So Dave had an appointment with his psychiatrist on Friday, and I went with him.
It sounds like he definitely does have borderline personality disorder. The symptoms that came up when we talked to the psychiatrist were impulsively spending money, being paranoid that I'm either going to abandon him or I'm going to die, not really being sure of who he is/not having a strong sense of self, etc., being kind of narcissistic sometimes, binge-eating, self-injury, very intense mood swings, uncontrollable anger, psychotic symptoms, paranoia and delusions, and intense anxiety. His psychiatrist said Dave meets almost all the DSM-V criteria for borderline personality disorder. He said he's very surprised that Dave and I are happily married and in a stable relationship, because people with BPD usually have tumultuous or abusive relationships.
The psychiatrist prescribed Risperidone (Risperdal). It's an antipsychotic. It can apparently increase your appetite and cause people to gain a lot of weight. Dave is already considered overweight so he's going to have to be careful with this medication.
Dave seems a lot better in general. He's going to work again and I feel comfortable going to work too, knowing that he's okay on his own. He hasn't said or done anything in the past few days that seemed "psychotic" or "unstable" to me. He's smiling and laughing again and being affectionate and cuddly.
I'll keep everyone updated on how he's doing with the medication and therapy. He has therapy on Wednesday so we'll see how that goes.
Thank you everyone for the support. I really appreciate it.
It sounds like he definitely does have borderline personality disorder. The symptoms that came up when we talked to the psychiatrist were impulsively spending money, being paranoid that I'm either going to abandon him or I'm going to die, not really being sure of who he is/not having a strong sense of self, etc., being kind of narcissistic sometimes, binge-eating, self-injury, very intense mood swings, uncontrollable anger, psychotic symptoms, paranoia and delusions, and intense anxiety. His psychiatrist said Dave meets almost all the DSM-V criteria for borderline personality disorder. He said he's very surprised that Dave and I are happily married and in a stable relationship, because people with BPD usually have tumultuous or abusive relationships.
The psychiatrist prescribed Risperidone (Risperdal). It's an antipsychotic. It can apparently increase your appetite and cause people to gain a lot of weight. Dave is already considered overweight so he's going to have to be careful with this medication.
Dave seems a lot better in general. He's going to work again and I feel comfortable going to work too, knowing that he's okay on his own. He hasn't said or done anything in the past few days that seemed "psychotic" or "unstable" to me. He's smiling and laughing again and being affectionate and cuddly.
I'll keep everyone updated on how he's doing with the medication and therapy. He has therapy on Wednesday so we'll see how that goes.
Thank you everyone for the support. I really appreciate it.
