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Hey this makes a lot of sense! I bn told i have BPD but the system (health care )has basically abandoned me. My GP can’t /won’t deal with it, and mental health system just wanted to get rid of me and sent back to her? She said that the fact I’m hostile to the system is why they washed hands of me. Hostile yes after 30+years of abusement (so called treatment )why wouldn’t I be. So many diagnosis and massive amounts of pscyh drugs that didn’t work. I have talked and talked but they hear but not listen, “treat ” ? the symptoms not the cause/issues. They know that at high risk of self harm /suicide still don’t care. Left me to deal with on own, so have by suppression of the crap in my life and now I’m suffering from pscyh deferred pain in leg. GP still frosty when I visit (rarely what’s the point) scared /unwilling to offer effective pain relief, and pain has now pushed me to think about “risky thoughts “again.
Bee A B, first I want to welcome you to the site and thank you for reading. I understand and can feel your frustration and pain in trying to maneuver your way through the system and be heard. It sounds to me from what you shared that it might be time to change your primary care doctor and seek a new psychiatrist. If it’s been 30 years, then you,like me, have been through this Rodeo for some time. I wish I could say the symptoms will go away, but you know that’s not true. Please reach out to your local Nami (National Alliance for Mental Illness) group and they will tell you the calendar of classes they provide for group sessions and other resources. It is free and there for you to utilize and be understood by people who are willing to help and that are trained in this field I sincerely encourage you to call them locally and get in a group as soon as possible. I know you know that if you are having “risky thoughts” and self-harming, then you need to reach out to your local hospital or call 911. Sometimes with BPD it feels as though the pain will never go away, but I know that with the proper medication, doctors that are educated and willing to help you sincerely with your symptoms and Nami you should find some relief. Please keep me posted on your progress. With you on the Journey, Alice M. Pirola
Hey too late for reaching out, here in Oz (au)system is not going to help me. I have been accessed by a specialist service for BPD, and I was stupid to think that they would be different (I was played big time ) told me things were going to be different from the report it was just the same thing as always. I need to engage, be less idealistic, and the other stuff go back to the meds for what? I had a bad spell out of the report /pre-Xmax, and got one of the nice meds the Doctor in report said that just came to Zombiefy me with (1) dose they (the drugs ) have never been anything else but that. I was also told to contact the Area Mental Health Services for case management! The People who earlier in year washed hands of me and sent me to GP for referral to Spectrum (specialist BPD )(authors of the report ) ? Thanks if I had any hope in the system is truly dead now,
signing off the Lone Ranger (as that’s what I have become )
? Bee
Is there a difference between reading something that is simply uncomfortable to read about and something that is triggering? Many situations are uncomfortable in life and often, you can t ignore them and you have to deal with them.