About a woman who is Bipolar + HPD +OCD

by **joe_TIGGER56** » Wed Aug 26, 2015 12:42 pm

Hello i'm new member but I've read zillion post...

here is the subject: a 30 year old female BIPOLAR + HPD + OCD
she is a friend of mine whom i have known and talked to for a few years ..... (i have read a zillion post on this very helpful forum, thank you all for your posts and i am not mistaking about her case)

Of course she was none of that (in my mind when we met) I just saw the super bright very energetic and very attractive woman ... because she told me I just knew at first she had food related problems... previously anorexia at a younger age then boulimia kicked in ...

on a scale from 1 to 10 ...she is perharps around 3-5 level with her disorders but still the fact that one or another disorder take over or mix with anopther almost randomly the end result is that she is very much an emotional mess...

...I do care about her ...although i want absolutely no love affair with her nor sex and I never had...because that would be emotional suicide for all i Know...
still i feel i must help her...dont know how...

(PS am a rather special member of her fan club... )
any idea or advice anyone?

Hi Peds!
thanks for asking,
She knows she has bulimia attacks for sure, OCD for sure, she knows she is much depressed at times and maniac at other time...but she does not link it to Bipolarity ....in fact she did not like when I told her that from what i can tell she is bipolar...she did not like either when i told her a week later that from what i can see she has HPD...(well after her checking on wiki to find the definition of Histrionic... )
At last she is going to see a Psy as I told her to, for several years... but I still think I can help her since I Knows her and her disorders better than anyone around her...
how long will it take to the therapist to figure out what I know I wonder... a few weeks or a lot more?
what I wonder also is how will our relationship evolve... since a pro will take over the function that I have in her life...I dont want to loose that one friend....if I can... I do enjoy helping her...and what I get in return...
well yes I know i probably do need a shrink too!

by **pedsmommy** » Fri Aug 28, 2015 3:07 pm

A good therapist can figure out her issues within a few sessions, but the therapy itself can take many months to years, and even then, success depends on how receptive she is to the idea that her outlook on life might be maladaptive.
Also, if she really is bipolar, then she truly needs medication specifically for that. The diagnosis can really get murky I think, I know my HPD at times seemed like truly manic episodes but ultimately an antidepressant did the trick. Not bipolar medication.
Wish you lots of luck.

by **Sous Le Masque** » Sat Aug 29, 2015 7:46 am

Hi joe,

The combination here Bipolar + HPD +OCD seems very unlikely.

I'm dx HPD/NPD with the emphasis on HPD and I know that I don't experience emotions in the same way as most.

OCD and Bipolar seem very remote from HPD with very different symptoms.

You mention that you're a a rather special member of her fan club. We HPDs need constant attention so she may be HPD. It's very difficult to understand from the behaviour that you describe though.

A qualified professional can dx your friend like pedsmommy says. It took about 3 months for my dx HPD but about another 5 years for me to accept the fact. Being self aware allows me to control my behaviour in a better way but it's very difficult.

Best wishes,

Sous

by **joe_TIGGER56** » Tue Sep 01, 2015 1:22 pm

Hello Sous (le masque)
Bipolar + HPD + OCD is perharps very unlikely…
No surprise the woman herself is very unlikely….an example among other things she speaks 7 languages most of them fluently !
To be more precise she might be cyclothymic and not bipolar…indeed she is not on medication at the moment…well that’s what she says...
When her mood is up she is HPD vivacious type (one of the 6 Million’s subtype)
When her mood is rather down or normal she is HPD appeasing type
Which for me are rather fine Million’s HPD sub types...but she craves for attention
When her mood is normal or down she is OCD…
When her mood is high she could care less about anything except partying and booze and more and she is no longer OCD for a few days just sleepless

So she has like multiple appearances…. no friend can be bored with her!
she claim and repeat she does not show many aspects of her personality with most people (she adds people her own age), she seems to say she hides certain aspects of her personality….i dont know which one and why though….
Perhaps a low self esteem issue…

(Hey Sous, why is she sous le masque?)
Thanks for your thoughts

by **MissUniverse** » Sat Sep 05, 2015 3:29 am

I wonder what her cocktail of medication is. Hmmmmmmmm

by **Fr4nz83** » Sat Sep 05, 2015 7:47 am

MissUniverse wrote:I wonder what her cocktail of medication is. Hmmmmmmmm

Hey Missy,

which kind of cluster B are you? From the posts it seems you're writing a lot in the anti-social subforum!

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