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Apr 21, 2010, 06:59 AM
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just wondering do you ever really recover from a personality dissorder like BPD.i was DX with PBD at about 19 years old.i have not exibited any cluster of behaviors listed in the criterior in a long time maby 2 or 3 every once in a while but not more than that and i nolonger SI although i think about it a lot just dont act on it.BUT lately i seem to be reverting back to a lot of old behaviors that are leading me to believe that maby their is some validity to this theoryIDK what do you think.
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Apr 21, 2010, 07:51 AM
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granite I'm not sure, but I have read that you can recover from bpd. I read that symptoms can lessen over time and even if you were once diagnosed with bpd, you could later not meet the criteria for diagnosis anymore.
I guess if you were once bpd you're more 'suseptible' to suffer from it again, like with depression and eating disorders, when you go through rough patches or stress it could 'come back'. But I don't think that it has to come back. I think people can recover for good. But it's just an opinion and from what I've read from books. I've not read personal experiences of people recovering but... who knows! Maybe, you could get re-diagnosed to see if you still meet the criteria? Would it help you to be 'officially' non-bpd in your records or whatever? I know with my anorexia I would be upset if I was still 'classified' anorexic once I no longer was! (like now, I like to say I am a "recovering anorexic" but eventually I will just be... not anorexic). |
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Apr 21, 2010, 09:34 PM
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hey granite1--yeah we're all different and the meds react differently and all and we have different genes and life stresses and support etc--from my experience (long time bipolar/schizo-affective) i need to be always vigilant of my thinking and behavior and what i end up doing, ya know. i don't personally think that i have recovered, i think that i have learned to master certain things in my life and need to be always on my toes 'cause i never really know what the illness has in store for me. i definitely can't think that i am over it and all--not a recovery for me at least--peace
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