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Q: Free or Assisted Mental Health Programs in GA– My father is not fit to take care of himself?
I could really use some help here. I have found out today that my father has been evicted from his apartment. He was served multiple eviction notices, and due to his mental state ignored them. The eviction notices were not because he did not pay his rent, but because he was supposedly intimidating staff of the apartment complex.

My father has had a long history of being manic depressive and/or bipolar. I need to find out if there are any government programs or charities that could assist my father in finding a new place to live (he lives on his social security check) and getting some help. Aside from that is there any way to have him involuntarily committed in the state of Georgia? He is not in a fit state to make rational decisions. Please only serious and objective answers. Thanks in advance, any info would be greatly appreciated. P.S. I live in the UK and the remainder of my family live on the west coast, and unfortunatly none of us can travel to GA to help my father at the moment

A: What you need is not necessarily State, City or County, it is non-profit. In many States, there are Fairweather Lodge programs. I do not know whether there are any in Georgia. There are Safe Houses for the mentally ill in Georgia.

The first thing I would do is call United Way. Tell them about your situation and ask for listings that could accomodate your father. Also, call the State Rehabilitation Services and ask for listings. They have them because it is their job to do so. Every State has State, City and County Mental Health and Mental Retardation (MHMR) agencies. Contact one and ask for listings.

Also, look for Independent Living Facilities. This is where your father can live independently with assisted help. The State Rehabilitation Services or Commission will have their listings as well, for they refer their clients for services.

If you want garanteed success, go to United Way and purchase a Community Assistance Directory (CAD). It is called diffrerent things in different cities. In it are all the services you need with phone numbers, names, and a description of what each has to offer . It will cost anywhere from $37 to $50, but it is worth it.

Email me if you have anymore questions? This is my field, and I work with consumer like your father.l

Q: My 92 year old Mother lives in Texas and I want to know the requirements and cost for assisted living?
Just thinking she would be better off with more help. She does have some health problems and occasionaly she has some mental problems (bipolar) usually her mental problems are kept in check with her medication. I don’t know if she would want to do that but I would like some information in case that she would agree to it.

A: The costs for assisted living environments are significant but vary from place to place. It really depends on the indiviudal location you speak about — some are 100s of dollars a month some are thousands. Some are supported by a specific church affiliation others are not. I would suggest you may want to consider visiting 5-6 of them. You will get a feel for the ones you can afford, ones that can handle her specific issues, and would be acceptable to her.

There are a lot of decisions that go into the choice of facility. Many of them do not need to be made the the person going in. Would suggest you narrow it down to two or three and let her select the one she likes from these. If possible, leave the final decision up to her but you do the “heavy lifing” in terms of going around and finding a few acceptable ones to choose from.

Q: Is there such a thing as a group home that would allow a married couple?
My wife and I are both severely mentally ill. She is bi-polar and I’m schizoaffective bipolar type. We currently live with her parents but would like to be somewhat more independent but not necessarily completely on our own. What we are really looking for is some kind of assisted living for higher functioning mental health consumers. If anyone knows of any place like that it would really be appreciated. We live in the eastern suburbs of Detroit.

A: The Corporation for Supportive Housing has a website that says it’s:
“an innovative program aimed at creating supportive housing options for Michigan’s homeless and special needs populations”.
It also says: “Supportive housing works well for people who face the most complex challenges—individuals and families who are not only homeless, but who also have very low incomes and serious, persistent issues that may include substance use, mental illness, and HIV/AIDS”.

If you both have special mental health needs, it may indeed be an option! Here is the contact info:

Corporation for Supportive Housing
10327 E. Grand River Avenue, Suite 409
Brighton, MI 48116
Phone: 810-229-7712 Fax: 810-229-7743
email: mi@csh.org
Detroit Office: 586.918.3872

If you or your spouse have a case manager or community support worker through a mental health agency, that person may be able to help find resources for you too.

See both of the links below.
Good luck! I hope it works out.

