E.P.D??

sammi · 12-09-2011, 05:50 PM

hey

My psyciatrist told me id been diagnosed with emotional personality disorder after i had my son in may.

Aparently ive had this diagnosis for some time without knowing.

Im just wondering if anyone else has this as iv never really heard of it b4.

Ive also got pnd, ptsd and long term depression.

ferretmonster · 12-09-2011, 06:24 PM

is it like borderline pd? i know another name for that is emotionally unstable PD

sammi · 12-09-2011, 06:29 PM

im not quite sure tbh.
He didnt really explain it to me very well

ferretmonster · 12-09-2011, 06:41 PM

hmm, i havent seen anything when i googled i suspect its BPD under a different name but i think really the only way your going to know for sure is to discuss it with him.

Ask him for some more information about your Dx as you didn't fully understand before.

Sorry can't be more help x

one lie at a time · 13-09-2011, 01:50 AM

You should ask your psychiatrist for some information about it. Like ferretmonster, I'm not quite sure if the psychiastric used another name for something like BPD. There's a similarly named personality disorder that is being considered for addition to DSM 5 - Negative Emotionality/Affectivity Disorder. I don't know anything about that disorder, I just remember the name. To sum up my post: I have no idea! Though it's fairly likely he was referring to BPD, I can't tell you for sure. Ask!

sammi · 13-09-2011, 10:26 PM

i am gunna ask at my next appointment, it didnt really sink in when he told me as id just had the baby an everythin else.
Was just interested to no if anyone else had heard of it before.

Thanks anyway =)

BridgesAndBalloons · 13-09-2011, 10:47 PM

I have been diagnosed with emotionally unstable personality disorder - borderline type, and from talking to mental health professionals I think it's that the more American term of borderline personality disorder is due to the description in the American; Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders is more widely known, other countries call it slightly different things.

Whereas we generally go by the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems description (I think this is used by the World Health Organisation)of emotionally unstable personality disorder. Some believe this lessens the possible stigma of borderline personality disorder. I think it's just American terminology being slightly different to European or other parts of the world (not sure on other descriptions)

But that's just my experiences/research/opinion so it may not be totally correct.

ironholly · 18-09-2011, 09:12 PM

btw its borderline persnality disorder but in the ICD maual its jsut under a difrent name