Posted by MicheleR on October 27, 2000, at 18:55:15
In reply to Re: sodium amytal? » MicheleR, posted by shellie on October 27, 2000, at 15:07:55
Thank you for your information. My therapist and I have used EMDR, and yes it has worked very well. I have a dissociative disorder (that many people do not believe in) And my thinking with the sodium amytal was to use it basically to find out if current things are happening, that we do not remember. It's hard to get into this, because I know there are alot of varying opinions...but I do lose time......I lose from minutes to days...so I was wondering if using sodium amytal would help get information that is needed for safety reasons....but is not being remembered, if that makes any sense whatsoever.
> Michelle. When sodium amydal is used for abuse survivors, it is generally used for memory retrieval. However, it has not been supported as a technique by the abuse therapeutic community, because it is apparently just as possible to confuse memories under sodium amytal as without. Also, if one is suppressing memories, it may be continue to serve as survival mechanism, and to take away that defense is very risky. On the whole east coast I am only aware of one big name trauma (dissociative disorder) psychiatrist (Richard Lowenstein at Sheppard Pratt) who is willing to use that technique.
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> But, you have the memories, so I'm not sure why you would be interested in sodium amytal. I wondering if you have tried EMDR as a technique to resolve your traumas, since you do remember them. I know there are pros and cons as to the full legitimacy of EMDR, but I personally know people who have found EMDR to be very successful in resolving painful, unsuppressable memories. Shellie
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