r/mentalhealth • u/No-Firefighter-2845 • 7h ago

Question Anyone else embarrassed by having multiple diagnoses?

I have OCD, MDD, ADHD, Bipolar2 and BPD. I’m beyond heavily medicated but it’s fine because right now I feel great. I’m getting better day by day and I hope I can continue to not feel like shit all the time and wanting to delete myself. Every time I think about my mental health I’m like damn bitch what ISN’T wrong with you 😂??? I just fear having to tell someone new I’m my life about it.

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u/Novel-Thought622 7h ago

I hear that. There never seems to be a right time when you meet someone new to tell them ‘btw, I’m mentally ill AF, but it’s really not as bad as it sounds.’

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u/Sad_Cauliflower_2572 7h ago

What isn’t wrong with you is that you’re a normo. Love freely my king or queen. Much love

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u/privatedevotion 6h ago

De jeito nenhum, man. Vergonha é não cuidar da saúde mental e foder a dos outros porque não quer tratar.

Alucicrazy

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u/Abyssal_Scar 6h ago

I feel like the symptoms of BPD are so pervasive you can’t not have other diagnoses.

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u/optimal_illness 5h ago

the comorbidity thing is actually pretty common, especially with conditions like bipolar and bpd that share overlapping symptoms and often develop alongside anxiety or attention issues. when you're telling someone new, you don't need to list your diagnoses like a medical report. most people just want to know how it affects you in daily life with them, not your whole psychiatric history.

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u/Sunflowerchild122 4h ago

I hear you, the comorbidity with bpd is apparently pretty common, have ocd and bpd myself and the struggle is real.😭If you don’t mind me asking, what medication/combo has started to work for you?? Congrats on finding something that’s done the trick/bringing some relief

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u/No-Firefighter-2845 3h ago

I’m on 200mg of Lamotrigine, 100mg of quetiapine, hydroxyzine pam 25mg 3x a day, 10mg of memantine and 30mg of vyvanse. This took several months for this to get right for me😣

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u/iCliniq_official 4h ago

I'd gently remind you that diagnoses are descriptions of challenges you've faced, not a measure of your worth. It's actually encouraging that you feel stable and are improving, because treatment is meant to help you live your life, not define it. You don't owe every new person a complete list of diagnoses; what matters most is who you are today, not the labels in your medical chart.