Q: is my diagnosis correct , borderline personality disorder & PTSD ? or do i have bipolar as well ?
if anything i just want you to see the symptoms in this question and tell me whether you think i have any other ” co- existing ” disorder , other than borderline personality disorder and post traumatic stress ?

i already know i have post traumatic stress disorder which im going to try and get assessed and diagnosed for.

but i also worry do my symptoms mean : GAD , ADHD or bipolar ?

worrying if i have other disorders co-existing with my borderline personality disorder and post traumatic stress ?

like could i have bi polar ? and worrying its been missed ?

my psychiatrist said i dont have bi polar, and this is already the 2nd opinion psychiatrist.

im 31 now , suffered a very hard life, missed out on virtually everything : relationships – getting qualifications , being employed living a life etc.

i was diagnosed with borderline personality years ago, but im not getting the right services or treatment, i suffer badly to with post traumatic stress, i have all the hall mark symptoms.

at the moment my agenda is getting the proper treatment and therapy, and to get ‘ assessed ‘ and ‘ diagnosed ‘ with PTSD which i know i have.
theyve said theres no resources for psychotherapy in my area , but have give me workers to assist me to go outside and integrate into society -

because ive been socially isolated for many years because of my rage and severe anxiety issues.

i was speaking with a mental health charity girl and we both aggreed, thats no good what theyre offering because

” theyre expecting me to integrate into society , without any help for the chronic symptoms i suffer ”

those were actually the mental health charity workers words – she also advised me that i pursue getting diagnosed for post traumatic stress, that its important.

in the mental health service in england, theyre obliged to get the help and therapy for PTSD , but not for borderline personality – theyre not required to do anything.

my SYMPTOMS for many years have been : –

mind racing everyday , scattered , muddled , disorganised thoughts -

mood swings every day from one moment in the depths of despair, severley down -
then to feeling ” ok ” the next minute -

feeling enraged , angry and aggressive the next minute -

nightmares , severe anxiety and palpatations whilst outside -

hypervigillant – on the defensive — guard up , fight or flight feelings –
flashbacks – agoraphobia -

afraid to go out and do things – extreme tension whilst out –

startled jumpy reactions – difficulty controlling rage feelings and an urge to ” lose control ” –

paranoia that people are persecuting me and are against me , that the systems against me and outcasting me–

severe low self worth — clingyness with people – acting desperate , too intimate for acceptence –

difficulty maintaining a conversation-

- obsessive worries about the same fears , everyday -

i also forget things because of the mind racing , which i find tormenting – my mind goes ” blank ”

struggle to concentrate or focus or read a page of writing…

racing thoughts…scattered thoughts , mind going blank….feeling ‘ disorganised ‘ and jumbled up..

those are all my main symptoms , i know i have ptsd as well as borderline personality disorder , but i also worry my psychiatrist has missed a disorder……..?

for example could i have ” bi polar ” as well as BPD – borderline ?

could i have ADHD adult , as well as borderline personality and ptsd ?

could i have intermittant explosive disorder ? alot of the symptoms from that like uncontrollable rage i used to get, and still fight the rage feelings to not take over me..

for many years also theres a symptom where i write all different worries, anxieties on scrap pieces of paper that are scattered around my apartment in disaray, all disorganised and jumbled that i cant throw away..

have no energy to tidy my apartment, its a mess with clothes, paper dishes everywhere……..but i can find energy to do my shopping…and pay my bills etc.

what does anyone think about this ? should i be worrying about having other disorders like bipolar that could have been missed ?

basically, does borderline personality disorder and ptsd explain my symptoms ?

or could my symptoms mean other disorders like adhd , GAD, or bi polar as well ?

just to say :

i dont think im PSYCHOTIC – i dont have hallucinations or delusions , i have good insight into my problems , i get paranoid at times that people are against me, but ive had this symptom for years.

