- What Can Be Done For My Boredom?
QUESTION:
Dear Dr. Heller,
Intense boredom combined with a lack of attention ability today lead me to your webpage “Coping With Boredom”. Upon reading the first line, I became so bored I simply couldn’t finish reading it. I was wondering if you had any suggestions on how to cope with this terribly debilitating affliction.
ANSWER:
If you look carefully at the criteria for attention deficit disorder and the borderline personality disorder I suspect you’ll see some answers. Those with the BPD have chronic sensations of emptiness and boredom that respond to SSRI medications like Prozac. Eliminating boredom is so important that I will usually increase the Prozac dose to make that sensation go away. The lack of attention likely describes attention deficit disorder – which co-exists with the BPD approximately 50/50 in my experience. Both diagnoses need to be treated.
