BPD Its just ricanoland - ptsd, bpd, adhd, depression, sleep disorder....

[Ricanoland]

To be honest, I have no clue what disorder or issue is causing what half the time. I will be in public sometimes and my body with start to shake to the point where I feel its better just leaving and go home. Of course the night sweats, nightmares, and the not being able to sleep. As I have gotten older I started noticing new symptoms like twitching. Anger is a big one now, but it comes out of no where, nothing triggering it. I feel all of this anger, but the most I do is throw my hands in air or poke my friends really hard in the arm. Very annoying. Not including the BPD which makes it very hard for me to like people for any length of time before I start hating them. Then Love Them, Then Hate Then. So on, and So on. I assume the non stop moving around is from the ADHD. Depression well, that is part of PTSD I suppose. Because there is so much going on all the time with me. Emotions never relax it seems. When my friends ask me why are you doing that or are you okay? The only answer I can give is I am "its just patrick" My question is, I suppose, does anyone else live with many disorders and many times find it hard to know where your current is coming from?

 

[cherryblossom]

Hi Ricanoland,

Firstly, I would question having so many diagnosis. PTSD encompasses depression and sleep disorder, so unless you had these prior to PTSD, then the PTSD umbrella covers all that.

Also with regard to BPD and ADHD, where these diagnosed prior to your trauma? From what I have read, often people get diagnosed with PTSD and BPD, at the same time, but my understanding is that unless you had BPD prior to your trauma, trauma does not cause BPD. So if all these 'labels' are causing you problems, perhaps you could address them with your Doctor.

However, regardless of your diagnosis, (you have to remember that Doctors and particularly psych Docs like to apply labels), perhaps you need to focus on your symptoms, and how to deal with each symptom individually. There is lots of information both here and via google to help you manage sleep, depression, and anger. Maybe try to tackle one thing at a time. Perhaps start with your sleep routine, look at sleep hygeine, and your daily routine. Limit your time in bed, regardless of whether you sleep or not, avoid caffeine and alcohol, partake in daily exercise, etc etc.

Some of these things will then improve other areas of your life too. Such as exercise being good for depression, and a hard work out being helpful to keeping anger at bay.

My thoughts are not to get too hung up on these multiple diagnosis, but try to work on ways to manage your symptoms.

 

[Traumagirl]

I have PTSD, ADHD, Chronic Fatigue and Fibromyalgia. I just wish they didn't all provoke each other. It's hard enough dealing with the confusion of ADHD and PTSD together. Adding the physical fatigue and pain just makes it harder to deal with. Plus, there's always on condition bothering me. I have moments of relief, but they're only moments.