Posted by Elizabeth on July 6, 2001, at 0:57:04
In reply to Re: SSRI's and irritability/What's up with the UK? » JahL, posted by Else on July 5, 2001, at 19:21:24
> I think Borderline personnality disorder does exist because in group therapy I've seen people who fitted the description perfectly.
Sure. On the other hand, some doctors seem to have gotten carried away about diagnosing this condition (for example, did you know that the vast majority of adolescent girls are "borderlines?" < g >).
> Some researchers think it's a form of chronic PTSD which makes sense given that the symptoms are very similar.
It's sort of similar to PTSD. A construct that somebody came up with is "complex PTSD," which bears a marked resemblance to BPD.
> The diagnosis I would choose personnally for myself is Generalized Anxiety Disorder, among others.
And you think BPD is vague!
> I am relentlessly anxious and it wears me out.
The way I would describe people with GAD is that they ruminate. They regularly have initial insomnia because they can't "shut their thoughts down" in order to go to sleep.
> I would be pretty much beyond caring if my treatment didn't depend on the diagnosis I got stuck with. (Frankly, I'd rather get stuck with GAD because then I would be prescribed clonazepam by my pdoc instead of going behind his back and getting it from my GP. How sneaky of me).
You can't get Rivotril from your pdoc for anxiety? That's weird. Why not?
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