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Diet and 12 Step Programs Helpful?

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Dear Dr. Heller,

I have had most of the symptoms and could have answered yes to most. Since I’ve been on Kay Sheppard’s (Food Addiction, the Body Knows) food plan and attending a 12 step program for food addiction my life has been much more manageable, almost normal. Does this fit with your plan for recovery?

 

ANSWER:

Most 12 step programs make a huge difference. In addition to the structure and support, they offer a spiritual approach which is vital. Self-esteem and self-confidence are usually bolstered dramatically by helping others. I believe strongly in the importance of mind, body & spirit.

Short-time, carbohydrate-free diets can be extremely helpful as well, particularly for those with the BPD and panic disorder as hypoglycemic spells are very damaging. I often recommend the short term use of the Atkin’s diet. High protein and/or high fat diets (and the choice is fat, protein or carbohydrates) have been shown to markedly increase the risk of cancer, heart disease, strokes, and osteoporosis. It’s why the American Diabetes Association abandoned that diet a few years ago.

I know many individuals who have told me similar things. When they get on the medication they need, the difference is remarkable. The symptoms of most biological unhappiness disorders are medically oriented, and can be reduced by good nutrition and worsened by bad nutrition. This has been clearly proven in those with attention deficit disorder.

Please Answer Some BPD Questions:

    Please Answer Some BPD Questions:

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    Dear Dr. Heller,

    I was diagnosed with BPD this past March.  I have struggled with depression, anxiety, and suicidal ideation since age 21.  I am now 34.  I was at one point with very high functioning.  I made it through college and graduate school.  I am a physical therapist and have done very well in the field.  I became a manager of a rehab hospital but hated managing.  I left the field and went in to pharmaceutical sales and things started going down hill.  I had surgery and had many complications.  All along depression and anxiety were getting worse.  I became extremely suicidal and went in to the hospital.  I’ve been out of work for a year and half between all the physical and emotional problems.  Physically I’m OK to return to work, but not emotionally.  I have been consistently in therapy since 1991.  My first therapist retired and I left my second therapist after several years .  I’ve been with my current therapist for a year and a half.  I’ve also had 8 weeks of an intensive DBT training.  I have several questions. 1.  Does Celexa work as well as Prozac does for BPD?  I’ve been on it since March 40-60mg and it hasn’t changed my moods or suicidal ideation. ANSWER: I don’t believe Celexa is anywhere near as effective for the BPD.  I’m highly suspicious that what makes Prozac more effective is it’s ability to improve the functioning of glial cells – these are the cells that support the neurons.  90% of the cells in your brain are supportive glial cells, not neurons. 2.  What do you suggest for sleep?  I can fall off to sleep OK, I just can’t stay sleeping.  Klonopin makes me more depressed.  Ambien doesn’t work, and Ativan helps some.  However, I’m afraid about addiction.  I have a rare colon disorder where I don’t have any peristalsis, so I have to be careful about not taking things that cause constipation.  I have to take 5 dulcolax a night in order to move my bowels. ANSWER: Most BPD patients sleep very well on the Prozac/Tegretol combination.  Some with PTSD need Remeron, at least for a while.  Seroquel 100-600mg nightly will usually take care of the other sleep problems. 3.  I also take Neurontin 3x/day – 300mg a.m., noon, and in the p.m.  I take 900mg.  I also need the Neurontin because I have interstitial cystitis.  I take Elmiron as well. ANSWER: I’ve treated many interstitial cystitis (IC) patients with good results.  Every one also had the BPD, which needs to be treated aggressively.  I’m highly suspicious IC is a herpetic infection, like shingles that affects the bladder.  Drugs like Zovirax, Famvir and Valtrex have worked extremely well for my patients.  Neurontin generally does very little for the BPD. 4.  Is DBT therapy the only answer for BPD?  Or, is DBT the best treatment approach? ANSWER: DBT is an extraordinarily comprehensive and expensive therapy approach that has been shown without medication to lower suicide attempts and self-mutilation by half.  DBT is not the only answer.  There are many forms of therapy that help, particularly those that emphasize where we go from here.  Learning to recognize dysphoria (anxiety, rage, depression and despair) and treating it medically is extraordinarily important.  I don’t believe in rehashing the past, particularly when abuse was present. 5.  Could Wellbutrin be helpful in treating BPD? ANSWER: In and of itself Wellbutrin has very little positive effect on the BPD.  Some individuals on Prozac lose their zest for life {this is different from dysphoria (anxiety, rage, depression and despair)} due to an imbalance of serotonin with noradrenaline and dopamine.  Wellbutrin can help put this into balance. Any suggestions?

