my depression..

danielleee · 04-14-2007, 12:57 PM

i didint know where i else i should post this so i thought id just start a new thread.
i was told a few years ago that i had pcos and everyone kind of put it to the side. there was one medicine my doctor told me i could take but it would take 9 months to start working so i really didnt wanna take it. my dad killed himself when i was 6 and he was manic depressive. so some physcologists told me i was too. i was on medicine for being bipolar..and i overdosed purposely on it. i went to the hospital and they got it out of my system..
i went to a sort of mental hospital about one year ago around this time. it was called 4 winds and they put me on depression medication.

when i got out i went to a new pyschologist. she told me i had borderline personality disorder and i had add.

the point of this thread? lol
its a year later and im only 17 but im so much better. im so much happier and im getting everything together concerning the pcos.

so know that things will be okay for any of the depressed or sad cysters out thereee

craftyshutterbug · 04-14-2007, 03:21 PM

Bipolar disorder and borderline personality disorders are often comorbid, meaning they co-exist. Just because you have one does NOT mean you will have the other, but the likelihood is higher.
It's good that you are doing better, and that you got the help you needed!!!

danielleee · 04-14-2007, 08:58 PM

yeah it was just weird because ive been to a bunch of pyschologists and it was like everyone i went to told me i was something else.

craftyshutterbug · 04-15-2007, 08:57 AM

yeah, that happens a lot in psychology because different psychologists and psychiatrists have different approaches to treating a patient, and don't always see the common factors. It's why it is classified as a "soft science"; you can't make an accurate diagnosis, just assumptions based on what the patient says or does.