as being the same thing. They are also often misdiagnosed, one for the other. This is because the symptoms for both illnesses are startlingly similar.

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