Borderline Personality Disorder

Greetings fellow bluelighters. I have never blogged, so be patient please.

I was diagnosed as being bi-poloar about 8 years ago ... put into a room with very low-functioning adults ... and never experienced the mania part.

Recently I had a bout of suicidal thoughts and general depression, called my husband who took off work and wanted to take me to the ER ... talked him into another 'counseling facility' and the counselor says .. don't want to say you were miss-diagnosed ... blah blah blah ... asked me some questions and says, I believe you have borderline personality disorder. I go back on December 22nd and was wondering if others' have suffered with this and what medications they've found helpful.

 

^DBT is really interesting......for everyone!! I think its a valuable tool. There are a number of people who have BPD in The Dark Side.
There is a thread FOUND HERE for just that.
You may find some useful info there and in many other threads throughout TDS!
Keep us updated on what comes of your session on the 22nd and best of luck!

 

OK folks, what is DBT? ... Found it, asked only friend I can tolerate ... she has a bachelors' in psychology and my exact birthday ... Dialectical Behavior Therapy.

 

Okay so I go in FINALLY to the counseling place. Not having slept all night long - insomnia = big issue for me. When I get there and go through the bullshit of why do I already owe so much? They finally get their shit together on the money part. So my shrink comes and gets me ... "Do I know you from somewhere? You look familiar." Turns out he has adhd and can't remember anything from the 'screening' that he did 2 months ago. Lovely, my shrink is 'mentally interesting'. I go back in yet another month; STILL no meds! My gosh, does everyone experience this kind of lag in services?