Re: BPD / NPD / OCPD and Meds???

[Guest guest]

It IS confusing, but my non-medical, layman's opinion is that our nadas probably

have (or had; my nada is deceased) Axis I disorders as well as Axis II or

personality disorders, and the meds helped them with the Axis I portion of their

problems. My nada reluctantly took a mood-stabilizing med for a while, and my

Sister said the result was like " a small miracle " . Our nada seemed much more

relaxed and happy, less critical, bossy, or demanding, or more " normal " , as it

were. But our nada didn't like taking the antidepressant med, she said it made

her feel " weird " , so she refused to take it again after the prescription ran

out.

-Annie

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> Hi All!

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> Just a quick question. My Nada falls somewhere on the spectrum above.

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> When I did the BPD criteria in SWOE she hit most of them.

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> She has been on and off Cymbalta for the last few months.

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> PCP keeps putting her on it and she takes it for a month or two, goes off

> (she says b/c of the cost), stays off a few months, PHP puts her back on,

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> The thing that is confusing me is that she is almost completely tolerable on

> the stuff. It really does help her!

> It is so obvious I can tell when she's on and when she's off.

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> When on, No raging, no jealous accusations and / or snipes, etc.

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> I thought these types of issues did not respond to meds?

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> Does anybody have any light to spread on this?

> Could she have something else that looks like BPD/NPD/OCPD?

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> I am half wondering now if she is just depressed and has fleas from her FOO.

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> Not that it all matters much, she is still who she is and a diagnosis

> doesn't really matter but I am now just confused.

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> Thanks for any insight

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