A: you would be amazed at how many symptoms overlap, and if you see 5 therapists.. they can give 5 different answers. With my daughter, we had one therapist who swore up and down, that teens did not GET bipolar. Therapy did nothing.. until the psychiatrist went the opposite, prescribed for bipolar..and the world changed for my daughter.
What I am saying is that it is HARD to find a “right” answer, and there sometimes is not a right answer to find. Not only do you recognize your symptoms.. you now have stress of figuring out WHAT is it, becoming a symptom of its own!!
Yes, it could be many of those, or none, or combinations. The one thing that I don’t see is that many bipolars don’t even see that they are unstable, they are oblivious. And I personally think intermittent explosive disorder is putting a symptom to its own disorder.. when it is common in bipolar. Racing thoughts also is common to bipolar.
MY thought is that TRYING a medication such as lithium (which is the cheapest, and has been around for years).. would be logical. If IT WORKED.. then that would answer a lot of things. However.. a lot of professionals think that people are taking bipolar as a fad thing.. and won’t attempt to treat it.
Good luck…

Q: I feel depressed, and will be going to see my GP soon. I wonder if I have Bipolar, but am I overreacting?
I posted another question on here the other day, but I realised I needed to give more detail. So I am asking another question.

I have recently been questioning my mental state. I don’t think I’m ‘going mad’ or ‘losing it’, but I am concerned. I have lots of issues, all of which I am going to mention very briefly here.

When I was a child, aged 6-7, I was sexually abused by my sister’s father, for about 4 years. I never told. When we lived with him, we endured a life of domestic violence and poverty. We left, moved away and my mum met a new man. He put us through mental, emotional and financial abuse. I saw through it, but was a voice unheard.

After a few years of this, my two cousins died, and this prompted my mum to leave her husband and move us back to be near the family. I was so low, I was unable to get out of bed to attend college most days. My whole family was devastated, so were unable to support each other.

Anyway, we had moved and were starting from scratch. Then, my mum found out she had cancer, and it was terminal. 10 months later she passed away.

My siblings and I were split up. My brother was winding out of control, drugs, fights, alcohol and homeless. He was later diagnosed as a Manic Depressive, and is now on the road to recovery.

My two sisters went to live with my grandparents, and I remained in my mums council property alone. I am the oldest. After some friction, my middle sister came and lived with me. And moved out a year later with her boyfriend.

All 3 of my siblings have attempted suicide. When my middle sister took one, it caused me to have a mini break down and I was referred by my GP to get some Bereavment Counselling. This was nearly 2 years ago.

Since then it has emerged that the realtionship my sister was in was a violent one, and her ex partner assualted her last week and the police attitude towards that was disgusting. Because she is suicidal, they arrested her and kept her in a cell for 9 hours, then referred her to a mental health ward. She was terrified. She is only 19. I came and got her and took her from the hospital. The next day, I took time off work to assist her to the GP and to see her support workers. So I’ve had that worry.

I’ve just come out of an emotionally and psychologically abusive relationship. I know this because I work in this field, and can now identify it.

I had an abortion 18 months ago, I wanted to continue with the pregnancy but my ex didn’t. My ex cheated on me last year, I stuck by him. 6 weeks after this, he had a motorbike accident and nearly died. He was in hospital for nearly 6 weeks, and it took him 6 months to walk without the aid of a walking stick. Despite my fulltime job, I helped nurse him back to good health. This year he cheated again, and I left 4 months ago.

The abuser from my childhood has come back on the scene, is trying to make contact with his daughters.

I have been feeling generally very low, and sometimes I feel like I can’t get out of bed in the morning, even though I’m getting more than enough sleep. Sometimes I feel as high as a kite and I am really happy, and the next I am incredibly low. There doesn’t seem to be an inbetween. And often, I feel ok, but I know I’n not, it that makes sense?
I have lost half a stone recently and it has worried me because maybe I haven’t been eating, and haven’t noticed?? I used to have a social phobia, and it was really hard to live with, but thankfully that hasn’t come back.

I have only 1 friend who knows about all of the above, I have trust issues, so although I have many friends, its hard for me to open up with them completely. She thinks I am minimising things when I say things aren’t that bad, and that what has happened over my life isn’t that bad.

