Help please! is borderline pd the same as bipolar?

No: There can be similarities since borderline personality disorder can cause mood instability but they are very different since bipolar disorder is a mood disorder whereas personality disorder is a more persistent and maladaptive pattern of behavior. Mood disorders are more responsive to medications while personality disorders need consistent psychotherapeutic interventions.

Bipolar/Borderline: Bipolar do is a mood disorder classified as primary diagnosis on axis 1 of our mental disorders manual. Borderline personality is a personality disorder & a separate issue, being placed on axis 2 diagnoses in our manual. The two, however, can coexist in the same individual.

Borderline: Not the same. BPD isintense fear of abandonment, being manipulative, impulsivity, a tendency to think of people and things in all good or all bad terms, self mutilating behaviors, drug and alcohol abuse, sexual impulsivity, a profoundly disturb sense of self, and extreme emotional volatility. Bipolar disorder is characterized by extreme mood swings from deep depression to the stratosphere of manii