BPD and Self Medicating
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Mindful Mel
- Posts: 6
- Joined: May 20th, 2016, 8:22 pm
- Gender: Female
- Issues: BPD, cutting, generalized anxiety disorder and nightmare disorder
- preferred pronoun: She
BPD and Self Medicating
I know I need to change my drinking habits, but I'm not really sure how. I don't think it's a matter of being physically addicted but rather not wanting to stop self-medicating. When I stop drinking I realize that I can't sleep without it and also the boredom and emptiness sets in. I have gotten medication to help me sleep, so that takes care of one issue, but even with the sleeping meds, there is that lull from the time I get home from work until I have to go to sleep. I just can't tolerate sitting with myself for those several hours, it's absolute torture.