Posted by Pamela Lynn on November 15, 2001, at 10:55:41
In reply to Borderline continued.....Pamela Lynn, posted by kiddo on November 14, 2001, at 21:54:35
Thank you Kiddo for starting a new thread.
YES, YES, YES...people with BPD ARE (supposedly, LOL) the hardest patients to teach. The reason for this is because we are VERY moody in general and take things very personally alot of the time. A GREAT read for family/friends of BPD'ers is "Walking on Eggshells", don't remember the authors name, but you can find it easily enough on Amazon, etc. BPD is NOT 'depression' so-to-speak...it can 'stem' from depression, but it is not a disease like depression, like Bi-polar. You will find that alot of people that were extra sensitive as children, and/or abused in one way or another as children turn out to be BPD'ers.
As for my booklet...I have two. They are both by the foremost leading expert on the disorder: Marsha M. Linehan. I do the workbook (called "Skills Training Manual") in therapy, and take it home and do what my Psychologist tells me to do in it for the weeks homework. (The other book I have is "Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder", I use this one too in therapy.)
As for the Effexor I have been on it for almost 7 mos. I just recently had my dose upped to 3 capsules daily (I am not on the XR Effexor). My total daily dose is 225mg. One cap. in the AM, the other 2 in the PM. The ONLY (thank goodness) 'side effects' that I have had (and only since it's been upped) is that I have an even harder time going to bed at night then usual! I have tried Ambien (does not work for me), and now I am taking a dose of Temazepam with the Effexor at night to get to sleep. I suffer from insomnia to begin with! I am VERY happy with the Effexor and got to get off of my old mood stabilizer because it has been working so well for me!!
I hope you can bring this to your Doctor and he/she will work with you. ALOT of Doctors/Therapists prefer you go to group for the behavior training...So good luck.
You can ask me anything you want about my having BPD, or being diagnosed with Bi-Polar and my depression.
Hope this helped somewhat.
P.L.
Hiya-
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> I hope it's ok, but I started a new thread anyway. The other one was getting kind of long and off topic. I know what you mean about 'group settings', when I was hospitalized I rarely went. I mean what could they do, sue me or something? It's safe to assume I'm a 'difficult' patient, to say the least.
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> Every book I've read about it says that BPD'ers are the most difficult, least favorite to treat. I'm so glad to hear that you are doing well in therapy and have a good therapist and pdoc.
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> Don't worry about mentioning the Effexor, you weren't asking questions, not the main topic, that kind of thing. You were just letting us know where you stand, how you got there, and what works for you. I've never tried it, can you tell me how long you've been on it, side effects (if any)?
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> Can you tell me about your workbook-not specifics, but how it works, an 'actual' workbook, or one you set up based on the session, etc.? I think this is a could be a great idea, if I knew more about it. I journal ALOT, but it sounds different. I take it your homework is done in the workbook, what kind of assignments do you have-again, you don't have to go into specifics, just a guideline. I'd like to talk to my pdoc/therapist about it and see what he thinks.
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> Sorry to ask so many questions, but I'm interested :-)
> It sounds like you've progressed well with it, and hope it would work for me and perhaps others as well.
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> You're welcome-you'll find it's very supportive here. And we're glad you stopped in :-)
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> Kiddo
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> > Well...I am in therapy for it...because I don't like 'group settings' I had to get a therapist that would take me one on one. Now, if ya know about BPD you know that ALOT of therapists don't want to take on a 'Borderline', because of the intensity that taking one on can bring into their sessions, etc. My Psychiatrist actually referred me to my therapist, a very competent and caring man who deals especially with BPD...Again, I was very fortunate to find someone in the field that truly knows what he is doing, and cares about it. My therapy consists of 'cognitive thinking behavior therapy'...It has been VERY, VERY rough at times (as is all therapy, I know), but since I have gone on the Effexor along with my other meds. I seem to be more able to 'deal' with the therapy and my homework associated with it. I use a workbook and try to apply the techniques for 'dealing' that I have learned from my therapist. I also am a Bi-Polar gal...rapid cycler, the Effexor, too, has helped with my rapid cycling, by the way.
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> > I'm sorry, I am new to this site and probably should not have mentioned the Effexor here...but I didn't get to indept on it, so I thought it would be ok to leave it in...
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> > I want to thank you Kiddo for your concern, that is so nice to hear! If there are other BPD'ers out there, yes, maybe we should start a new thread.
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> > Thank you again for your kind and caring words.
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> > P.L.
> > > > Have you ever heard of "Borderline Personality Disorder"? I have this disorder and 'self mutilation/head banging' is a very prominent diagnoses of it.................
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> > > > P.L.
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> > > Yes, I've been diagnosed with it as well as others on the board, I'm sure. How can we help? Maybe we should start a new thread?
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> > > Kiddo
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