Posted by zeugma on September 16, 2004, at 19:20:40
In reply to CLuster C Personality Disorders, posted by CatFanatic on September 16, 2004, at 18:25:35
> Anyone her have Avoidant Personality Disorder and/or Dependent Personality Disorder?
>
> Is there any hope?An awful big mountain to climb.
> SAD, APD, and DPD and severe/extreme depression feed on one another in an endless dark cycle. Since only .5 to 1 percent of the population has APD, looks like no one know wat to do about it except exposur therapy. Going to an office wuldn't work then. Would imagine that a shrink would have to actually socialize with me. I'm ruinedno, don't give up, it is an awful big mountain but not completely hopeless. I have AvPD along with numerous other diagnoses and it is not a pleasant disorder, but Klonopin helps, and other interventions including therapy (CBT was terrible for me but I can't draw conclusions from that). There is no doubt that Cluster C PD's complicate treatment, but they don't render treatment impossible. What treatments have you tried so far?
-z
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