Posted by viridis on March 9, 2003, at 2:37:30
In reply to Re: Bordeline Personality Disorder, posted by noa on March 8, 2003, at 11:07:41
My (vague) understanding of BPD is that it's a "personality disorder", somehow distinct from psychiatric disorders that can be more easily treated with medication. It seems that BPD implies some learned pattern of behavior that's hard to break, probably superimposed on a more "standard" psychiatric disorder.
I do have two friends who have been diagnosed with BPD, and they definitely have complex problems. My suspicion, though, is that BPD is a lot like some bipolar 2 diagnoses -- a place to put people who don't respond to the usual meds, but might be fine with the right treatment or combination.
Of course, this is just a guess -- I have no qualification to diagnose these things.
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