BPD Episodes: What Triggers Them?

I feel like that always means I need to workout. I always underestimate the power of working out its low key the best script but I wish it worked like that cause it’s hard to find the energy to most days. I just got a rower machine and have been loving the full body workout feels very time efficient and I feel like the rhythm you have to keep is so tedious that your mind kinda gets lost and time goes by pretty fast. I guess this is all bs info to you but genuinely was trying to help bc I relate all to well

I do it all the time and I totally get you on being sad but feeling so much better

Yeah I feel like I’ve been in those moments more time then I wish to admit. I started taking Cymbalta a few months ago and feel kinda like a new person idk I feel like everyday is different with or without meds. 🙃 fml

hi there, i can imagine how you’re feeling. dialectical behavior therapy is 100% the way to help with this 💕

I will deff get that! Thank you! Last time for my consistent manic episodes my Dr put me on Lithium and you have to have regular checkups and blood work because you can become toxic. Well I called for my follow up and the office wouldn't let me see my Dr because of my bill ( I was out on leave from work to get adjusted to new medicine) so I got depressed on it stopped eating and drinking and was still taking it till maybe my mom could help me out but I ended up having a psychotic break cut myself and then following a panic attack that I've never had before I could legit not breath and my legs went numb I couldn't walk I had to go to the hospital. I'm just tired of playing around with meds. Cymbalta has helped for a while but now it doesn't much.

Definitely worth bringing up to your doctor - it sucks with BPD meds aren’t too effective and if insurance doesn’t cover it, which so many don’t, therapy is too expensive to get on a regular basis - my sister who is a therapist gave me this book when I was diagnosed which may be helpful even without a therapist: The Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Workbook: Practical DBT Exercises for Learning Mindfulness, Interpersonal Effectiveness, Emotion Regulation, and ... (A New Harbinger Self-Help Workbook) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07MMQ95VG/ref=cm_sw_r_awdo_navT_a_FGPRKQGECB893W1RGKVR

No I'm not :( I was going to therapy but I can't afford it right now. I was thinking of maybe asking my Dr to change my meds but idk :/

Hi there! Im sorry to hear you’re going through this :( While I’ve had BPD most of my life, I was only diagnosed about a year ago (previously diagnosed with bipolar) so I’m still learning about it- but from all I have learned this does really sound like a reaction coming from BPD. Are you currently talking with a therapist? Dialectic Behavioral Therapy is supposed to be an effective way to help train us to react differently when we’re triggered like this, but it takes time and work to go through.