FAQ/Help |
Calendar |
Search |
Guest
Posts: n/a
|
#161
Is it possible then...I am not D.I.D?That'd be nice...I am on meds for d.i.d and ppl said I shouldn't have been dx'd so fast...Geodon btw.I have had very few incidents since the meds....tell me ...(crosses fingers)...that I may not be d.i.d...if it is part of my B.P.D...I'd be relieved.
|
Reply With Quote |
Grand Member
Member Since Nov 2010
Location: Oregon
Posts: 797
13 41 hugs
given |
#162
Maybe it depends upon the conditions under which you have the episodes?
I don't know...I took Geodon (and Risperdal) for episodes, but when the stress eased, about a year into psychopharmaceutical therapy....I didn't need the anit-psychotics. Which was great because I gained 40 lbs in 6 mos on Risperdal...... I do still have the occasional episode, but very, very mild and now only seeing things and I know they are not there. It's unnerving, but I know what it is, that it will pass very quickly, and it does. This is my experience. I think it is very important to get your own evaluated in terms of some kind of differential... |
Reply With Quote |
Member
Member Since Jan 2011
Location: Pennsylvania
Posts: 340
13 259 hugs
given |
#163
Quote:
__________________ Psoriatic Arthritis, Borderline Personality Disorder, and about a 100 other things. |
|
Reply With Quote |
ECHOES
|
Member
Member Since Jan 2011
Posts: 31
13 |
#164
Echos...THX for putting this up...very informative and....saw a lot of myself in there....an eye opener...again, THX
|
Reply With Quote |
ECHOES
|
Member
Member Since Jan 2011
Posts: 31
13 |
#165
Wolf...maybe not D.I.D.? .... need to look deeper into this maybe?
|
Reply With Quote |
Guest
Posts: n/a
|
#166
Idk...I got off the geodon and the symptoms returned.I phoned my doc and I am supposed to get back on.It happens when I am very stressed.When I called the doc whose care I was under during last hospitalization ...I asked why I was dx so fast and he said that it was based on this hospitalization as well as my history since 1994.I am very stressed because the 7th is son bday and with xmas I soooo missed my mum her hubby my son and my oldest too.grr....annnnnywayzzz
|
Reply With Quote |
Junior Member
Member Since Dec 2010
Location: VA
Posts: 12
13 |
#167
Wow, this seems so much like me. And I thought I was just imagining all of the chaos in my head. Getting a psychological evaluation on Monday, though, so I guess I 'll find out...
|
Reply With Quote |
Grand Poohbah
Community Liaison
Member Since Jan 2011
Location: Surrey, SE London, UK
Posts: 1,628
13 2,570 hugs
given |
#168
Oh, there ARE some like me out there!! I waited 30 years for a psych to diagnose what was wrong with me. I think that's sad. Thankyou for this site. XXX
|
Reply With Quote |
New Member
Member Since Jan 2011
Posts: 2
13 |
#169
I think my mom has BPD, everything I read and especially what I have lived through the past 50 years, tells me this is it. I am trying to prcess this and the chaos she continues to create!
|
Reply With Quote |
Member
Member Since Jan 2011
Location: My own little world
Posts: 255
13 |
#170
I think I have this, even though I am only seventeen.
__________________ "My only hope lies in my despair." |
Reply With Quote |
Guest
Posts: n/a
|
#171
I'd like to respond to a post you made earlier, Wolfsong: "I still...never heard of psychosis involved in borderline...nor hallucinations....specifically related to BPD...is there an informative link for this?
