I was diagnosed with borderline personality disorder--BPD when I was 13 and underwent treatment for it. Recently another psycologist diagnosed me with ADHD, I am 25 now. I dont know who is right or if both are present. I always missed my classes but scored the highest grades and even today I dont seem to pay much attention to any one thing for too long, I dropped out of college for the same reasons. I do have symptoms of BPD even after going through with treatment.Can both ADHD and BPD be present? Is it possible?I havent decided yet to undergo treatment for ADHD, as i am confused. Any advice...plz?
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Can ADHD and personality disorders occur together?
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Yes, it's possible to have just about any combination, and combinations of disorders are unfortunately quite common.
Could I ask what treatment you got for BPD?
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The list is too long cos prescriptions kept changes every few weeks, but here's some of them which I rememberAt the beginning--mirtazepin, prozac, sertaline, clonazepam etc.Diazepam, lorazepam were sometimes given. Some sleeping pills were also given.When I became worse antipsychotics were started--oleanzepin, haloperidol, zuclopenthixol were given. sometimes combined with other meds which I dont seem to recall (I apologize for that) to help reduce the side effects of haloperidol and oleanzepin mostly supportive I think.All those drugs never really helped me.....believe it or not they increased my rate of harming myself, made me more depressed as I lost touch with few friends I had and dropped out of college (Education was the most important thing in my life) I used to have a very good memory and recalling was easy and now I forget whether I put sugar in my coffee or not, if I ate my breakfast or what I ate.I think drugs dont help in BPD, counselling and acceptance by atleast few people (parents and boyfriend in my case) helps much better.
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They certainly seem to have thrown drugs at it - I think you are right that they aren't much help for personality disorders.
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I dont have ADHD. I saw the doc again cos I was feeling uneasy and he said he mis-diagnosed cos few of my symptoms were similar to ADHD. He didnt know much about BPD and read more about it after my last visit. I dont think I will see him again.I only have BPD. But I am happy I wont be put through more meds for a wrong diagnosis.
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What are the early symptoms of ADHD and personality disorders and effective measures over them. Thanks in advance.
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You need to stay positive and try to go back to school, renew friendships...Try not to think of your illness.