Medication
I did say I was going
to talk about my experience of therapy but I have a bit more thinking
to do on what to say. So meanwhile, I will talk a bit more about
treatment and medication.
No medication is currently licensed to
treat BPD. However, medications are often used if you have another
mental health condition alongside BPD, such as depression or anxiety
disorder.
BPD patients are continuously in and out of crisis. A
crisis is when your symptoms are really severe and you have an
increased risk of self-harm. If you are in treatment, you should be
given phone numbers to call in a crisis. Sometimes just talking to a
member of a crisis team is enough to bring you out of it.
Sometimes
you can be admitted to hospital under the Mental Health Act for your
own safety, but only in serious cases. This would only be for a short
time until your symptoms improve.
Some people fail to
respond to treatment and it can be because of three major problems.
Firstly, inadequate management of medication. Secondly, an
ineffective psychotherapeutic approach and lastly, an undiagnosed or
ineffectively treated co-occuring disorder.
Unfortunately (or
fortunately, I'm not sure) I have a morbid fear of medication. I have
been prescribed various anti-depressants etc in the past but I cannot
take them. I can't even take a paracetemol.
This "problem"
was touched on very briefly in therapy but it has never really been
addressed. I think that it is another way of punishing myself. My
anxiety just won't let me take anything. I tried twice and felt out
of control, had a panic attack and swore never to take another pill.
I still think that it is a need to punish myself though. I hope to
explain more about that later on......
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