02/07/2010

Just decided to change my diagnosis. I can do that, you know! Bipolar and Borderline Personality Disorders are certainly not mutually exclusive, so suppose I can claim both?

From ICD (International Classification of Diseases):
“Personality disorder characterized by a definite tendency to act impulsively and without consideration of the consequences; the mood is unpredictable. There is a liability to outbursts of emotion and incapacity to control the behavioural explosions. There is a tendency to quarrelsome behaviour and to conflicts with others. Two types may be distinguished: the impulsive type, characterized predominantly by emotional instability and lack of impulse control, and the borderline type, characterized in addition by disturbances in self-image, aims, and internal preferences, by chronic feelings of emptiness, by intense and unstable interpersonal relationships, and by a tendency to self-destructive behaviour.”