The Psycho Ex Wife

I am a Psychiatrist. I just recently finished my residency and have started practice at my county hospital. I never made any rules as to which kind of patients I would be unwilling to take on. Of course I was a “new” doctor and I could cure the world.

However, I was paged to the hospital emergency room for a patient that was suicidal and had her 3 young children with her. Needless to say, I was at the hospital very quickly. If not for the patient herself but for the children. I have taken on this patient and her 3 children. The children, I am positive, are normal and just scared of the things they heard from their mother. This might just might be the patient that makes me say I am unwilling to take on patients with BPD. You see I talked to her for a very long time and within the first 5-minutes of her telling me her feelings, thoughts, and history, she hit on all of the characteristics of BPD.

You may be sitting there thinking why in the world is this woman telling me this? Well, after calling the man she had listed as her emergency contact at the hospital. And yes, she has been in and out of our ER at least 15 times threatening suicide. I find out that he is her ex-husband and they are in the middle of a very heated custody battle. I will save my immediate thoughts on what I think. However, the ex-husband has told me that he has my name and where I work as I havent tried to hide that from him. More importantly, he is going to subpoena me for the emergency hearing. So I am just patiently waiting on the order to be served.

How odd is it that I am the stepmother in my husband’s case. And now I am going to be testifying in someone else’s. I just wanted to thank you for writing this blog and giving BPD exposure. And good luck in your case.