 Hey, what's up, you guys? Welcome back to my channel. If you're new here, hi, hello, I'm Lydia. And if you are new here, make sure you hit the subscribe button, join the growing family. I'm aiming to hit 10k by the end of the year. And me not, means you can help me reach that goal. Today, we're talking about BPD versus Bipolar Disorder. Now, I'm diagnosed both with BPD, or EUPD as it's now referred to, and Bipolar Disorder. First of all, let's go over some of the key differences between Bipolar and Borderline Personality Disorder. With Bipolar, you have to have either a manic or hypermanic episode that lasts for at least a week. BPD, your emotions change very quickly, and it's, you can be happy one minute to press the next. There's no long term, long, there's no long, what's the word I'm looking for? There's not a long tip, not a long, oh my god. It doesn't last long for episodes. Yes, people might say, but I'm depressed all that I am. The thing is BPD is you have moments where you want to die, and then the next one, you couldn't be happier. So that's the first major difference between the two. BPD is a disorder that has impulsivity, lack of enzyme. Recklessness, emotionally unstable. Hence what it's now called, emotionally unstable personality disorder. I don't use that term, I don't like it, I use BPD. Whereas with Bipolar, you have the recklessness, but it's for an extended period of time. Like if you're manic, you may spend all your money, which I've done this year. I had a manic episode in January where I bought a new camera, and I bought a weighted blanket that cost me £300. What else did I buy? I bought Switch games, shock heart, I've got 60 games for my Switch. Most of them are still in original packaging, because I'm learning Russian at the minute, and I've been learning Russian over the playing video games, because I want to be fluent in Russian. Because I want to translate stuff in Oranges of the New Black without having to read subtitles. Because I think it's kind of a cool language. Anyway, that's not what it's worth in March today. With Mania and Bipolar disorder as a whole, it lasts for at least a week. I've been in manic episodes in the past that have lasted months. And yes, I was hospitalised throughout. BPD is treated more by therapy, DBT in particular. Bipolar is usually medicated. For instance, I'm on lithium, a thousand milligrams. I'm on haloperidol. The thing is, BPD and bipolar disorder is they're commonly misdiagnosed as each other. Because they have a lot of similarity. For instance, mood changes that happen in both disorders, ones longer, one shorter. On the whole, people get diagnosed with BPD first, and then their bipolar is found out. For me, I was diagnosed with bipolar when I was 30. So I've had that diagnosis a lot longer than I've had BPD or the diagnosis. I was briefly undiagnosed with BPD. And I got rediagnosed last year. One thing that affects me with BPD is impulsivity. But yeah, there are a lot of differences between BPD and bipolar. And that's all I've got for this video. I know it's not long, and I know there's a lot more that I could cover, but I don't have any notes for this video. I'm going off the top of my head. So I will make part 2 if there's anything I have missed. Let me know in the comments down below if you want me to do part 2. And I'll have notes for that. Thanks for watching, and I'll see you guys in my next video. Unless it starts, you're new, subscribe. Peace.