Female Aspergers confused with BPD or other mood disorder...

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I think my aunt might have been misdiagnosed as bipolar. She's 87 and has some dementia from mini strokes, so it's difficult to tell now. My mum says she's always been difficult and appeared aloof and uncaring (similar to accusations that AS people have had to deal with). When she was about 50, she was having trouble with sleeping and was prescribed meds. After that, her mood swings started and I suppose it was just like bipolar, but I wonder if the sleep meds might have been having an adverse effect on her. After her first stroke, the mood swings stopped. That was about 12 years ago and she's never had an episode since. The nurses in the nursing home where she stays say that she's a pleasant lady, never any trouble, but doesn't mix with the other residents. She also has senstivity issues and sleeps without clothes on, under the covers.

You are waiting on a label, nothing more. You still have your symptoms, dx or no dx, which, I assume, are bothering you enough that you want a direction to follow in order to address them. In the meantime, can you seek in helping you deal with things you find most troubling? I've resulted to asking for help with the things that bother me and told them I didn't care about the dx. In my case, depression was bothering me most and getting help for that is fairly easy. It's better understood than most conditions and my GP can write scripts for meds if needed.

Hang in there!