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adhighdefinition:meme-king-hansol:sad-eyed-lady-of-the-low-lands:adhighdefinition:jabberwockypie:adhighdefinition:“The name “Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder” misses one of the symptoms that is hardest to live with — emotional hypersensitivity.When you think about ADHD hypersensitivity, you might think being sensitive to loud noises and scratchy labels in clothes. In many cases, the sensitivity also applies to our emotions. We cannot bear the pain of criticism; we are unable to brush off personal slights the way other people do.So it’s not surprising that some adults with undiagnosed ADHD (like me) searching the Internet for answers about feeling emotionally overwhelmed think we have Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD).The emotional symptoms of BPD are the cornerstone of the disorder. In fact, the new name for the condition is Emotionally Unstable Personality Disorder! So if you have undiagnosed ADHD and find that you suffer from persistent sadness, a mood disorder, and anxiety linked to your emotional hypersensitivity, a BPD diagnosis makes sense.Instead of having these fluctuating feelings, when I’m emotionally overwhelmed, I withdraw into myself, the shutters come down. How could I have BPD and not display one of its key symptoms? I needed to ask an expert.I saw a psychiatrist and he dismissed my self-diagnosis. Without the fluctuating emotions and the push/pull behavior, he confirmed that I didn’t have BPD. I wasn’t completely surprised, but I also felt that a diagnosis of mood disorders and anxiety that the psychiatrist handed out wasn’t correct.I struggled on, trying to cope and taking SSRI medications until I had a breakdown and ended up in a hospital. Another psychiatrist I saw suggested that I might have ADHD. I thought she was mad. I had suicidal thoughts and had suffered an emotional collapse, so who cared if I found it difficult to sit still or concentrate? But then she explained how emotional hypersensitivity manifests itself in female adult sufferers of ADHD, and everything fell into place.”(full article)I’m curious as to how this relates to Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria, since she doesn’t use the term in the article, but it sounds related.you’re right, it’s basically the same… RSD is just the fairly new term (in the world of ADHD) that is being used to describe how intense people with ADHD can experience emotions. it’s been around for a couple years now but not everyone has heard of it yet and more research needs to be done to validate its use. but as people get more educated, the term is used on an increasing level which is good!I believe that most people with ADHD, myself included, can attest to the fact that it can have a big impact on one’s life (and sometimes even to the point of misdiagnosis or comorbidity, most commonly BPD or BD). the emotional component has always been part of the disorder but it has yet to make its way back into the DSM, sadlyIs that the difference between ADHD emotional fuckery and BPD though? Because I know what they mean about shutting down when overwhelmed but I very much have mood swings and I chalked that up to ADHD……It isn’t because Quiet Borderlines don’t often openly display symptoms to the severity of Classic Borderlines but it does effect their life in some way the same as the person mentioned an emotional shutdown, BPD also has many relationship issues where the illness itself centers around where as ADHD centers around hyperactivity/hypersensitivity so I think you can pinpoint the difference in where the severity of symptoms shows up more. Is the person more hyperactive/hypersensitive to things in general? Or are they only emotionally unstable mainly where relationships are concerned?Also BPD seems to develop in adolescence where most of the time ADHD develops in childhood. agreed, i believe that’s a good addition. i remember dr russell barkley once saying “if you are impulsive in one, you must be impulsive in the other” when talking about adhd. including emotions. so that’s probably a good thing to remember. -- source link