Borderline personality disorder and bipolar are regularly mistaken as being a similar thing. They are also often misdiagnosed, one for the other. The reason is because the symptoms for both illnesses are startlingly similar.

Borderline personality disorder is essentially less common and less known than bipolar. Borderline personality disorder accounts for only about twenty % of hospitalizations for psychological illness every year, while bipolar accounts for about fifty p.c of hospitalizations. Bipolar is similarly common among all sexes and age groups, while borderline personality disorder is most typical in younger girls.

Mood swings that involve depression, uneasiness, or violent outbursts are both manifested by bipolar and borderline personality disorder patients. However, while bipolar patients sometimes cycle through these moods over a period of weeks or months, borderline personality disorder patients may have spurts of these moods lasting some hours or a day.

Borderline personality disorder patients also endure times of having no idea who they are in terms of personality, likes, dislikes, and preferences. They may change long-term goals frequently, and have trouble sticking to any one activity. Acting with impulsiveness, going on major unaffordable shopping expeditions, excessive eating, or taking part in risky sexual relations can also be experienced. These are also symptoms of mania in bipolar patients.

Times of worthlessness, emptiness, and misunderstood and mistreated feelings are also experienced by borderline personality disorder patients. Evidence of depression in bipolar patients also coincide with these.

Another indication of borderline personality disorder involves how they deal with relations. Relations are usually viewed in extremes. The patient either hates or loves with a passion. A patient may be completely in love one minute, then hate somebody fully thanks to a tiny conflict or situation. Fears of desertion often lead to suicide threats, rejection, and depression in the patient. These relationship issues may also be found in bipolar patients.

Treatments of borderline personality disorder and bipolar are also alike. Psychiatrists frequently prefer a mix of medicine and therapy. Cognitive behavior therapy, while successfully implemented with bipolar patients, was originally developed to be used with borderline personality disorder. Numerous medicines may also be prescribed for either mental illness with successful results.

Little is understood about the factors behind borderline personality disorder, much like bipolar disorder. In this area, there's rumpus about environment vs genetics. However, it would appear through research that, while bipolar is definitely hereditary and biological in nature, borderline personality disorder is much more likely to be a consequence of environment and situational stimuli.

The likenesses between borderline personality disorder and bipolar are plenty. Even psychologists and doctors have trouble in distinguishing one from the other. If you suffer any of the symptoms discussed here, it is important to obtain the assistance and diagnosis of an approved professional for suitable diagnosis and treatment of your symptoms. Don't try to self diagnose for symptoms of borderline personality disorder or bipolar without aid from an expert. Doing so may cause your symptoms to become worse, and make treatment less successful in the future.