Problem is, I know I’m not dealing with things, I’m kind of hiding it all. Pretending it will all go away. And I can’t do it much longer. I want to open up, but I don’t know how to. I don’t know where to start. And I don’t think my stuff is that much of a big deal, I know people who have led much worse lives.

But there is a problem with not accepting or dealing with what I have experienced. I am only 21, but feel about 35. Where has my youth gone?

Thank you for reading.

I am not asking for pity, nor do I want medication. Just an answer to my question.

I am well aware that people have lived much more difficult lives, I didn’t suggest otherwise. This is not a competition. My life experiences are my own, regardless of whether or not people think its a ‘pity party’. I have opened up here, and this is what I am afraid of if I open up to a professional.

Will the GP think I am overreacting? Will my family think I am overreacting? My friends? Am I overreacting??

A: Well how long are you going to have this pity party? My childhood and serval other peoples childhood could be labeled 10 times worse than yours. Heck after I first got married I used to watch cop shows on tv so I would feel closer to my family because I was addicted to chaos.

Its all a choice to how you deal with things. Are you going to feel sorry for yourself and not accomplish anything or are you going to say that those things made you stronger and go on to accomplish great things in this life. Do you really want to be on medication for the rest of your life? That is a choice as well.

How much time do you spend taking care of yourself? Are you exercising, eating properly, getting involved in your community? Are you building friendships with people that are functional? No pill can make you do all of that.

Its up to you how you deal with things.

If you want to come at it from a healthy point of view and be proactive then you can say “Yes stress of life and me not taking care of myself has harmed my body and I need to fix it”… then start from there.

Each one of these minerals has pages for symptoms that you could possibly have. Knowledge is power honey and no one in this life is going to help you more than yourself.

http://www.phpure.com/nutrition_products/angstrom_minerals.htm

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Help I need some to review my essay.

Client Issues, Approaches and Gaps

There are several issues that are facing our consumers at Mental Health Kokua. One of the major issues is for the consumers who are suffering from such illness of schizophrenia, Bi-Polar and nomadic-depression the decline of coverage for medicine and services that were previously covered under med quest. Decline in economy has put a lot of these consumers in dire straight, where to get these services and who can they rely on to fill the gap of no medical coverage for medication.
Due to changes in medical coverage many consumers are no longer able to get those services met. Changes in med-quest deny many consumers of Mental Health Kokua the use of services that are provided at our facility. Today they have no coverage and Mental Health Kokua is seeking to get services for the consumers in there program. Many are still receiving basic needs meet from the agency, such as food, clothing, some sort of housing assistance and help on medication, through Kahi Holomua. Community based case manager with the help of Adult Mental Health Kokua was able to assist these client.
The closing of MHK (Mental Health Kokua) homeless outreach was a major blow to the consumers who are houseless with a severe mental health issue. Many of them used our service to get connected to a psychiatric, finding a bed for a night, assisting in getting some medical attention in regards to sores and infections. The outreach services was the connection to reaching out to those who did not have transportation or unable to come to our door to receive mental health services.
Another is helping the consumer and some of the case managers address the issue of chemical dependency. Many consumers with mental health issues use substance abuse in order to self-medicate themselves, when not doing to well managing there prescribed medications many consumers use substance to feel better. The agency offers various training to the staff one is through Kahi Holomua’s, supervisor Ann Lang teaching them various techniques in identifying clients that are self-medicating themselves through alcohol or illicit drugs. Having these classes or training is making the case manager more efficient in there attempts to help the consumer become social, and productive in there community and contribute to resilience in there own recovery. Empowers the client to be successful in there recovery to live an independent life and manage there medication with a better understanding of the illness and not the self.
Finding community activities that are culturally informative has been an issue. Cultural can be a major issue, being that mental health has never been the norm of many cultural but the staff of Kahi Holomua does a wide variety of functions in the community that keeps the cultural aspect alive. Many activities are based around cultural information we attend arts shows at Maui Art and Cultural Center. Visit museums, walk around in the whaling town of Lahaina, visit the petting zoo in Haiku, and taro patches. Many of our consumers have never been to these places or some have vivid memories of living in that area that we visit. We also attend “Brown Bag”, it is an informative lunch event, and we bring our own lunch. They have a wide variety of topics that are discussed at the presentation Bipolar Illness, Eating Disorder, Postpartum Depression, and Teen Suicide. This event is open to the public, mental health consumers, and families.
In conclusion, MHK works tirelessly advocating for the client improvement, treatment and care on a daily basis with consumers with mental health issues. There maybe some gaps that I could have over looked. MHK still reaches out to those who are at need of there services. Dealing with the issue is only part of the problem helping the consumer is the goal of self-determination, empowering and building socialization instead of isolation. Having the client looking at themselves and not the disorder is the focus that MHK maintains.

