How do PROVE SHE'S ACOHOLIC AND BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER?
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Yep the people in the white coats, or as I like to refer to them, the "Head Shrinkers"  need to get a hold of her and examine that cranium of hers...
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Ask her! Anything else is just guesswork. You owe yourself the truth, straight from her mouth.\n\nDr. Barb Nefer, http://www.bnlifeskills.com
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Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) includes a pattern unstable relationships, impulsiviity, and problems with self-image and emotion. You may engage in several behaviors or experience different emotions, including:\n* Frantic efforts to avoid real or imagined abandonment\n* Pattern of unstable and intense relationships\n* Identity disturbance and unstable self-image \n* Impulsivity in at least two areas that are potentially self-damaging (spending, sex, reckless driving, etc)\n* Recurrent suicidal behavior, gestures, or threats, or self-mutilating behavior\n* Emotional instability \n* Chronic feelings of emptiness\n* Inappropriate, intense anger or difficulty controlling anger\n* Occassional stress-related paranoia or dissociative symptoms\n\nOf the people with Borderline Personality Disorder that I have met and worked with, I have noticed a couple of other behaviors, not included above, such as attention-seeking, catastrophizing, self-sustaining depression, and drug/alcohol abuse. \nPersonality Disorders are rarely diagnosed alone, usually there is also depression, bipolar, anxiety, or psychotic disorders present. Medication doesn't really help with BPD, because it is due to how you perceive and behave. If medication is prescribed, it is for the disorders listed above. \nDialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) is designed specifically for the treatment of BPD. \n"Clients receiving DBT were significantly less likely to drop out of therapy, were significantly less likely to engage in parasuicide, reported significantly fewer parasuicial behaviors and, when engaging in parasuicidal behaviors, had less medically severe behaviors. Further, clients receiving DBT were less likely to be hospitalized, had fewer days in hospital, and had higher scores on global and social adjustment."
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With no proof, I'd believe you need some sort of psychiatric help.
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When a  person has indicated violence ...\nYou may want to attach a tape-recorder to your phone.  One that automatically comes on & goes off, but can be manually over-ridden.  Keep a blank tape in it.  Turn it off & rewind if the caller isn't her.  Try to get a restraining order..  Write a letter to DMV ... include all pertinent information on her illegal behavior.  Include name, address, phone #, place of work, favorite places to hang out, description of both her & her car, license # of her car.  Mention what she's doing to you ...  If you don't have one, you might want to get a big dog.  But only one that you can manage!  Talk to a lawyer!   Make sure you carry a copy of the restraining order you get with you at all times .. They don't always get it filed, & a friend of mine was accosted ina restaurant by such a person she had a restraining order on, but the police didn't have a record of it.  If she hadn't had a copy of it with her, they wouldn't have taken him in. ..... You have probably wondered why this person acts that way.  To that end, you may want to read about:  Common Sense—Why So Uncommon?  http://www.watchtower.org/library/w/2005/5/15a/article_01.htm\nalso :  What Is Provoking the Age of Rage?   \nhttp://www.watchtower.org/library/g/2002/2/8a/article_01.htm\n I hope that she comes to her senses!  I had a nextdoor neighbor who stalked me for years, so I know how you feel.  But this helped me have hope:  http://www.watchtower.org/library/kn35/article_01.htm\nWill ALL People EVER Love One Another? :  \nWhen All People Will  ...
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She could have that serious form of PMS.  About 10% of women have it, I have it...I quit jobs when I get it bad, tell people off, almost run people over...it all seems perfectly justified in the middle of it, we don't know its our hormones when we are experiencing it.  It also gets worse with age, so if she can get help now that would be good.\n\nYou can tell if it's hormonal--ask her to keep a calendar of her moods and food cravings.  I could track my bad moods and outrageous behavior, I could also track when I binged on sugar, chocolate and dairy.  She'll start to see the pattern if she records it for several months.
