I’ve been living with a “BPD” diagnoses for about 4 years now.

My medical file “resembles a well-worn passport..” so the—very cliche— story goes.

Life also waits for no-one. I am trying to deal— but I can’t. I graduated from college, and tore-up my diploma. My best friend and my straight-“crush” got together in a beautifully-hopeless-romance (a narrative I find myself repeating, often). I am homeless/‘couch-surfing.’ I am thousands of miles away from home, “because I am gay and my parents won’t accept me.” I’ve been on waiting-list; after waiting-list; after waiting-list. DBT, CBT, just a regular-old psychiatrist; a fucking sage with experience in dealing with BPD.. NOTHING. —4 years untreated. I’ve been on Zoloft for 2 years, and I am at the highest available dosage.

So the story goes BPD, can’t be treated with medication. I’d like to pursue a “harm-reduction” approach to my illness. I AM NOT SUICIDAL (I learned the hard way that-THAT is not an option; and you will be punished for trying/thinking about it). Ideally I’d like to sleep through the rest of— ‘this.’

I was able to get a prescription for lithium— because, what the hell now-a-days.

Can Lithium relieve some of the severity and unbearability in feelings of anguish, and sorrow, associated with BPD/PTSD?

PS

please— forgive; —my: grammar¿ 😇😎

PPS

It’s not my intention to violate any guidelines or hurt anyone in anyway. I maybe projecting, but... I am turning to my phone for support... Please, try to be forgiving to my situation.