Borderline personality disorder
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What is borderline personality disorder?
Borderline personality disorder is marked by a pattern of instability of interpersonal relationships, self-image, and affects, and marked impulsivity beginning by early adulthood and present in a variety of contexts.
Common symptoms reported by people with borderline personality disorder
Common symptoms
How bad it is
What people are taking for it
Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.
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Treatments taken by people for borderline personality disorder
Treatment name(s)
Type
How many have tried
Tried for
Treatment name(s)
Dialectical Behavioral Therapy
Type
Psychotherapy
How many have tried
783
Tried for
borderline personality disorder
(20)
Data from patients with borderline personality disorder, who have ever reported treatments, ordered by their reporting frequency during the last 5 years.
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Compare treatments taken by people with borderline personality disorder
Treatment name(s)
Perceived effectiveness
Side effects
Total evaluations
Tried for
Perceived effectiveness
for borderline personality disorder (15 evaluations)
Total evaluations
17
Tried for
borderline personality disorder
(29)
Treatment name(s)
Dialectical Behavioral Therapy
Perceived effectiveness
for borderline personality disorder (26 evaluations)
Total evaluations
26
Tried for
borderline personality disorder
(20)
Perceived effectiveness
for borderline personality disorder (3 evaluations)
Total evaluations
3
Tried for
borderline personality disorder
(10)
Perceived effectiveness
for borderline personality disorder (5 evaluations)
Total evaluations
5
Tried for
borderline personality disorder
(9)
Perceived effectiveness
for borderline personality disorder (6 evaluations)
Total evaluations
7
Tried for
borderline personality disorder
(8)
Perceived effectiveness
for borderline personality disorder (4 evaluations)
Total evaluations
6
Tried for
borderline personality disorder
(6)
Perceived effectiveness
for borderline personality disorder (2 evaluations)
Total evaluations
3
Tried for
borderline personality disorder
(3)
- Major
- Moderate
- Slight
- None
- Can't tell
- Severe
- Moderate
- Mild
- None
Data from patients with borderline personality disorder, who have ever reported treatments, ordered by their reporting frequency during the last 5 years.
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Who has borderline personality disorder on PatientsLikeMe?
- 4 new patients joined this month
- 1482 say borderline personality disorder is their primary condition
| Age | Proportion | # of patients |
|---|---|---|
| <20 | 18 | |
| 20s | 516 | |
| 30s | 998 | |
| 40s | 976 | |
| 50s | 669 | |
| 60s | 243 | |
| 70+ | 29 |
| Age at first symptom | Proportion | # of patients |
|---|---|---|
| 0-19 years | 1093 | |
| 20-29 years | 262 | |
| 30-39 years | 143 | |
| 40-49 years | 81 | |
| 50-59 years | 19 | |
| 60-69 years | 1 | |
| 70+ years | 0 |
Distribution of sex
| Sex | Proportion | # of patients |
|---|---|---|
| Male | 317 | |
| Female | 3131 |
| Diagnosis status | Proportion | # of patients |
|---|---|---|
| Diagnosed | 1993 | |
| Not Diagnosed | 156 |
These charts show data from borderline personality disorder patients who have completed their condition history
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