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Treatment and Recovery from Borderline Personality Disorder

Although Borderline Personality Disorder is not a curable condition in the traditional sense of the word, there is treatment for the disorder, and there can be recovery in many cases. Even in cases where recovery is slow, treatment can still help to relieve the symptoms of the disorder. Treatment and recovery can take a long time, however, as different people respond differently to certain treatments. A person with Borderline Personality Disorder has to be committed to treatment for it to be fully effective and for recovery to be successful.

Medication:
Medication can help to relieve some of the symptoms associated with Borderline Personality Disorder. If the symptoms of the disorder can be improved, therapy has a better chance of working. People with Borderline Personality Disorder are usually prescribed antidepressant medication. There is a wide range of Antidepressants. The ones most commonly prescribed are Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs). SSRIs work by stabilizing Serotonin levels in the brain. By doing this, the symptoms of depression, anxiety, impulsivity, and aggression can be reduced. The SSRIs which are prescribed most commonly are: Prozac, Zoloft, Paxil, Luvox, and Celexa. The new generation of Antidepressants also includes Serzone, Effexor, Wellbutrin, and Remeron.

Mood-stabilizing drugs have also recently had a more prominent role in treating patients with Borderline Personality Disorder. A number of agents originally developed to treat seizures have been found to have powerful mood-stabilizing effects as well. Depakote is the anti-seizure medication most commonly used by psychiatrists to control mood swings. Other mood-stabilizing medications include: Tegretol, Neurontin, Lamictal, and Topamax.

Antipsychotics are also used to treat Borderline Personality Disorder. A new generation of Antipsychotics, including Risperdal, Zyprexa, and Seroquel, has especially been found effective in treating people with the disorder.

Therapeutic Communities:
A therapeutic community is an inpatient community that offers support to people with Borderline Personality Disorder 24 hours a day. Patients usually stay in therapeutic communities for a year to receive therapy and support. The types of therapy offered in a therapeutic community are either one-to-one individual or group therapy. The benefits of group therapy are that the patient feels less of a distinct patient-therapist divide, and they may feel more comfortable knowing that they are sharing their thoughts with people who can relate to them, and who have been in similar situations to themselves. Due to the high cost of therapeutic communities, however, most insurance companies will no longer support this type of therapy, so they are hard to find.

Psychotherapy:
In general, therapy is a successful way to treat Borderline Personality Disorder, especially when combined with medication. In order for therapy to be a success however, the patient needs to be committed to the treatment. In addition, it is important that the patient feels comfortable with their therapist. If the patient dislikes their therapist, then therapy is much less likely to be a success.

“Talk Therapy” is probably the most appropriate and most commonly recommended treatment for people with Borderline Personality Disorder. Different approaches to therapy include: Psychodynamic Therapy, Cognitive Therapy, Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, Cognitive Analytic Therapy, and Dialectical Behavior Therapy. Traditionally, there has not been one particular type of therapy that is used more frequently or that has proven superior to the rest; however, recently, Dialectical Behavior Therapy has shown particular success in treating people who have Borderline Personality Disorder.

About the Author

David Oliver is the founder of BorderlineCentral.com a one stop source of information on how to cope and deal with borderline personality disorder.

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