Borderline personality disorder is a mental disorder that affects people’s mood and behaviours. It is more common in the adolescence age group.
- SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER
- CAUSES OF BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER
- PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER
- DIAGNOSIS OF BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER
- TREATMENTS FOR BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER
- PROGNOSIS OF BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER
- COMPLICATIONS OF BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER
- BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER AND AYURVEDA
- NIDANA- AYURVEDIC CAUSES OF BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER
- PURVAROOPAM- AYURVEDIC PREMONITORY SYMPTOMS OF BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER
- SAMPRAPTI – AYURVEDIC PATHOGENESIS OF BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER
- LAKSHANA- AYURVEDIC SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER
- AYURVEDIC PROGNOSIS OF BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER
- CHIKITSA- AYURVEDIC TREATMENT FOR BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER
- AYURVEDIC SAMANA TREATMENT FOR BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER
- AYURVEDIC LOCAL TREATMENT FOR BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER
- COMMONLY USED AYURVEDIC MEDICINES FOR BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER
- HOME REMEDIES FOR BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER
- DIET AND BEHAVIOUR FOR BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER
- YOGA FOR BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER
SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER
- Mood swings
- Feelings of worthlessness
- Anger
- Insecurity feeling
- Impulsivity
- Impaired social relationships.
- Difficulty managing emotions and behaviour
- Self-destructive behaviours
CAUSES OF BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER
- Altered level of neurotransmitters
- Genetic reasons
- Brain abnormalities
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER
The pathophysiology of borderline personality disorder is similar to psychiatric disorders, is likely due to the above-mentioned causes as well as psychosocial and environmental factors. Also, the presence of an underlying affective instability may cause individual response with maladaptive behaviours.
DIAGNOSIS OF BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER
- Proper History taking
- Laboratory tests to find out hormonal changes.
TREATMENTS FOR BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER
- Counselling
- Psychotherapy
- Medications – antidepressants, antipsychotics or mood-stabilizing drugs
PROGNOSIS OF BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER
- Early diagnosis and treatment help to manage the symptoms related to borderline personality disorder.
COMPLICATIONS OF BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER
- Recurrent thoughts of death or suicide
- Substance abuse
BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER AND AYURVEDA
- In Ayurveda borderline personality disorder can include under asura graha unmada.
NIDANA- AYURVEDIC CAUSES OF BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER
- Excess vitiation of doshas
- Increase of mano doshas like rajas and tamas
PURVAROOPAM- AYURVEDIC PREMONITORY SYMPTOMS OF BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER
- Intense irritability with or without a specific reason
SAMPRAPTI – AYURVEDIC PATHOGENESIS OF BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER
Excessive vitiation of doshas in the body due to improper food and behaviours along with derangement in manodoshas leads to irritability in the manas (mind).
LAKSHANA- AYURVEDIC SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER
- Dushtaatmaanaam(deceitful/exploitative/unlawful)
- Krodhanam(aggressive/hostile/impulsive)
- Atruptam(unsatisfied/unpleasant
- Deva, braahmana, guru dveshinam(arrogant/grandiose/envious/negative emotionality)
- Nirbhayam & Shooram(reckless behaviour/impulsive)
- Vyavasaayinam(violent/unlawful/firmness/persistence),
- Vikruta vaacham(hostility/verbal aggression)
AYURVEDIC PROGNOSIS OF BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER
- Symptoms are manageable with appropriate treatments
CHIKITSA- AYURVEDIC TREATMENT FOR BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER
AYURVEDIC SAMANA TREATMENT FOR BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER
- Brahmighrita
- Brahmi swarasa – juice of Bacopa monnieri
- Saraswataghrita
- Manasamitra vatakam
- Kalyanakaghrita
- Dasamolaghrita
- Aswagandharista
- Shankpushpi churna
AYURVEDIC LOCAL TREATMENT FOR BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER
- Murdha taila – oil application on the head
- Abhyanga – oil massage on the body
COMMONLY USED AYURVEDIC MEDICINES FOR BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER
Internal administration
- Brahmighrita
- Manasamitra vatakam
- Saraswataghrita
- Kalyanakaghrita
- Dasamolaghrita
- Aswagandharista
- Shankpushpi churna
HOME REMEDIES FOR BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER
- Enhance communications with family members
- Avoid irritable situations
- Always engaged in activities
DIET AND BEHAVIOUR FOR BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER
- Avoid food items which produce dosha imbalance like cold and dry food, hard to digest. Because dosha imbalance aggravates the symptoms.
- Consume easily digestible nutritious food items, cow’s milk, and ghee.
- Oil massage on the head is advised.
- Advice regular exercise
YOGA FOR BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER
- Nadi Shuddi Pranayam – Calms the mind
The patient needs to be seated in a meditative posture with the head and spine erect, with the body relaxed. The patient has to close his one nostril (e.g. left nostril if using the right hand and vice versa) with the thumb and exhale completely through the other nostril. Again, he will have to breathe in deeply through the other nostril while the opposite nostril is still closed with the thumb.
- Shavasana – relaxes the body and mind
- Bhastrika pranayama