Posted by Kingfish on June 23, 2001, at 9:04:02
In reply to Re: To Sar - re: Borderline Personality, posted by sar on June 22, 2001, at 17:02:50
> Re: Repressed Memories - yeah, I'm so very much against them, yet I wouldn't be surpised a bit to find out that my past actually includes some sort of sexual abuse (definitely not parents, though).
I don't actually know the criteria for borderline pers. My brother started thinking the goverment was after him and things like that.
The book you read sounds interesting. Sylvia Plath is still one of my favorites. I grab anything that is about women in mental hospitals.
The whole alcohol thing is tricky. My family has no clue I struggle with it (except for my husband, and I hide it pretty well from him).
Are you more self-confident now that you're taking Prozac, and is that why they're terming you as a bitch? Just curious, because, I'm going through that right now with my husband - I'm feeling better and acting more like "myself", more independent, and am being termed things like "negative" now. ;)
By the way, are you in Texas? I'm from Dallas originally.
And the diagnosis thing - I understand your Dr.'s point of view - that's actually partly why I wanted a specific code. I was down as Mood Disorder, Not Otherwise Specified, and if I switch Dr.'s I wanted something concrete. Also, I "knew" I was Bipolar, being the specialist that I am. :) And I absolutely feel it has helped me work on things. I can research it now more confidently, although I know I shouldn't have needed it to do that. And I was able to tell my family honestly that I was diagnosed as being Bipolar II. It carries some weight that way.
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