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Difference
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Bipolar disorder is a mood
disorder which is relatively common around the world and is found in
both men and women. As a mental condition bipolar disorder is
characterised by extreme and unusually long mood changes that swing
between mania and depression. Both the moods are associated with
specific symptoms which are largely changes in behaviour and emotions.
However a lot of the symptoms of bipolar disorder are those which are
found in several other conditions also, including Borderline
Personality Disorder (BPD). Due to this, many people tend to confuse
BPD for bipolar disorder, when in fact they are two completely
different conditions and there are many differences between BPD and
Bipolar disorder. Borderline Personality Disorder mainly involves
distortions in cognition. This change in the cognition gives rise to
most of the other symptoms of BPD. One of the primary symptoms of
borderline personality disorder is self-injury. This symptom is also
seen in Bipolar disorder, but the difference between BPD and bipolar
disorder in this relation is that in bipolar disorder the self-injury
is more the result of suicidal ideation (severe depression) or
hallucinations or delusions (severe mania). Bipolar disorder is
basically mood changes, which is also a symptom of BPD. However the
difference between BPD and bipolar disorder is that while mood episodes
in bipolar disorder can last up to
several weeks and even months, in
BPD the mood change lasts for a couple of hours. Another difference
between BPD and bipolar disorder is that while bipolar disorder
requires a presence of both mania (or hypomania) and depressive
episodes, BPD symptoms mainly involve symptoms of depression keeping in
line with distorted cognitions and even if there is a positive feeling,
its tepid at best. Also in those with bipolar disorder, the mood
changes are spontaneous and can occur out of nowhere while in those
with BPD, the mood shifts are generally due to an external stressor
like an argument with a parent etc. One of the biggest difference
between BPD and bipolar disorder is one symptom that isn't common -
patients with BPD live with a profound fear of being abandonment.
People with bipolar disorder do not have this symptom. Another major
difference between BPD and bipolar disorder is that psychotic symptoms
(hallucinations and delusions) are very often exhibited in severe cases
of bipolar disorder while these are absent in those with BPD. Instead
people with BPD function largely from the belief that they are
worthless and no good and will be abandoned. Differences between BPD
and bipolar disorder can also be seen in the treatment method. For
bipolar disorder medication works best along with conventional
therapies like behavioural, cognitive etc though they aren't always the
best option. For BPD however, Dialectical behaviour therapy (which was
specially designed for BPD) works best though medication is also
required.
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