Help. Can't eat or sleep!

I tried to eat and can't sleep. Worried I can't do this anymore! I have removed myself from all relationships and totally alone. Not sure what else to do! Help!

Winter!!

Omg, what's going on? Where is all of this anxiety coming from? Tell me what all you've tried to do so I can think of some strategies to help you. You'll get through this.

HUGS,

Wineaux

if it's that bad you problebe need drugs (lithium?) and therapy

Been trying to get to sleep all last night and don't think I got any. Take serequel for sleeping and it usually knocks me out...not sure why it's stopped working. I take effexor for depression but only been on it 1 week so it hasn't kicked in yet. Can't stand the thought of eating so living on tea and coffee so at least I get some milk and sugar on a daily basis.

Wineaux, I'm not sure where the anxiety came from. I went to see my psych on sat and spoke about a few things that happened in childhood...maybe its a good thing. I'm just so tired and sick of struggling when i look at other 'normal' people and they seem to live their lives effortlessly getting through the ups and downs. I and sick of trying to cope and the effort it takes. Just when I think things are going a bit better, something changes and I'm back to where I started again.

madjoe wrote:if it's that bad you problebe need drugs (lithium?) and therapy

No doctor in their right mind would prescribe Lithium for someone suffering with BPD. It has proven absolutely useless and is incredibly lethal.

No doctor in their right mind would prescribe Lithium for someone suffering with BPD. It has proven absolutely useless and is incredibly lethal.

I would like to see the proof on that. I work in the mental health field and have never heard of lithium not being prescribed for BPD. It's a mood stabilizer and can help with some of the mood swings that people with BPD experience. Lithium is a drug that needs to be closely monitored but is hardly lethal when taken as prescribed.

Hi to all! I did not want to start the whole thread , although i have used more than 30 different medications including self -medicating for my bpd. The claim that lithium is lethal and should not be prescribed for Bpd , has its merits but unless you have personally have taken the drug(and most of us react differently to different medications) please do not post about something you have no idea about. In my 34 years always knew where was something wrong with me. I am too sensitive , feel empty all the time and you know the rest . For 10 years i held a steady job . I managed to do it by drinking wine before and after work. I still felt horrific , started gambling in a stock market and lost over $100000.00 in 2 months. I am decent looking (people say that i am very good looking) guy , 6.3 height and 32 waist , yet i have never had a relationship lasting more then a month in my entire life.
Two years ago , my family doctor prescribed me Paxil and when the road to hell began. I do not want to go into too much detail right know , because it hurts too much . Almost any medications you guys and girls are describing in this forum i have used. Probably i have spent more than $30000.00 in the last two years on self medicating drugs because my so called family doctor misdiagnosed me with GAD and gave me the devil pill. I have been blessed to find a doctor that actually cares (i could see it in his eyes) . First he was going to prescribe abilify , but i told him i have tried it already for 3 months with no significant improvenment. Now i am on Lithium and while i am still a shell of a human being , not being able to work or even take long bus trips, i no longer want to jump out of my 15 th floor condo. In 5 days i will meet my new physiatrist and hopefully DBT will work .
For a person who cannot eat or sleep i have been there , benzos will do the trick but the addiction and subsequent withdrawal is horrendous. Try lithium and see how your body reacts to it.

andrei1981 wrote:... but unless you have personally have taken the drug(and most of us react differently to different medications) please do not post about something you have no idea about

Hey look, flame fodder

I know a lot about this subject so stuff it. I'm not going to respond to either of these because it would be insanely stupid to post instructions on how to be sure to kill yourself on a support board for BPD.

Mr atomic universe, i am sure you have gotten your medical degree in Harvard. You are either absolutely gullible or just a prick. In either case shut the f up

andrei1981 wrote:In either case shut the f up

No