Medicated aged 12 - Struggling to cope with my BPD

confusednewt
confusednewt Online Community Member Posts: 27 Connected
edited November 2022 in Mental health and wellbeing
Hi,

I was diagnosed with BPD around 5/6 years ago. Everything fits me to a T and I definitely have it. 

Since diagnosis, I’ve never received ANY support for my mental health, psychotherapy/counselling or anything of the sort, all that’s happened is my medication had continually been increased (to an amount now which I do not want to be on) and changed more times than I can remember.

no matter how many times I go to my GP (and I’ve been to all different people) and said hey I don’t think this is working bc I still feel as depressed/suicidal etc so please can we change this or can I just come off it they don’t listen they just increase and send me away.

I'm at the point now, I’m 28 and I’ve been on anti-depressants since aged 12 so (16 ish years) and I don’t know who I am without being medicated, but also I can strongly see how being on medication from such a young age probably didn’t help my brain with developing and also my body build a huge tolerance to it.

I’ve tried a mixture of SSRI’s and SNRI’s below: 
-Fluoxetine
-Sertraline
-Mirtazipine (currently on)
-Venlafaxine (currently on)
-Duloxetine 
- Propranolol for my panic attacks (Trying to reduce as became addictive)
 but haven’t tried anything else. I’m hoping to find others with a BPD diagnosis to share what’s worked for them.

Thanks so much,
newt 

Comments

  • Alex_Alumni
    Alex_Alumni Scope alumni Posts: 7,538 Championing
    Hello @confusednewt and thanks for reaching out, I'm sorry it's been a while since anyone has responded to your post, and I hope you found the above reply helpful :)

    I'm sorry to hear about how you've been feeling, we'd like to offer some support with this so keep an eye out for an email from community@scope.org.uk a little later today. 

    Let us know if you need help with anything in the meantime.

    Alex

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