Please provide some do's and don'ts on living with borderline personality disorder.

Ignore: Don't expect medications alone to cure borderline personality disorder.

Ignore: Borderline personality disorder can overlap with, or be misdiagnosed as, bipolar disorder.

Ignore: Don't get into a confrontation or argument, because they need to win at all costs.

Ignore: Do self-soothe in healthy ways.Don't make and act on emotionally, impulsive decisions. Seek support.

Long: Long-term psychotherapy is the treatment of choice for borderline personality disorder.

Medications: Medications can help treat individual symptoms for patients with borderline personality disorder.

Ignore: With Dialectic Behavioral Therapy, a majority of people experience long-lasting periods of remission.

Ignore: Borderline personality disorder causes strain on relationships. Marriage & family therapy can help.

Ignore: Couples or family therapy can make things run a lot smoother.

BPD: BPD Best treatment= multi-method team approach w' individual, group therapist & psychopharmacologist.

2: 2 fully engage the BPD patient in therapy, need2Have 1 primary clinician responsible 4treatment team.

Psychotherapy: Psychotherapy = central treatment 4 BPD.DBT dialectical behavioral therapy = treatment of choice.

DBT: DBT is highly structured & takes 6 mos- 1 yr Some people do the course of treatment more than once.

Valuable: Valuable information on BPD and finding a therapist qualified in DBT http://www.tara4bpd.org/DBT.htm.

(SSRIs): (SSRIs) = 1st line treatment they.

Learn: Learn to identify your emotions before they become overwhelming. It will help you take control.

Ask: Ask your family members 2 learn about BPD and DBT so they can support U as U learn new coping skills.

If: If you have a family member w' BPD, try to understand them validate their feelings & their progress.