bpd is this me?

[stella10]

Wow just read up on bpd and quite surprised to find how many the symptoms describe me. Mental problems starting from puberty..I thought were just normal teenage stuff but wen u put it all together. The anxiety depression addiction to self harm for good couple years then anorexia and all the while I just wondered if I was depressed. Always suffered severe mood swings and stil do although I've thought it depression but never bad enough for meds. The sexual promiscuity is also me oh and drink and drug problems:-/ I find change of routine very hard even wkend's!!? Quite ocd and I have obsessive thoughts about things like if I lived in a certain place everything would be better.... I must be hard to live with. I know I'm not happy myself so how can anyone else be? Does this sound like bpd and if so what next?

It's very easy to read a checklist of symptoms, and diagnose yourself with twenty different illnesses :) So first thing I would say is don't decide that this is what you have... Trust me, you don't want it if you can avoid it.

Next, are you already under the mental health services? If not, then push for a referral. If you are, then request a meeting with your psych to discuss your current diagnosis.

Nope not under any mental health service. Been offered support for things in past but always declined. Would be interested to find out though. Do I go to docs?

Yes, go to GP and request to see the community mental health team. Do not go in saying ''I suspect I have a PD'' as that will get you nowhere.

Hi you need to request a referral to a psychiatrist as only a psychiatrist can formally assess and diagnose.