Posted by Elizabeth on October 25, 2001, at 11:23:55
In reply to Re: Borderline Personality Disorder Meds » Elizabeth, posted by sar on October 22, 2001, at 17:18:52
> i discovered my borderline tendencies through my own research and i was actually the first one to call myself "borderline"...
Careful with self-diagnosing. The symptoms and features of BPD are pretty far-reaching, and most people will find something of themselves in a description (as in pop psychology books) or in the diagnostic criteria. (ADD is a lot like that too.)
IMO, if you have some self-defeating behaviours that you need to fix, focus on your specific problems, not on a label.
> > Are you in the Boston area?
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> no, southwest texas...Ahh, then your doctor would definitely not be affiliated with Harvard (in eastern Massachusetts)!
> the borderline label hurt, the histrionic one made me laugh, and the BP II--well i now i have firstahnd knowledge that it's the meds, not the dx.
What do you mean by that?
> having read up on all of my diagnoses has helped change my behavior, though.
Well, that's good then. But I don't think it should require a pejorative label for patients to identify your problems and work on correcting them.
best,
-elizabeth
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