33% Co-Occurrence of BPD & ADHD

 https://neurodivergentinsights.com/adhd-infographics/adhd-and-bpd

Oh I’m feeling very jubilant working this out on my own - i guess son & DiL have been pushing it towards me for a few months now though so, yes lots of credit there actually. I did mention ADHD traits to all the mental health professionals who’ve dealt with me since my oh so late Bipolar 1 diagnosis in 2016, at 49 but I think they all needed me to be dealing with the Macro (bipolar1) & Micro (BPD) Emotional Dysregulation first as that is likely, to a greater or lesser extent, to seriously obscure the cognitive, behavioural, executive function difficulties. From my own perspective the frustrations I’ve lived with  re: concentrating, prioritising, major distractibility, decisions, have absolutely been core triggers for emotional dysphoria in and of themselves, as you might imagine.

Im also well aware that this is all further complicated by the fact that post ‘big high, big low or crash’ you are looking at brain damage to several areas corresponding the ADHD differences as well. Essentially this is why I’ve already worked with multiple natural remedies for ADHD in my seeking to regrow brain volume lost to bipolar episodes. Despite this, I stand by the fact that pre Bipolar pre age 18, and also pre BPD circa age 13 I had so serious Inattentive type ADHD symptoms. So, I’m standing with my self-diagnosis atm & reading up help for ADHD websites & implementing the ideas from those. Fantastic, very pleased. 

I’m working a lot with Binaural Beats, PolyVagal exercises, my beloved DLPA & Taurine I’m on long term are already ADHD stalwart natural remedies, I’ve just got some more Bacopa capsules which I really love, finishing up some Gingko tincture I had knocking about - lovely. I just have to be very self aware that I’m not getting too happy & then too exuberant for fear of initiating a bipolar high if things go ‘too well’….. groan…… but I really think I’m going to be able to recognise the soooo terrifically painful nervous system symptoms & serious mental speed that are so vivid even in just the take off period of a big high. Also my tools for interrupting this kind of take off, my tool armoury for exactly this is pretty extensive at this point. Determined to avoid a big high is a slight understatement lol

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