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Draft:Living with Narcolepsy and Borderline Personality Disorder

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Symptoms
Narcolepsy BPD
How they Interact
How to Help
References

Narcolepsy and Borderline Personality (BPD) can make doing daily life task seem impossible. They both have an input on the person's brain and mental state.

Narcolepsy with cataplexy affects the hypothalamus. This is the part of the brain that makes hypocretins which is a key brain chemicals that help sustain alertness and prevent REM sleep from occurring at the wrong times.^[1] People with narcolepsy does not transmit hypocretins.

Promises Behavioral Health wrote in an article saying “MRI scanners have been used multiple times for a detailed image of the brain,. In patients with borderline personality disorder, there were three parts of the brain that stood out during one MRI scan; the amygdala, hippocampus and orbitofrontal cortex. The amygdala regulates emotions, while the hippocampus helps regulate behavior and the orbitofrontal cortex helps plan and make decisions. Each of the three area’s regulations are all things borderline personality disorder patients have a hard time dealing with.” ^[2]. Four out of nine people with BPD will die from suicide while 80% of people will have thought of suicide and engage in bodily harm.

Symptoms

Narcolepsy

Excessive daytime sleepiness
Hallucinations
Sleep paralysis
Disturbed nighttime sleep
Memory problems
Cataplexy

BPD

Psycom.net^[3] has a full list of symptoms. They are:

Low self esteem and poor self image
Feelings of isolation, boredom and emptiness
Difficulty feeling empathy for others
Cause unstable relationships because of going back and forth from intense love and intense hatred.
A persistent fear of abandonment and rejection, including extreme emotional reactions to real and even perceived abandonment
Intense, highly changeable moods that can last for several days or for just a few hours
Strong feelings of anxiety, worry and depression

Impulsive, risky, self-destructive and dangerous behaviors, including reckless driving, drug or alcohol abuse and having unsafe sex
Hostility
Unstable career plans, goals and aspirations

How they Interact

One big concern about having narcolepsy with BDP is the strong emotions. People with BDP get strong emotions which can trigger a narcolepsy attack and a cataplexy attack. Both can suffer from depression and have suicide thoughts and actions. They are more prone to feeling useless and have trouble doing daily activities.

How to Help

The top thing to get help is to talk to a therapist that can get you medication. While there isn’t any medication to help with BDP, antidepressants and bipolar medication can help with the suicide and with the impulsive reactions. Antidepressants can also be taken with Narcolepsy medication. Doctor Benton (a narcolepsy specialist) recremends taking antidepressants along with Narcolepsy pills to help sleep and calm the mind.{{AFC submission|t||ts=20190401135241|u=Gotham Rejex|ns=118|demo=}}

References

1. ^{{Cite web|url=http://healthysleep.med.harvard.edu/narcolepsy/what-is-narcolepsy/science-of-narcolepsy|title=The Science of Narcolepsy {{!}} Narcolepsy|website=healthysleep.med.harvard.edu|access-date=2019-04-01}}
2. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.promisesbehavioralhealth.com/mental-health/borderline-personality-disorder-causes/|title=What Causes Borderline Personality Disorder?|last=Health|first=Promises Behavioral|date=2011-07-25|website=Promises Behavioral Health|language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-01}}
3. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.psycom.net/depression.central.borderline.html|title=What Are the Signs & Symptoms of Borderline Personality Disorder?|website=PsyCom.net - Mental Health Treatment Resource Since 1986|language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-01}}

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