verbena Posted July 11, 2004 Report Share Posted July 11, 2004 I have read that for most people, symptoms of BPD dissapate with age. I am 46. Is my information wrong? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
befuddled Posted July 11, 2004 Report Share Posted July 11, 2004 I have read that for most people, symptoms of BPD dissapate with age. I am 46. Is my information wrong? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I am in my early fifties. Nothing has dissipated, but for the last ten years I have learned to manage myself. That's the best way I can put it. I still get the same impulses and states but I learned to substitute. I think I have defined most of my triggers and when I see one and feel one of those familiar feelings come up, I have something ready to do instead. It becomes a habit to substitue, and it lets me avoid most problems. I still have phases of complete inertia - I haven't been able to recognize the onset early enough to escape. Also, trust issues - I can't resolve them as a whole, only one person at a time. The most important things I have learned to manage are rage, alcohol and - marginally - food. I even can pull away from depression when I recognize it coming on soon enough. It hasn't been easy - the start was very difficult. I am much better now though - much. I am not fixed - I just know how to avoid many of the bumps in the road I used to trip over. I still have problems. I don't have complete control. I am not sure if remembering my childhood was instrumantal or not - but that is what happened ten years ago and that is when I started to learn to control things better. Hormonal change seems to have helped - I am post menopausal and while menopause added hurdles I now am very happy I don't have all those hormoses flowing anymore. They confuse the issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Betsy Posted July 12, 2004 Report Share Posted July 12, 2004 Don't know about others but mine seemed to for a while. I am now 56 (have been saying 57 but I was wrong, I did the math lol. From 35- until about 54 was pretty smooth. This last year has brought a horrible depression, much depersonalization, and an increase in hearing voices. Very close to suicidal and and destroying a 37 year marriage. Marriage is still not decided... I will do what I want... if i ever figure that out. Sorry if this is discouraging to you.... I guess 9 good years for one year of nighmares... maybe i should be gratefull... i just hope the next 8 years aren't like the last one. Good luck... Bets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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