Relating to BPD Symptoms but Not Diagnosed

I feel that. I have ADHD, but often wonder if I have BPD or if I am Autistic.

getting diagnosed is super important because a lot of BPD symptoms overlap with bipolar. if you have bipolar and not BPD, it is treatable with medications. not to mention, knowing you have BPD helps you make an effort to stop manipulative or apathetic tendencies. DBT can help people a lot, too.

unfortunately, getting diagnosed with borderline is something that is extremely difficult to achieve — but every person i’ve met who has multiple symptoms, including myself, are more than likely to have it. i see that ADD/ADHD is tagged on this post as well and assuming that you are 18-20 like your profile says, i would talk to your therapist/psychiatrist (if you have one of either of those) and see if maybe the ADD/ADHD was a misdiagnosis. i was diagnosed with it at 13 before finding out at 15 that i had bpd and postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (both of these disorders are very commonly misdiagnosed as ADD and/or ADHD)! i know alike has a strict 18+ policy as well so if you are -18 (which i doubt but it could be possible), itll be especially hard to be diagnosed. in fact, the majority of people are made to wait until theyre 18 to be even evaluated as its possible for symptoms to be “grown out of” (the only reason i was diagnosed at the age i was is because it was.. literally obvious i had borderline 😭😭 im a train wreck fr). but i would just talk to a professional and if that fails, i ALWAYS tell people to self diagnose if they need to (assuming they dont have any other options and have done their research)