Posted by SLS on March 12, 2014, at 6:52:34
In reply to Re: My Sister - Disacociative Personality Disorder, posted by jono_in_adelaide on March 12, 2014, at 1:27:56
Hi Jono
This is good news. Thanks for the update.
> She's a lot better - taking olanzapine, and seeing a psychologist every week, and gaining insight into her condition and her self.
What condition is she struggling with?
> The psychaitrist she was refered to was less helpful - he pinned everything on the fact that she takes dexamphetamine 5mg three times a day (had ADD as a kid, and never stopped taking it)
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> Given that shes been on it for 30 years, I think its rather unlikelt that this small dose would suddenly send her off the railsYou say that your sister has had difficulties for many years. I understand that a doctor should want to take a look at the amphetamine that she has taken for many years. I am not commenting on the likelihood that amphetamine is a problem, but it might warrant a closer look if she should decompensate again. I guess it would depend on the sympomatology exhibited. Amphetamine in borderline personality disorder can produce psychosis or make impulsivity worse. However, when ADHD is comorbid with BPD, the coadministration with amphetamine with a low dose of antipsychotic might produce the desired outcome.
- ScottSome see things as they are and ask why.
I dream of things that never were and ask why not.- George Bernard Shaw
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