A: maybe a little bit more extensive examples. but it´s ok like this

Q: what do i do at this stage of my life ? i have so much to contend with?
basically im 31 now , ive suffered a very horrific, miserable life filled with abuse, psychological torture , bullying and constant being victimized.
ive missed out basically on a normal life : forming relationships – being employed – getting qualifications – living a life etc. – have a criminal record 8 years ago, been in a mental hospital because i said things to scare psychiatrist to getting me help, because i was being abandoned in the community.

ive survived somehow, ive lived in a 1 bedroom apartment for years on disability welfare , i own nothing , hardly any possessions except a computer, an old computer……no carpets on my floor, basic essential appliances.
im waiting for an operation on my ankle, because i torn the ligaments in my ankle years ago , i will be in plaster , laid up for 6 weeks in my apartment.

i was diagnosed with borderline personality disorder years ago, they said i wasnt ready for intense group therapy right now because i still suffer bad anxiety problems, agoraphobia and rage feelings..

they said all they could offer was group therapy, thers no resources for anything else , but they dont thing im ready right now – even though ive controlled rage attacks and outburst for many years now….by myself , through my own efforts.

i want individual psychotherapy or dbt therapy which they said theres no resources for those therapys in my area at the moment……………but i did enquiries and discovered those therapies are available in the districts near me.

not only that but ive had symptoms for many years that BPD doesnt cover .
ive always thought this , and know i have all the hallmark symptoms of post traumatic stress disorder to.

i asked my psychiatrist for further evaluations, and assesment but he doesnt feel the need to……he said diagnosis arnt necessarily important and that sometimes ” symptoms overlap into different disorders ”
that all my symptoms can be explained by borderline personality.

i dont agree, i have all the symptoms of ptsd and symptoms that BPD doesnt cover.

‘ racing thoughts that ive had for years, scattered disorganised thoughts , struggle to focus or hold a train of thought – my mind races everyday….flooded with reels and reels of thoughts and worries…..obsessive thoughts etc , – panic attacks outside , feeling tense, on edge, rage feelings……disocociate, space out in public……my moods constantly fluctuate to deeply depressed, empty and abandoned……….isolated in my apartment……to feeling ok and sometimes ” euphoric ” ‘

those are just some of the symptoms, ive also found out i display symptoms for BIPOLAR and feel i need further assesment to rule bipolar in or out………and definatly need assesment for the PTSD.

the only help my mental health team can offer me right now is ” exposure therapy ” – some workers to assist me to go out places to get me integrated into society – because ive been socially isolated for years because of my social, conduct and rage and agoraphobia and anxiety problems .

their telling me this ‘ is ‘ a therapy in itself, within view to working towards attending group therapy.

my psychiatrist wont give meds because he said the ones that work are addictive…they haveside affects and only work in the short term…..and i would develop a dependancy on them….and not address my issues or core problems.

i disagree so im seeking advice from a mental health charity about trying to get further evaluated , and to get some real therapy, like individual psychotherapy.

im 31 and im still doing this sh1t , still fighting to get the help from the system that i hate so much, which has let me down since my mental problems came into existence.

i have aged prematurly in my face and feel i look older than 31, im balding, so my hair is very shaved short, have 2 missing teeth due to an accident years ago – ( front bottom row )

i have goals i wanna reach of leaving england, moving to a hot country , somewhere coastal, id like to get a decent paid job in IT computers…….meet a partner, some friends etc..

but how will i do all that sh1t when im this aged, im disadvantaged , and have so much to work through ????????

i know this is long but i hope someone can take time to read it and offer me hope.

