Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a serious mental illness characterized by pervasive instability in moods, interpersonal relationships, self-image, and behavior. This instability often disrupts family and work life, long-term planning, and the individual's sense of self-identity. Originally thought to be at the "borderline" of psychosis, people with BPD suffer from a disorder of emotion regulation. While less well known than schizophrenia or bipolar disorder (manic-depressive illness), BPD is more common, affecting 2 percent of adults, mostly young women. Because of it's influence of the many complex bio electrical processes within the brain, magnesium is showing itself worthy of another look.

It is also important to know that magnesium is intimately interlocked biologically with calcium. Magnesium and calcium cooperate in the production of adenosine triphosphate, or ATP. Distortions in cognition and sense of self can lead to frequent changes in long-term goals, career plans, jobs, friendships, gender identity, and values. Sometimes people with BPD view themselves as fundamentally bad, or unworthy. People with BPD often have highly unstable patterns of social relationships. While they can develop intense but stormy attachments, their attitudes towards family, friends, and loved ones may suddenly shift from idealization (great admiration and love) to devaluation (intense anger and dislike). Suicide threats and attempts may occur along with anger at perceived abandonment and disappointments.

Since magnesium is a water-soluble mineral, it is protected to use. If you take too much for your body to tolerate and involve, it will end up surrounded by the colon and the body will flush it out and you'll get diarrhea. Diarrhea is the lone side effect. The benefits are multiple. Magnesium is involved in over 300 body processes, from proper enzymatic function, to muscular relaxation to stress nouns and regularity.  As with other mental disorders, the causes of Borderline Personality Disorder symptoms are complex and unknown. Common (co-occurring) conditions are other mental disorders such as substance abuse, depression and other mood disorders, and other personality disorders.