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Q: bipolar and borderline personality ?
asked by: cherrydaiquiri on December 9th, 2008
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I'm not sure because as I was researching they sounded similar to eachother and what I've been going through.
I have horrible mood swings that get extreme very fast, some end in attempted suicide. I have these "episodes" about 10-15 times a day of just ups and downs. i've been told I'm impulsive and sometimes manipulative. I've been having some relationship problems bc of these moods where I can be super attached and obsessive one second and the next I feel absolute hatred and loathing for them without really knowing why. also I see things and hear things. most commonly its the torture and/or homicide of people. it's gotten to be where I'll be in class and almost break down crying, feeling the need to help these people reaching out to me. I think that's the basics. I'm not sure if it's bipolar or borderline personality or something totally different. let me know what you think and I'll answer any questions.
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MandMs
replied on December 9th, 2008
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There is a subtype of Rapid-cycling bipolar disorder (four or more affective episodes yearly) where mood oscillations are manifested as abrupt mood shifts of less than 24 hours duration, known like ultra-ultra rapid or ultradian cycling.
Acctually, the rapid-cyclers are completing a mood cycle in a matter of days--or, more rarely, in hours.
Severe episodes of mania or depression in bipolar patient, may include symptoms of psychosis (or psychotic symptoms), like hallucinations and delusions.
If your state oscillate dramatically between depression and euphoria, and you feel marked irritability, in one day, you are having a mixed episode of bipolar disorder.
Multiple mixed episodes in one day are characteristic of ultra-ultra or ultradian cycling.
People with mixed episodes are at great risk for suicide and exhibiting delusions and hallucinations.

Do you get usual shift from feeling upset to feeling "OK," or, from feeling bad to feeling a high or elevated mood?
Do the mood shifts occur out of the blue, or, are, always in reaction to something that have happened?
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Anonymous
replied on December 22nd, 2008
great!
great!
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cherrydaiquiri
replied on January 8th, 2009
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usually it comes out of nowhere and my moods range between happy sad angry anxious and a weird mood I don't know how to explain, all of are VERY extreme. but I was recently diagnosed with hypomanic bipolar, anxiety, and ADHD
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