I have not been diagnosed with bpd yet, but I have researched it and I seem to fit even my husband says that most symptoms seem to show I have bpd. I have an appt with a psych on Friday but I am afraid that I will not be diagnosed correctly. My life is a huge struggle and I feel at times I only have Jesus to help me get through I have a baby 8 months old and I just pray that my mood swings dont harm him. He is really precious to me. One of my worst symptoms is the feeling of abandonment, I often feel my husband might leave me i also cant handle being alone while my husband goes to work, Does anyone feel like this? Another thing that is hard for me is being away from my son I cant stand anyone holding him I get anxious and i cant tolerate being away from him I also cant handle his cries they irritate me so much and sometimes I feel like I might go crazy if I hear him cry or fuss. Is anyone out there like me?
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Boy, can I relate to the feeling of abandonment. I had that so bad, it ruined my marriage.
What I would suggest is that you write down all of the BPD symptoms you have, and write out how you manifest each of those symptoms and share that with the psychiatrist when you see him. He will ask you a lot of other questions. Be honest and tell him you did some research and this is what you feel. If he disagrees, ask him to specify why? You have the right to question and you have the right to seek a second opinion.
Good luck. Keep us posted.
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Trish
What I would suggest is that you write down all of the BPD symptoms you have, and write out how you manifest each of those symptoms and share that with the psychiatrist when you see him. He will ask you a lot of other questions. Be honest and tell him you did some research and this is what you feel. If he disagrees, ask him to specify why? You have the right to question and you have the right to seek a second opinion.
Good luck. Keep us posted.
Hugs,
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Hey don't feel bad. If you are sure you have it and your psychologist/psychiatrist won't diagnose you with it, I'd get a second opinion. If you still aren't diagnosed with it then its possible that you don't really have it but instead have something else like depression. 
Hang in there.
Hang in there.
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I think self diagnosing is a dangerous thing, I think that we could look at the symptoms for pretty much *any* illness (psychiatric or physical) and convince ourselves that we have it.
Now I am not saying that you don't have BPD (neither am I saying that you do) but just saying that the psychs are pretty good at their job and will diagnose you appropriately
Also, BPD (certainly n the UK) is not always a great dx to have, it can make proffessionals back off as the see you/us as hard work
hope you get the help you need
BTW, I am dx BPD but my psychiatrist just tries to treat the symptoms individually
HTH
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Now I am not saying that you don't have BPD (neither am I saying that you do) but just saying that the psychs are pretty good at their job and will diagnose you appropriately
Also, BPD (certainly n the UK) is not always a great dx to have, it can make proffessionals back off as the see you/us as hard work
hope you get the help you need
BTW, I am dx BPD but my psychiatrist just tries to treat the symptoms individually
HTH
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It is a shame that therapists will avoid clients with BPD, but it is the sad reality of it all. My therapist is terrific with BPD. He has solid boundaries and cannot be manipluated, though I know there have been many times in my past that I tried like heck to do so.
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Can you point me to some good websites that explain what this is, please?
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You dont say hoe long you've been like this. You can only get a diagnosis of BPD if you've had the same patterns of behaviour throughout you're adult life.
You said that you had a baby recently, do you think you could have post-natal depression?
Maybe you've got a diagnosis by now, it is July, you need to ensure that is is the correct one as treatment is very different for different problems.
Will be thinking of you
Catrin xx
You said that you had a baby recently, do you think you could have post-natal depression?
Maybe you've got a diagnosis by now, it is July, you need to ensure that is is the correct one as treatment is very different for different problems.
Will be thinking of you
Catrin xx
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