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Jul 12, 2018 at 02:00 PM
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My signature is unchanged from a few years ago and at that time I was diagnosed with bp and BPD. Now it's just bp, but I keep having mood swings and meltdowns that the BP meds do nothing about and my new pdoc thinks the only thing that will help is DBT. I know bipolar is involved because I do have periods of mania and depression that the meds do help with a lot, but there is something else going on that causes these meltdowns I've had since I was little. I just get really confused about what is really going on. Past diagnosis and theories added to the basic bipolar include schizophrenia or schizoaffective, borderline, autism spectrum, ADHD and anxiety. I feel like a confused mess.
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Jul 13, 2018 at 12:47 PM
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I'm sorry you are feeling such confusion over all of this.
 I hope you do have an opportunity to participate in DBT. I've never done it myself. But it seems to come highly recommended.  
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Jul 14, 2018 at 04:09 PM
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DBT is good for many conditions so it's worth trying.
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Jul 15, 2018 at 05:17 PM
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I agree that it’s possible to have borderline traits and not have the full disorder (in fact I suspect quite a lot of people do
 ..)I hope that you can access DBT 
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