     

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    I’d recommend you read over the BPD section and FAQ section (part of “Ask The Doctor”) on my website. P.S.  I thought you’d like this one.  After being in the hospital, I had three psychiatrists during an initial evaluation tell me they didn’t want to work with me because I had BPD.  Then I finally found one who enjoys working with BPD.  After several months of working with her, she decided that if I didn’t leave my current therapist and see just a DBT therapist that she wouldn’t work with me.  Now I found a psychiatrist that has a wonderful rep.  However, I’m not sure you can figure out appropriate medications in 15min.  My PCP has been amazing through all of this with me.  Without her I would have probably committed suicide.  She has been such a stable force in my life. Being a PCP has helped me enormously in treating the BPD because I’m used to seeing the entire patient, and making all their diagnoses and treating them comprehensively.  It usually takes me considerably less than 15 minutes to determine medication changes, although I don’t do the therapy.  I look for specific signs of medication need.  For example, a sign that a higher Prozac dose is necessary would be unprovoked mood swings, chronic anger, emptiness or boredom.

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Is there ever a case where psychotherapy is better than medications?

    Is there ever a case where psychotherapy is better than medications?

    QUESTION:

    Dear Dr. Heller,

    Isn’t it true that some of these medications like antidepressants, antipsychotics, etc.  can actually make BPD worse?  In my case it did.  Psychotherapy worked best for me these medications, most of them, caused addictions and adverse side effects and very hostile and psychotic behavior I have never experienced before.  Is there ever a case where therapy is better than meds?

    ANSWER:

    Side effects of medications usually reveal additional diagnoses – particularly the generalized anxiety disorder which is usually aggravated by SSRI medications.

    I’m a huge believer in counseling, and it can make a huge difference – particularly with the ability to change the way stressors are perceived.  Lowering the perception of stress markedly lowers the need for medication and can make for a much better life.

    There are two medical symptom complexes that medications treat:

    Unprovoked mood swings, chronic low level anger, emptiness, boredom and emotional pain are usually resolved by Prozac, although other SSRI’s help some patients.

    Dysphoria (anxiety, rage, depression and despair) and dissociation need medical treatment, as these symptoms appear to be a seizure-like phenomenon (nerve cells firing inappropriately and out of control).  Neuroleptics like Haldol and epilepsy medications like Tegretol can make a huge difference here.

    I believe the BPD is due to damage to the brain’s “trapped, cornered animal response.” Anything that makes this response kick in interferes with accurate reality perception.  The individual with BPD may believe he/she is interpreting reality correctly, but they’re not.  This problem destroys many areas of a borderline’s life – and is part of why I so strongly believe in medication.

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What Is An Addictive Personality?

    What Is An Addictive Personality?

    QUESTION:

    Dear Dr. Heller,

    While in marital counseling the therapist was able to do the MMPI and Rorschach on my husband.  He was told that he has an addictive personality.  There are no drugs or alcohol involved.  In all that I have read (your website is incredible), everything I read on BPD addresses his problems (lying, cheating, etc.  etc.), except there is no evidence (been together for 20 years) of mood swings, anger, or depression.  In fact, just the opposite.

    Would this still possibly be considered BPD?  The most conclusive thing I read besides the lying, etc.  is his faulty reality – when I read “…the individual becomes (psychotic) and misinterprets reality.  These incorrect interpretations are often “remembered” as real and this can cause huge problems as well, particularly regarding false accusations.  While borderlines can usually trust their good memories, their bad memories are suspect.  Some may be true, many aren’t – and it’s very difficult to interpret which are which.”

    It threw me because it was so on target.  His lying, cheating, financial debt and lack of motivation for doing any more than “talking the talk” in counseling has brought me to request a divorce after about 20 wonderful years.  I would appreciate any information that you could suggest.  By the way his life centers on Ziglar, Tracy, etc.  to the exclusion of original thoughts and acknowledging his own feelings.

    Thank you.

     

    ANSWER:

    There is no official diagnosis of an “addictive personality.”  There are many diagnoses commonly associated with addictions – particularly bipolar, the BPD and AD(H)D.  One of the most common diagnostic combinations causing an addictive tendency are attention deficit disorder mixed with the obsessive compulsive personality disorder (OCPD).  The person literally feels ripped apart with ADD – where the brain is only interested in sensations and changes at the expense of details, and OCPD – where details and mistake prevention are everything.  This combination is medically treatable and I discuss them at length in Biological Unhappiness.  The BPD could easily be present, and I diagnose strictly on DSM criteria.  Many people with the OCPD and BPD together show less severe BPD symptoms.  I respect his determination to learn from Ziglar and Tracy – however both of them emphasize the importance of honesty and integrity – which according to your letter is missing.  He likely needs real counseling, and needs to acknowledge his true feelings and desires.

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