Posted by SLS on December 26, 2016, at 7:51:54
In reply to I no longer (!) meet the criteria for BPD » zonked, posted by zonked on December 25, 2016, at 22:42:26
> Um, weird. I was told recently that my treatment team advocated "Borderline PD" be removed from my chart, because I no longer meet the criteria for it.
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> Apparently, Borderline personality disorder is overdiagnosed with people with a history of substance abuse.
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> SLS--thanks for the information, I might take that with me to my next appointment.
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> Some of what's happening I can attribute to benzodiazepine withdrawal, the addiction psychiatrist has taken me down to 0.25mg of Klonopin twice a day, which is causing me to feel dissociated, anxious, and ruminate a hell of a lot. Because I've been on one benzo or another for 15 years I'm beginning to wonder if going off of them at all is wise. I've heard it can take years. I can't endure years of this... and I still haven't gotten it out of my system completely!Trileptal (oxcarbazepine) to ease the withdrawal from benzodiazepines?
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18821451
There is also a lot of evidence that Trileptal can ease alcohol withdrawal.
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