Okay so a little context, I'm 21 and today I went to the ER because I though I was having a mini stroke. After a bit of testing, the doctors told me I was experiencing a hemiplegic migraine, which can mimic a stroke by making your muscles spasm.

Anyway, the doctors sent me on my way with a valium, mind you I haven't been on anti-anxiety meds since high-school and at that time I was on such a cocktail of pills they didn't really do much for me.

Well I was lying in bed and the most incredible thing happened...I was at peace. It sounds silly but for the first time in I have no idea how long my head was quite and I felt calm, I could think straight- I could breathe again. It's...it's the best feeling in the word, I feel sane!

So getting the point of the post- the last few months I've felt like my borderline has been getting out of control, I've been overthinking like crazy, I'm always unsure of myself, insecure, ect, ect. I thought this was my borderline acting up, but only today, only now in this first moment of clarity that I've felt in a long time have I started to question; was that the borderline? Or have I been experiencing extreme anxiety and not even realized it because I associated those feelings with borderline?

Has anyone else experienced this? Do you guys find it hard to differentiate between your bpd and your other diagnoses?