Waiting waiting waiting....

Im waiting for a phone call from my case manager to inform me which treatment group ive been placed in, im very lucky to have been diagnosed just in time to be placed on a brand new research treatment program for people with bpd!! Yay me! but because its research there is two groups "Treatment" or "non treatment" Treatment group I would get weekly group therapy, weekly one on one therapy, psychiatrist monthly, a case manager, 10 days respite care, and automatic hospital admission if things get really bad all for free for 18 months, non treatment I would get weekly one on one therapy, a case manager for 18 months then get put in the treatment group at the end of the 18 months. FINGERS AND TOES CROSSED FOR TREATMENT GROUP!! my case manager was meant to called early this week as the groups were being randomly picked but havent heard from him yet and its now thrusday wonder whats going on, anyway i will keep waiting waiting waiting!

Edit to say the treatment program is called mindsight

I hope you get in the one you want, TwistedRoses!

Wow, that's really cool. Good luck!

Thank you! I will let you know which group im in when he calls.

What a great programme! Hopefully it will show that treatment makes a big difference so should be made free to everyone (I know I'm lucky to be in Scotland where everything is free - I don't even have to pay for medication now). Fingers crossed

It is an amazing program, as far as i understand they are researching a new type of therapy (Theory of mind?) for BPD and also what the difference is between intense treatment versus only a small amount of treatment, I get a copy of the findings when its over, i also heard they are doing the program in the UK too, Still haven't heard by the way

I got in the treatment group!!!! im sooooooooooo excited!! good mental health here i come!!!!

.....that sounds ridiculously *%#&! brilliant !

I don't like to admit that I am envious......but there you go

"May the course be with you"

all the best

Twisted Roses wrote: as far as i understand they are researching a new type of therapy (Theory of mind?)

I'll be curious to know how this progresses (as I am sure everyone that reads the BPD forum will) so keep us all informed

The theory of brain plasticity is that the brain is almost (I add the italics before Petrossa jumps in ) infintely able to "rewire" itself, but it needs to be triggered. In other words, the brain (not the mind*) has to know and acknowledge that something is wrong, and then it will do something about it. The mind has to tell the brain "hey, you better do something about this!".

Brilliant Twisted!

I had a look on Amazon at books about mindsight, but I wasn't sure if it was the same sort of thing. It appears to be a lot of mindfullnesss stuff? Maybe you could post some of the stuff on here when you get started so we can see what it's like? I struggle with mindfullness so I'm a bit sceptical now.....but the proof is in the pudding (which makes you the pudding!)