Posted by baseball55 on June 19, 2013, at 20:18:10
In reply to Re: crying and screaming (possible trigger) » SLS, posted by Roslynn on June 19, 2013, at 10:28:56
> Hi Scott,
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> I have been taking the Pristiq 150mgs for 16 days now. Before that, 30 days at 100mg and 30 days at 50mg.
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> I'm not sure why DBT was chosen, it seems to be a default treatment, with the thought that "mindfulness" will help the depression, I think...
> But when I am in these crying spells, nothing can touch them or get through to me...they take over. DBT does not seem to help me with suicidal thoughts.The whole point of DBT is to control suicidal and self-harm impulses. I started after my p-doc said we had exhausted all medical solutions to my suicidality and the only thing that would help would be DBT. My DBT therapist insisted I contract with her to make no suicidal plans for three months. We then talked a lot about what suicide meant to me, what it would resolve, how it felt not to have that escape plan. It was very helpful once I committed to it. But you have to make a commitment. Be honest about the suicidality and commit to not acting on it. This was what DBT was designed for by Marsha Linehan who had been suicidal as a teen and young adult.
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