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Aug 23, 2010, 07:25 PM
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Member Since: Apr 2010
Location: East Coast of Florida
Posts: 98
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Originally Posted by lou99pop
ECHOES, in conclusion that BPD is definitely not mental illness but a disorder, meaning we'll have to learn from it and to practise whatever it throws at us. Last question that bothers me much, do BPD people need a medication as part of the treatment or not? (Currently I'm taking meds and wondering if I'm not illness but still taking meds for disorder?)
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I tend to differ with Echoes. She's written many wonderful posts but there are still more ways and words to use with BPD. Yes, it is a thought disorder. I think it can be learned by living in dysfuntional families and passed on either by DNA or role modeling. But on the same token, the instantaneous and urgent repsonses we do to soften the blows of 'abodonment' , make me believe it is also chemical. I don't think we can learn something that is so quick and intense when it happens. When there is an abadonment issue like changing roomates, if I feel threatened, and within miliseconds I am yelling, screaming or crying or laughing hysterically. It is SO quick and SO intense. All the 'practice behavior' in the world could not account for that behavior. And although my Mom may have have BPD she never responded that quickly. I think that mental illness is usually a combination of mental conditions of which we may have many at one time. But does behavior define all of these? No, but chemical imbalances could. Maybe we do not take BPD meds per se because Psych. is such a new field in medicine and BPD drugs may have not been developed yet. The best help yet that I have seen and used is DBT. But DBT is not something like math that once you learn it you can set it down. Everytime I have a relapse is it mostly my fault for not at least reading my DBT info. If you are in doubt if you have DBT, ask your T about your diagnosis (dx), He should not feel threatened and you are not doubting his ability only wanting to understand yourself better. If your T and you agree on a BPD dx then discuss going into DBT therapy and how you find a TRAINED T in that. You are paying for his/her counsel. I hope this helps. I've had BP and BPD for 30+ years.
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