Hi everyone, I was diagnosed with BPD and a bunch of other stuff four years ago. Besides two suicide attempts in 2017, everything had been okay with my medication. I’ve been doing fairly well on lamictal (at least much better than how I used to be). Just about a month ago I entered an insane depressive episode which just didn’t feel right. It felt like it was going to last forever and I got increasingly suicidal, but then I woke up one morning last week and everything just felt okay, in fact it was like all of my worries never existed. I couldn’t figure out why I was so sad about whatever I was sad about. I stopped having an appetite and couldn’t sleep, then I realized I was talking insanely fast and all over the place. Then a few nights ago I just felt so overwhelmed with energy to the point of discomfort and it felt like I was about to go insane - I decided to meet with my psychiatrist the next day and boom now here I am realizing I’m actually hypomanic right now and have bipolar II! Just as if BPD wasn’t enough! Lol

Has anyone else been diagnosed with both BPD and bipolar I or II? It just feels so weird and confusing because now I have to distinguish what part of my brain is acting up when I behave weirdly or get sad. I’m also just scared that things will get worse for me because it took so long to even get to a good place with my BPD. 

I guess I’m just frustrated and wanted to know if anyone else had these two diagnoses together? If so please feel free to let me know any advice you have or just your own experiences. Anything is appreciated!