A: First off: I think any doctor who thinks a diagnosis isn’t important isn’t worth seeing. Part of being a doctor is to find out what’s wrong with your patient, and if you think your patient isn’t worthy of the diagnosis (and the treatments that would come after a diagnosis is made) then you’re not worthy of your patients. Just because one huge “disorder” covers all the symptoms you have doesn’t mean you have that disorder. Is there any way you can get a second opinion from a better doctor?

Also, you mentioned IT as a career… do you have any skills to help bring in some extra money? With more money, you might be able to move yourself to somewhere with better resources, and use that as a stepping stone to getting where you want to be–somewhere nice and warm with tons of friends.

It sucks when you’re in the middle of dealing with something, be that a lack of money or PTSD or dealing with a psychiatrist who doesn’t believe you, but it’s definitely something you can fight against (as you’ve shown, but controlling yourself without the help of others)… keep your eyes on the future, because that’s where you want to be–not stuck in the past.

And 31 isn’t that old nowadays… cheer up!

Q: im worrying i have other ‘ diagnosis ‘ as well as borderline personality disorder, what do i do?
i already know i have post traumatic stress disorder which im going to try and get assessed and diagnosed for.

but i also worry do my symptoms mean : GAD , ADHD or bipolar ?

worrying if i have other disorders co-existing with my borderline personality disorder and post traumatic stress ?

like could i have bi polar ? and worrying its been missed ?

my psychiatrist said i dont have bi polar, and this is already the 2nd opinion psychiatrist.

im 31 now , suffered a very hard life, missed out on virtually everything : relationships – getting qualifications , being employed living a life etc.

i was diagnosed with borderline personality years ago, but im not getting the right services or treatment, i suffer badly to with post traumatic stress, i have all the hall mark symptoms.

my plight at the moment is getting the proper treatment and therapy, and to get ‘ assessed ‘ and ‘ diagnosed ‘ with PTSD which i know i have.
theyve said theres no resources for psychotherapy in my area , but have give me workers to assist me to go outside and integrate into society.
because ive been socially isolated for many years because of my rage and severe anxiety issues.

i was speaking with a mental health charity girl and we both aggreed, thats no good what theyre offering because

” theyre expecting me to integrate into society , without any help for the chronic symptoms i suffer ”

those were actually the mental health charity workers words – she also advised me that i pursue getting diagnosed for post traumatic stress, that its important.

in the mental health service in england, theyre obliged to get the help and therapy for PTSD , but not for borderline personality – theyre not required to do anything.

my symptoms for many years have been :

mind racing everyday , scattered , muddled , disorganised thoughts -

mood swings every day from one moment in the depths of despair, severley down -
then to feeling ” ok ” the next minute -

feeling enraged , angry and aggressive the next minute -

nightmares , severe anxiety and palpatations whilst outside -

hypervigillant – on the defensive — guard up , fight or flight feelings –
flashbacks – agoraphobia -

afraid to go out and do things – extreme tension whilst out –

startled jumpy reactions – difficulty controlling rage feelings and an urge to ” lose control ” –

paranoia that people are persecuting me and are against me , that the systems against me and outcasting me–

severe low self worth — clingyness with people – acting desperate , too intimate for acceptence –

difficulty maintaining a conversation-

- obsessive worries about the same fears , everyday -

those are all my main symptoms , i know i have ptsd as well as borderline personality disorder , but i also worry my psychiatrist has missed a disorder……..?

