Posted by CareBear04 on January 31, 2005, at 22:41:14
In reply to Re: for those with borderline diagnosis » CareBear04, posted by Racer on January 23, 2005, at 20:49:09
hi racer,
i totally agree about people looking more and more borderline the more the T looks for those qualities. my pdoc threw out the bordeline dx they gave me in the hospital because she said you can't diagnose Axis II disorders in a hospital setting-- who doesn't look borderline under that kind of scrutiny? and like you, the more i tried to make them listen, the more ammunition i gave to put me down as hysterical and manipulative. in a recent hospital stay, every young woman on the unit received a book right off on borderline personality disorder. i don't know why they didn't give it to me, but i guess it's because they were set on my being anorexic instead. i hate, too, that it's a woman's disorder and especially that of young women. my primary diagnosis is BP with no borderline, but all the medical drs i go to see a young woman and fear hysteria, fictitious disorder, and borderline, and they regret taking me on. i hate it. maybe someday when i'm an old lady, i'll finally escape the clutches that borderline has on almost every young woman with any DSM dx.
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