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Follow up on Substance Abuse
From a very good article describing co-existing issues with BPD: Millon (1996, p. 200) notes that individuals with BPD are characterized by drug-seeking behavior. Individuals with BPD will be...
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Benzos and BPD
From the biological unhappiness site: No medication should be given without proper medical supervision. This is particularly true for the drugs used to treat the borderline disorder. Some medicines...
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Sleep and BPD
One of the physical aspects of BPD is problems with sleep. People with BPD are likely to have trouble going to sleep and trouble getting up in the morning. One of the reasons is the “ruminating” aspect...
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Amitriptyline and BPD
For some reason, I get a lot of searches on this blog about Amitriptyline and BPD. I posted a note on Amitriptyline and Xanax and their interaction with BPD. I still get a lot of hits on that brief...
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Benzos, from ABC News
A story about stopping benzos from ABC News: Tranquilizer Detox Withdrawal Can Last Years FDA, Patients Say Quitting ‘Benzos’ Abruptly Can Lead to Horrific Side Effects By LAUREN COX ABC News Medical...
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Study links anti-smoking drugs Chantix and Wellbutrin to Suicide Risk
Study from FDA: Chantix, Zyban must carry depression warningFDA warns: Depression and Suicidal Thoughts caused by ChantixFDA to require smoking cessation drugs to warn of mental health risksThe...
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Has Depression become a Catch-All Diagnosis?
Anti-depressants and Depression I believe that it has. Why? Well, there are a number of reasons that depression is a catch-all diagnosis. One certainly is the influence of the pharmaceutical industry...
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Why would Lindsay Lohan shoplift?
Well, obviously her shoplifting is alleged at this point. There is a TMZ article about things (other than the necklace) that she allegedly took. And another one regarding a fur coat that she wore and...
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A Must-Read Interview with a recovered Borderline
How DBT saves lives and how to accept the label borderline. I stumbled upon this interview with Stacy Pershall, a woman recovered from Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD). The interview itself is...
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Amy Winehouse, addiction and BPD from the NY Times
Before her death, I’d written about Amy Winehouse and my analysis of why she was very high on the BPD-o-meter. Here is an article from the NY Times about addiction that mentions both Amy Winehouse and...
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Could this be the first medication for Borderline Personality Disorder?
With a debt of u-opiods and over active u-opiod receptors, could this be the first medication for BPD? I am not a doctor yet when I saw this on twitter I immediately thought of Borderline Personality...
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One in five U.S. adults takes medication for a mental disorder
Medications to treat mental health disorders is soaring among U.S. adults, according to data released Wednesday by Medco Health Solutions, a pharmacy benefit manager. One in five U.S. adults takes...
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Interesting Interview with Dr. Leland Heller about BPD
“Much of it comes from self-destructive behaviors that are used to stop the horrible pain of dysphoria; anxiety, rage, depression and despair. When an individual behaves out-of-control, in a manner...
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Does Evidence-Based Medicine Discourage Richer Assessment of Psychopathology...
The paradigm for modern psychiatry is evidence-based medicine (EBM)—it represents proven treatments for defined diagnoses. But there are major problems with this position, starting with the fact that...
View ArticleReorienting a Depressed Patient to Address Underlying BPD
Undesirable living situations and/or failures to achieve what you expect of yourself exacerbate and prolong depression. Reorienting a Depressed Patient to Address Underlying BPD John Gunderson, M.D....
View ArticleXanax + Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) = Serious Dyscontrol
Those receiving alprazolam (Xanax) had an increase in the severity of the episodes of serious dyscontrol. Pharmacotherapy of Borderline Personality Disorder Alprazolam, Carbamazepine, Trifluoperazine,...
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The results also suggest that these borderline patients may be particularly sensitive to physical pain–mirroring their well-known heightened sensitivity to emotional pain. Study shows trend of...
View ArticleNearly 6% of Americans suffer from a mental illness doctors barely understand
“We only have medications that treat individual symptoms.” Nearly 6% of Americans suffer from a mental illness doctors barely understand MELISSA STANGER SEP 23 2015, 2:45 AM Pamela Tusiani was 20 years...
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