I have diagnosed BPD and Major Depression.  I take Geodon, Topamax and Liquid Prozac, all with no weight gain and no side effects.  Good luck to you!

06/08 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY
A friend in The Program taught me to look at excessive guilt in an entirely new way, suggesting that guilt was nothing but a sort of reverse pride.  A decent regret for what has happened is fine, he said.  But guilt, no.  I've since learned that condemning ourselves for mistakes we've made is just as bad as condemning others for theirs.  We're not really equipped to make judgements, not even of ourselves.  DO I STILL SOMETIMES "BEAT MYSELF TO DEATH" WHEN I APPEAR TO BE FAILING?

TODAY I PRAY
May I be wary of keeping my guilty role alive long after I should have left it behind.  May I know the difference between regret and guilt.  May I recognize that long-term guilt may infer an exaggerated idea of my own importance, as well as present self-righteousness.  May God alone be my judge.

TODAY I WILL REMEMBER
Guilt may be pride in reverse.

I take Geodon 60 mg at night.  No weight gain, no side effects other than a good night's sleep. Get the help you need.  Research the meds.  Lexapro did nothing for me.  I also take Effexor in the AM.  I am quite stable with my moods.  Kathy

Hi! My name is Leslie and I am an alcoholic. I have been sober since October 4, 2005. 

ANyone here?? I have been looking for an AA board not thinking MENTAL HEALTH! Duh! To me I am normal!  LOL

Anyway, I wanted to talk to those who are on this journey with our specific and unique situations.  I have healing my emotional self and now it is my physical self I am getting ready to take care of. I have surgery on the 25th of June and I am so excited!! 

Lets chat!
Leslie

Anytime Kathy.  I am a licensed social worker, and had to present on psychopharmacology in a class in graduate school.  I also do group therapy in a psychiatric hospital part time.  Like you, I don't give medical advice, but advise patients what questions to ask their doctors as you did.