[lisa a]

is there any1 with bpd that can tell me there experience with bpd plz x do u think they help r ppl with bpd ment 2 take then or is it just 4 ppl with bipoler ?

[Molly-red-bracelet]

Yes people are offered Mood Stabalisers as part of treatment and management for Borderline Personality. More often than not for co-exsisting problems such as erratic mood swings or episodes of psychotic thinking or behaviour. From reading your previous posts you seem very caught up in thinking that taking a pill will solve your problems. It will not. You said in another post you made, that your doctor did not wish to give you mood stabalisers/ antipsychotics- There must be a very good reason for this!

Usually with Borderling personality the problems are mostly 'behavioural', and as this is the case talking therapy & re-learning unhelpful behaviours and thought patterns is really the route that should be gone down first and foremost. Medication can help relieve symptoms but is not the answer with this issue.

Are you taking medications at the minute? If so what are you taking and how long have you been taking them.

Mood stabalisers.. are not a miracle cure. They do not quite 'do what they say on the label' so to speak. Taking mood stabaliers dont 'stabalise your mood' , they just help lessen some of the symptoms. I get the feeling that you are reading in to much depth in to the title of 'mood stabalisers' thinking that they will 'fix' you.

Molly

[lisa a]

yeh u r proberly right i am x but i need a quick fix tho thats the problem i dont hav the time 2 be going 2 therapy n changing the way i think i want 2 yes but just dont hav the time coz social work r trying 2 take my little boy away from me so i need 2 prove that i am stable n in control n well enough 2 look after my little boy thats y i want them or something 2 make things a bit better quickly i am gona go 2 therapy n do all that stuff u sed but that takes time n i just dont hav that atm x n if they take my boy away then i will actually kill myself 4 real he is all i hav n without him i am nothing n hav nothing x

i am on anti depressants n diazipam n zeplacone

[Molly-red-bracelet]

Im afraid that there is no quick fix. It takes years for problems to manifest themselfs.. so you can imagine how long it takes to begin to work on them.

Which antidepressant are you on and how long have you been taking it?

No matter how chaotic you feel , everyone still has the ability to express a degree of self control. No-one can control you except yourself. It may not feel like it but you can, if you want it bad enough control yourself! Wish you every luck in doing so

Molly

[lisa a]

thanks hun x but if i was put on mood stabalizers then wouldnt that atleast help ? x

im on trazadone been on them all of 8months x

[Michah]

Hi Lisa A,

I spent quite a bit of time on lithium and thorazine due to the rage issues I had. I was in and out of hospital alot and these meds where an absolute last resort. It was a safety issue......so they medicated me to the eyeballs. But I was also getting therapy with a psychologist.

Did it work? Yes, it did. It kept me out of hospital to a degree and I was safe and so where others. But there is a hefty price to pay for being on these sorts of drugs. I mean if you need them, then you need them, but I agree with your psych if they are hesitant. I know you don't see it now, but caution is a must.

With lithium there re regular blood tests, can have thyroid issues, kidney issues and so on......it needs to be closely monitored. And thorazine, well, I got lock jaw, severe tremors and so on. It took a while to get the meds stabilised. I would no sooner disagree with my docs back then that fly to the moon, as my behavior certainly warranted that kind of medication.

I was a single mother and the best way for me to prove that I was okay to parent was to get therapy. Meds are a band-aid, that is all with BPD. I definitely believe in the merits of medication, but long term, it is the therapy that will heal.

Take care, dear one.......it is frightening to have all this going on and trying to raise a child. I wouldn't have wished on my worst enemy, but you can do it. Talk more to your doc about meds. Ask them about the decisions that they make. You are the manager of your own treatment, but as someone said above, your doc has a good reason for not going down this road at the moment. If you disagree, you need to get a second opinion.

In stillness,

Michah

[ECHOES]

There are no quick fixes, and medication is generally not helpful for BPD.
If symptoms are severe, though, meds can be used for a time.

[AlteredState01]

I agree with Michah. Meds (and I have tried so many over the years) don't help much. I take an anti-depressant (low dose) and anti-anxiety medication. These help to a certain degree, but it does nothing in changing the behavioural patterns I have developed over the years. Therapy is the only thing that helped explain these patterns, taught me how to look for triggers that sent me reeling into those patterns of behaviour and how to change them.

I may not be a phenomenal success story, but it has changed my existence to the point where I don't do NEARLY as much harm to myself and those around me, and I am pretty stable most of the time.

[ECHOES]

Here is a link regarding medication for BPD:

http://psychcentral.com/ask-the-ther...lity-disorder/