Posted by fairywings on July 24, 2005, at 14:55:14
In reply to Re: Is the psychosis in BPD real psychosis?, posted by med_empowered on July 24, 2005, at 13:59:38
>>Antipsychotics are rough...unless you are floridly psychotic or have a god awful mood-disorder that responds well to them, you're usually better off avoiding them. I'd definitely opt for a benzo, even with the risks of disinhobition, before I'd go near an antipsychotic. Your doc sounds good...although it might seem strange to be so slow to go with the meds, its a good approach. Heavy-handed docs often do more harm than good
Deneb,
I have to agree with med empowered here. If you need the meds fine, but go with something that will treat what ails you w/o causing more problems. I like the benzos for anxiety, they work, and I haven't had a problem with them. Didn't like the SSRI side effects. And when I was a teen and was on an anti psychotic, all I can say is Yikes! I never want that again! Of course I wasn't on it because I needed it either, so I'm not talking about cases where it's necessary.
Good luck!
FW
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