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Originally Posted by Luctor
Hi guys,
1. I'm keen to know if and which medication(s) you are using to help manage your BPD.
2. How effective are your meds?
3. What side-effects do you experience?
4. Do you consider medication a short term or long term solution to BPD?
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1. I take pristiq 100 MG for depression and menopausal symptoms since the cancer last year (yes they gave that to me for menopause and it actually works  ), Ambien 0.5 MG for insomnia and Klonopin 0.5 MG for anxiety. Both are once a day with the klonopin as needed if it becomes needed more than once a day (usually yes). I am not taking anything specifically for BPD as of yet but that may change.
2. Pristiq is actually helpful for both the depression and the menopause. Klonopin doesn't work worth a darn but my shrink refuses to give me anything else for it at the moment (working on changing my doc). Ambien does *****.
3. Sleepiness at first but after the first like 3 months nothing for side effects for the pristiq and klonopin. Ambien gives me headaches, which is just lovely as I suffer from headaches anyway.
4. I thought at first it would be short term, until the BPD was correctly identified and then all things started the downhill slide for me. I think this is becoming long term.
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