Craving attention: could it be a trigger for self harm?

[Linda]

Hi, I'm still quite new to this forum and been official diagnosed with BPD two weeks ago.
I am very familiair with self injury and have been doing for over two decades. I have been trying to monitor what triggers me the most. It's been feelings of worthlessness, fear of abandonement, finding fault with myself and punishing myself for it. But what I found out about me is that I sometimes selfinjure for no reasons at all. Especially before I have to go out or go to a physical therapist or doctor. I beat, burn or cut myself in places that are visible to those people. When they ask me what happened I never tell the truth. (That makes me feel very bad too) I usually tell them I got hit by a door or in worse cases hit by a car. I want them to disbelieve me, but that hasn't happened yet. I want to tell them that I am a self injurer. Can anyone relate to this? Is it just bizarre behaviour? I want to discuss it with my psychiatrist, I have an appointment in two weeks.
One more thing....are there meds out there that makes us stop selfharm?


Linda

[untreatable]

The only time my self harm comes up when speaking with doctors or nurses is when I realize I am in trouble so I flash the marks then soon after am hospitalized where I slowly regain control over my life .... again.

I have always had luck with anti psychotics when it comes to meds and cutting but at the same time they have their own luggage if you will that you need to be aware of.  At the moment I am taking Seroquel and it is the best drug I have ever taken for both keeping my brain running at a nice normal speed plus it is the main reason behind the three month recovery period that I have been enjoying from self harm.

take care

[Linda]

I have always had luck with anti psychotics when it comes to meds and cutting but at the same time they have their own luggage if you will that you need to be aware of.  At the moment I am taking Seroquel and it is the best drug I have ever taken for both keeping my brain running at a nice normal speed plus it is the main reason behind the three month recovery period that I have been enjoying from self harm.

take care

Congrats on this period without harming yourself. I'll ckeck out the drug you are taking, my psych still hasn't come up with any medication for me, I have to wait for the results of a bloodtest.