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generally there is no cure for personality disorders per se, however symptoms may be allieviated by medications such as zyprexa or seroquel. these tend to be the most effective in treating the most disruptive symptoms of borderline personality disorder.
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Ask her about her problem if she has one.
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you need to contact the local police station where she came from and ask them...tell them you situation and ask if she has any criminal record...you can also go to the newspaper where she is from and ask if you can search the old papers...(I used to work for our local newspaper) They will give you access to the papers and you will have to do some research. It may take some time, but all newpapers should let you research old papers.
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Regarding responses you've already received...Schizophrenia, Schizoaffective, and Bipolar Disorder are probably not what's going on.  The symptoms you describe sound much more like Borderline Personality Disorder to me.  Google it, go find it on WebMD, whatever...just check it out and see if the descriptions sound familiar.  No matter what you choose to do, the most reasonable and sensible course of action is to first see your regular doctor to rule out any physical illnesses that could be producing your symptoms (i.e., problems with your pituitary, thyroid or adrenal glands, etc.).  Next, if your doc doesn't find evidence of any physical causes, have him/her refer you to a psychologist or counselor for evaluation.  Jumping to conclusions and trying to diagnosis yourself is just asking for trouble especially if you're already depressed - you'll end up thinking you have every symptom of every horrible illness you hear or read about! :)  Go seek answers and help from competent professionals who have actually spent years of their lives learning about how to diagnose and treat illnesses.  That's what they went to school for - so the rest of the population can pick their brains and get answers when they need them without having to do all the studying themselves! :)
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i used to have serious problems when i was a teenager 3 mental hospitals in 2 years.  There is a possibility some of those things were going on, but there is a greater possibility she says those things so you wont take her back.  Your best bet is to go and visit someplace else before you admit her.  Talk to area psychiatrists and pastors of a local church.  There are good places to go, it just takes time and effort.  Good luck.
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try asking her friends. they tell each other everything
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It seems to me that this person has a lot of faith and trust in you if they have confided in you. Also if they have come to you they are really reaching out for help. I would look in your phone book under drug abuse and call the hot line and ask them what you should do. They are usually well trained volunteers that will be able to give you advice on how to approach this personality type without scaring them away.
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Everything you are saying on this post confirms what I was suspecting when I answered your other post. Get her to a pediatric psychiatrist now, and insist that the school provide her with appropriate programming. I'm sure her regular ed teacher is a good one, but regular ed teachers do NOT have the training to deal with this sort of situation. Once you have the diagnoses from the pediatric psychiatrist, demand the school hold an IEP intake for your daughter.\n\nThey should NOT categorize her as E/BD. She should be categorized as Gifted, and if you get her a diagnosis of Anxiety and/or OCD from the pediatric psychiatrist, the school psychologist can recommend that the diagnosis be categorized as Other Health Impaired rather than E/BD. She should be receiving support from the school's gifted ed specialist (someone actually trained in gifted education...demand credentials), the school counselor, and the special education psychologist.\n\nIf you are in a state where gifted education is not a part of special education, still demand the IEP, but also demand gifted education modifications (compressed/accelerated curriculum, reduction of boredom and increasing of motivation through replacement of skill drill work with individual projects focusing on higher-order thinking skills, etc.), and a statement on the service page of coordination of her OHI program with the gifted education program.
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I'm going through the same thing.  Stay strong.  Stick with your gut feel.  She very well may be a sociopath but that's entirely up to her to get professional help.  My therapist outright told my wife to get help.  My wife insists there's nothing wrong with her.
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Speeking from someone who knows, I have BPD & an eating disorder and bi-polar. My husband goes throgh exactly what u are.I too have ngaged in bi-sexual acts, and too have slept with someone under 18, & I was 31. I myself just like to be left alone for awhile and then I seem to come around eventually. For me medication is my therapy, though I do go to one-on-one sessions.\nIs she on any meds? That might help.\nGood Luck
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have a talk wit her \ntry to find out d reasons for her actions & try to explain her about her mistakes.