Q. I’m 18 years old and I’ve been in and out of the psych hospital for the past seven months. I’m currently taking tegretol and wellbutrin. I haven’t been officially diagnosed with BPD, but it has been mentioned.
For the past five years I have been self-abusive and it has been getting worse and worse. I had a test done called the B.E.A.M. test and they said that I had frontal and temporal lobe abnormalities. Is this found in BPD?
A. Temporal lobe abnormalities absolutely.
Self mutilation is extremely uncommon outside of the BPD. If you’re doing great, that’s terrific. If not you may want to read this website carefully for information and clues to your diagnosis and getting better. You will be the person you must rely on for your future.