If you read anything of the research by Kernberg, Clarkin, Yoeman or Linehan (clincial research writings), you'll find them discuss periods of psychoic thinking by individuals with BPD. This is not to say that ALL people diagnosed with BPD experience psychotic thinking, delusions and/or hallucinations. It is usually observed in individuals who are highly stressed. For example, Clarkin talks about individuals with BPD having delusional/psychotic reactions in therapy (evident only in therapy and not outside the therapeutic setting). I think he talks about a client believing that the therapist "spit on the sidewalk" everytime he saw her out in the community. Didn't happen, or at least, CLarkin said it didn't happen LOL, but the client truly believed that her therapist was performing this act whenever he observed her in the community. From a personal aside, I can say that about eight years ago when I had a major breakdown, I was walking along the sidewalk near a major intersection. I suddenly saw a small dog dart out into the middle of the road and then crushed beneath the tires of a car. I reacted with horror. I remember the incident distinctly--every physical and emotional reaction on my part. When I opened my eyes, I was surprised to see the cars passing normally, no poor dog dead in the roadway, not even a screech of tires indicating that cars tried to dodge a dog. I was under terrible emotional stress at the time. Have I hallucinated since. Absolutely not. In fact, I'm a person with BPD who does not act out in rage (my rage is directed inward) and I have been successfully employed in a high level job for over twenty-seven years. My BPD traits are more about the Quiet Borderline (interesting book on that subject by Yance Sherwood and Charles Cohen). The important thing to remember about BPD is that it doesn't present cleanly and perfectly as described by the DSM. As people tell us who treat BPD, we have to stop thinking in Black and White, treaters need to remember that BPD isn't Black and White--there are shades of gray in there too! |
Reply With Quote |
New Member
Member Since Apr 2011
Posts: 2
13 |
#172
I have been married 30 years to, what I only now discovered, a man with BPD. Walking on eggshells really explains how our children and I have lived these many years. My husband and I separated several months ago. He has stormed out of my life many times and will most likely return once again, and this time I want to be ready nd educated to cope with his mood swings, frustration, and anger. I hope I have come to the right place! Thank you for being there.
|
Reply With Quote |
Legendary
Member Since Aug 2007
Location: West of Tampa Bay, East of the Gulf of Mexico
Posts: 14,352
(SuperPoster!)
16 1,020 hugs
given |
#173
Quote:
I'm sorry you are having difficulty in your marriage. Here is another site that is geared toward families of borderline personality disorder that you might find useful, too. http://www.bpdfamily.com/message_board/ Best wishes to you! |
|
Reply With Quote |
Junior Member
Member Since May 2011
Location: Australia!
Posts: 7
12 |
#174
I must say i love this description! possibly the best one ive seen...
|
Reply With Quote |
ECHOES
|
Member
Member Since Apr 2011
Location: Evansville, IN
Posts: 31
13 |
#175
Wow, thanks for that description. I have been diagnosed with BPD for several years now but this is the first time I have read a description that I could totally identify with. For once it was in plain English and it made sense to me. It also seems to me that for about the last 2 months at least my BPD has been out of control so right now it all really makes sense. So, really, thanks it helped a lot.
|
Reply With Quote |
ECHOES
|
New Member
Member Since Jun 2011
Location: the Derby city
Posts: 5
12 |
#176
I agree with so many here. This is totally me! I've only begun to see and/or acknowledge that I'm BPD in the past few weeks. I'm not sure when I was diagnosed. I've been in therapy and on meds for almost 30 years!! Individual issues have been worked on but I now see that when they (& some more well-defined ones) are all put together they form BPD. I've been very depressed and upset since I started acknowledging and reading about this. The only things I knew about it prior to the past few weeks were that it was "awful" and incurable! Now I believe some symptoms can be managed better. But after living with this for more than 30 years I really can't imagine being any different. It does help to see that others struggle and suffer with the same things. Thanks to all for being here!
|
Reply With Quote |
ECHOES
|
New Member
Member Since May 2011
Location: Florida
Posts: 2
12 |
#177
All of these comments describe me, for certain. The major problem I have is that while everyone seems to like me (except in my family where my sheer being seems to be a proglem) but there is not one who loves me. I think I am too open with people too soon and don't know how to stop it.
|
Reply With Quote |
ECHOES
|
Legendary
Member Since Aug 2007
Location: West of Tampa Bay, East of the Gulf of Mexico
Posts: 14,352
(SuperPoster!)
16 1,020 hugs
given |
#178
JaxLiz, that is something great to explore in therapy!
Intimacy is attractive and scary at the same time for me. |
Reply With Quote |
Member
Member Since Aug 2011
Location: Texas
Posts: 35
12 |
#179
aw *tear*
|
Reply With Quote |
ECHOES
|
Junior Member
Member Since Sep 2011
Posts: 6
12 |
#180
OMG!! This IS me. I was diagnosed as I child and as an adult have done my best to keep it hidden, Crap!
|
Reply With Quote |
ECHOES
|