Re: BP Traits & Therapists are frustrating Part 2

[Guest guest]

You got lucky with your doctors I should say! its hard even in the adult world

to get a diagnosis for BPD traits! The DBT should be great! Did they suggest

you also take the DBT? My therapist did say I needed to when hubby goes, so I

will know what is going on in his therapy and what on earth he is trying to do.

Hugs

Kelley

Re: Re: BP Traits & Therapists are frustrating Part

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Hi Kelley,

With the HMO my daughter's in (Kaiser), they will talk about and treat BP

traits. They just don't attach the formal label of BPD until the age of 18.

I've told Kaiser what I want for her, and now that she's out of IOP (Intensive

Outpatient Treatment) they're giving her a therapist who's trained in DBT. DBT

is also used for people with bipolar disorder, which is her primary diagnosis,

so either way, I've got her covered.

Meredith

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My comment on some of this is just too simple. If the traits are seen for

BPD, treatment should not wait until one is 18 and labeled. While the person is

still and adolescent and still changing emotionally is when you should treat any

possible trait.

[Guest guest]

Hey, yourself, Meredith!

Sounds like your kiddo is indeed getting her life on the right

track. Stopping the cutting, smoking and drugs is HUGE. That must

inspire a lot of hope in you!

I know we haven't talked about it much online, but emotional

intimacy is indeed a problem with bp's--whether adults or kids.

I am thinking especially sexual intimacy, which was a real problem

for my husband and I when we first got married. I was still

struggling with the final vestiges of bp at the time.

I think it was because to be sexually intimate, for me, was to be

incredibly vulnerable, and I had a very hard time with that. We

struggled through a couple of YEARS of problems in that regard.

Understand, prior to being married, sexual intimacy was NOT a

problem, but when it came to the person I was going to be married

to, it was a whole new ball of wax.

That is not to say that I was sexually promiscious like we see a lot

of kids today (bp or not!), but there was enough happening that

there was a marked difference pre-marriage and post-marriage.

Hope your dtr continues in her recovery,

[Guest guest]

I think I will look for that book!

thanks

Kelley

Re: Re: BP Traits & Therapists are frustrating

Part 2

You got lucky with your doctors I should say! its hard even in the adult

world to get a diagnosis for BPD traits! The DBT should be great! Did they

suggest you also take the DBT? My therapist did say I needed to when hubby

goes, so I will know what is going on in his therapy and what on earth he is

trying to do.

Hugs

Kelley