Posted by Dinah on December 3, 2003, at 10:50:10
In reply to Re: borderline pd and bipolar » ramsea, posted by judy1 on December 3, 2003, at 9:48:47
And somewhat discouraging to me...
Linehan's DBT has proved very effective with the "behaviors" but studies have shown that it doesn't affect the underlying "feelings" much. I'm not sure it's even worth bothering with, to tell you the truth. At least in my more discouraged moments. If I still feel crummy afterwards, but am less trouble to others, did it really work?
I think that someday they'll come up with a more effective medication regime. At least I hope so. And I can't help thinking the physostigmine challenge is a good place to start the research. It showed a clearly different biological reaction compared to other "personality disorders".
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