OCD and Bipolar?

[rgart]

Just got finished talking to my daughter- she suggested on top of ocd(Diagnosed 8 years ago), i show lots of the same symptoms of BPD, which i have also seen in my parents(one uncle was diagnosed with manic depression) - she will be evaluated next week- just wondering, can ocd and bipolar be coexistant?? As i did some online research, much of the mood swings and other issues would make sense- and in true ocd fashion, it keeps running through my brain, fragments of childhood and reactions and over-reactions over the years...

 

[Christian Sojourner]

People can definitely have both. Some people have OCD, Bipolar, Schizophrenia, and other illnesses coexistant. But I wouldn't make any self diagnosis. I'd let the Doctor do that.

And whatever our torment God says to us, "My grace is sufficient for thee," just as he said to the tormented Apostle. And sometimes His grace is leading one to the Doctor's if their illness is severe.

 

[Tenebrae]

I work in mental health, and often I see clients that have a co morbid presentation (one or more Diagnosis)

That said, christian sojourner is quite right, such diagnosis should only be made by a qualfied doctor

 

[rgart]

Thanks so much, yes, i will get re-evaluated- i was hoping i would be so complicated.. My original diagnosis was ocd, ptsd, biological depression- grew up in a nonchristian highly dysfunctional home.... well- its in the Lords hands