for example could i have ” bi polar ” as well as BPD – borderline ?

could i have ADHD adult , as well as borderline personality and ptsd ?

could i have intermittant explosive disorder ? alot of the symptoms from that like uncontrollable rage i used to get, and still fight the rage feelings to not take over me..

i also forget things because of the mind racing , which i find tormenting – my mind goes ” blank ”

struggle to concentrate or focus or read a page of writing…

racing thoughts…scattered thoughts , mind going blank….feeling ‘ disorganised ‘ and jumbled up..

what does anyone think about this ? should i be worrying about having other disorders like bipolar that could have been missed ?

basically, does borderline personality disorder and ptsd explain my symptoms ?

or could my symptoms mean other disorders like adhd , GAD, or bi polar as well ?

A: I wouldn’t think you have bipolar. A major symptom of bipolar is a lack of insight into your condition, ie you don’t think there is anything wrong with you. You clearly have a great insight into your problems and are trying to address them

Q: am i wrong for worrying about ‘ diagnosis’s ‘ right now?
worrying if i have other disorders co-existing with my borderline personality disorder and post traumatic stress ?

like could i have bi polar ? and worrying its been missed ?

my psychiatrist said i dont have bi polar, and this is already the 2nd opinion psychiatrist.

im 31 now , suffered a very hard life, missed out on virtually everything : relationships – getting qualifications , being employed living a life etc.

i was diagnosed with borderline personality years ago, but im not getting the right services or treatment, i suffer badly to with post traumatic stress, i have all the hall mark symptoms.

i was speaking with a mental health charity girl and we both aggreed, thats no good what theyre offering because

” theyre expecting me to integrate into society , without any help for the chronic symptoms i suffer ”

those were actually the mental health charity workers words – she also advised me that i pursue getting diagnosed for post traumatic stress, that its important.

in the mental health service in england, theyre obliged to get the help and therapy for PTSD , but not for borderline personality – theyre not required to do anything.

my symptoms for many years have been :

mind racing everyday , scattered , muddled , disorganised thoughts -

mood swings every day from one moment in the depths of despair, severley down -
then to feeling ” ok ” the next minute -

feeling enraged , angry and aggressive the next minute -

nightmares , severe anxiety and palpatations whilst outside -

hypervigillant – on the defensive — guard up , fight or flight feelings –
flashbacks – agoraphobia -

afraid to go out and do things – extreme tension whilst out –

startled jumpy reactions – difficulty controlling rage feelings and an urge to ” lose control ” –

paranoia that people are persecuting me and are against me , that the systems against me and outcasting me–

severe low self worth — clingyness with people – acting desperate , too intimate for acceptence –

difficulty maintaining a conversation-

- obsessive worries about the same fears , everyday -

those are all my main symptoms , i know i have ptsd as well as borderline personality disorder , but i also worry my psychiatrist has missed a disorder……..?

for example could i have ” bi polar ” as well as BPD – borderline ?

could i have ADHD adult , as well as borderline personality and ptsd ?

could i have intermittant explosive disorder ? alot of the symptoms from that like uncontrollable rage i used to get, and still fight the rage feelings to not take over me..

i also forget things because of the mind racing , which i find tormenting – my mind goes ” blank ”

struggle to concentrate or focus or read a page of writing…

racing thoughts…scattered thoughts , mind going blank….feeling ‘ disorganised ‘ and jumbled up..

what does anyone think about this ? should i be worrying about having other disorders like bipolar that could have been missed ?

A: Why don’t you just work on the disorders you know about. You are spending too much time giving yourself too much to freak out about. Sure, it is possible that you were misdiagnosed but all your symptoms can be explained by the BPD and the PTSD. It really does not sound like Bipolar. Just work on the BPD, work on the PTSD, when you have those under control THEN see how you feel.

Q: can anybody help me with my symptoms and diagnosis query?
if anything i just want you to see the symptoms in this question and tell me whether you think i have any other ” co- existing ” disorder , other than borderline personality disorder and post traumatic stress ?