Is it possible for a person to have four (4) different personality disorders?

Question

I am researching different personality disorders to try and get a handle on a friend of mine. She will not go to a general practitioner or any form of psychiatrist or psychologist. I have found four different kinds of personality disorders that fit her behavior. My question is can a person have four different personality disorders or are they rolled into an all-inclusive disease?

So far:

-->She is "textbook" Borderline Personality Disorder

------>She has all of the behavior of BPD, which is shown in people who have Emotionally Unstable Personality Disorder, and the EUPD has two categories of Impulsive and Borderline, and she fits both.

------------->She shows symptoms of having Narcissistic Personality Disorder and Dependent Personality Disorder.

From what I've read the person must be BPD before they can meet criteria to be EUPD, then there is the Impulsive type of EUPD, and you have to have the Impulsive type behavior and a combination of other behaviors to satisfy the EUPD Borderline type criteria. So, I can understand how the BPD, EUPD, and the two forms of EUPD can all be combined, but what about the Dependent and Narcissistic Personality Disorders?

Is it possible to be all of the above or do they combine into a more severe personality disorder?

Answer 1

I have bi-polar 2. I have BPD. I have PTSD.

It's possible to have several different mental disorders but sometimes when I'm researching symptoms I seem to fit a LOT of different things. She really needs to see someone that can diagnose her properly and help her get to the root of these things. You have to understand though that you can't help someone that doesn't want help!

Answer 2

It is possible, but not likely...

Sybil had over 10 different personalities, but I don't think they were different personality disorders. She was one seriously traumatized girl.

But I guess it is possible.

Answer 3

i am 14. have bipolar depression, ptsd, disscociative identity diordar and also had low level schizophrenia in the past. getting treatment for 1st three. if i can have why cant she? all you can do is forcefully take her to a psychiatirist as you're not a doctor.

Answer 4

This can happen in cases of Dissociative Identity Disorder, which is addressed in section 17, at http://www.ezy-build.net.nz/~shaneris Therapist can find medicating such combinations of disorders to be an absolute nightmare. You could try to get some of her handwriting, when in each "alter", or subpersonality, and compare them. In cases of true D.I.D., they are often in different hands. Also ask her if she has any blocks of time which she can't account for, or has bills/charges for things she doesn't remember getting.

If, however, she is resistant to treatment, there is really little you can do, except provide her with insight, and resources, such as some of  the books on D.I.D., & B.P.D., in sections 17, & 15, at ezy build, & http://samvak.tripod.com & http://www.chameleongroup.org.uk/npd/fir... & http://www.mental-health-today.com & http://www.womenspsychotherapy.com  In cases of D.I.D., there is often one, or more "alter" which sees therapy as a threat to its continued existence.