I was diagnosed recently with Bipolar Type 2. Started on 25 mg of Lamitcal and was tapering up. NO improvement, in fact I was WORSE! Called my psych, brought up the idea of BPD after realizing I had 9 out of the 10 symptoms. Is this shit treatable? I literally keep reading it's nearly impossible to treat and people don't recover. Can someone share some success stories with me, what's helped, anything? I feel SO hopeless and that I will be like this for the rest of my life. I have extreme mood swings, moment to moment, after the littlest things set me off. I'm constantly spending money and feeling like I have to shop. I'm terrified of being abandoned by everyone around me. My anger is intense and unpredictable. Does anyone share these traits? I just need some one to tell me there is hope.