a bump in the road or another major depressive episode with hospitalisation inevitable?

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I don't even know what to think anymore.  I had thought of my dip in mood as a bump in the road on the way to learning to live with borderline personality disorder & the dperession that comes with it.  Now though, I'm analysing my psychiatrist appointment I had today.

My psychiatrist didn't even have to bother asking about what my mood was like or how I was feeling - it is obvious just from seeing me.  He asked to see my cuts - something he hasn't done in about 9 months even though he has known they have always been there.  He gave me little tests for my concentration & memory - both are shot.  

Everything points to another major depressive episode, somethings I've pretty much known was happening.  But the questions he was asking today & how in depth he was is going down the same road that has always preceeded a hospital admission - talking about suicidal thoughts, what to do when they come, reaffirming that I can contact him, my psychologist & the acute care crisis team whenever needed.

So I guess my question is, for those who have been hospitalised multiple times, once you have started on that spiral towards hospitalisation have you been able to do anything to overcome it before it reaches that phase & what.

FWIW I have just finished a course in DBT, practice mindfulness, breathing exercises, self soothing, distraction techniques etc but at the moment none of these skills are having any effect to reduce the feeling of being in a crisis.

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

hi well this could be either, best thing to do is call your psychiatrist back and ask him if he has any intention of sending you back to hospital,either on a voluntary basis or being sectioned
sometimes it takes a long time to heal and there may be a couple of occasions where u end up in hospital , but this doesn't make it an inevitable downward spiral where you will be in and out of hospital every few months
if You do end up in hospital for your own safety,no one would think twice of going in a hospital for physical issues!
you sound like you have a great mental health team behind you,which is something that is lucky, not every one has that level of support
go with the flow and do what is best for you and your health

best wishes

reel · Answer

docs look all practising--life is a wager, drugs they push for each little thing, do they look greater desirable? possibly there's a connection on your arthritis? physique fights as ultimate it may. different subject concerns may well be there and that they cease staring on the 1st sign of looking something. there has been some extraordinary learn in this by ability of folk with Bi-Polar in a competent experience. some found out by way of tests, that they had sleep apnea, intense sufficient, they actually stopped respiratory for some seconds after or throughout REM. as quickly as that they had the suitable kit, they have been waiting to be like they have been and the real reason replaced right into a snooze situation. yet another one is likewise experimental. Getting off of all corn oil products, alongside with corn starch cosmetics, etc. No popcorn, no corn flakes, no corn bread or maybe corn syrup. this is a annoying weight loss plan, yet 2 out of 10 made a metamorphosis for the solid, now they experience solid and no temper swings. One out of the ten additionally did away with mixing dairy products with chicken, crimson meat, lamb and different meats and eradicated all nitrate products and upload 40 two% Gallium nitrate, i think of they blended one hundred cc in a liter of water and divided the water mixture into 2 days and drank on an known basis. This guy or woman has accomplished remarkably properly. i do no longer understand if any of the above could be your situation, we by no ability understand what chemical factors we prefer or what we've in us it fairly is a situation. The nitrate have been given rid of intense calcium in her physique & different chemical imbalances that have been throwing her physique into turmoil. additionally, no longer having the main appropriate stability of magnesium and vit. D3 & calcium could make a distinction, additionally examine your stages of potassium too, low blood sugar may additionally mimic temper ameliorations. a lot they do no longer examine whilst they locate one situation, and don't shop checking.

a bump in the road or another major depressive episode with hospitalisation inevitable?

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