Posted by v on December 22, 2002, at 14:10:36
In reply to Re: DID - dissociative identity disorder » v, posted by judy1 on December 22, 2002, at 10:59:37
hi judy, thanks for responding
my main reason for initiating this thread was specifically to address the issue of everyone inside not being treated... you can't medically treat all of us. there are contradictions & subversives & on & on & on... :) you know what i mean...
that was why i was hoping for other DIDs to come forward, so we could discuss some of the strategies as well as the specific meds we take... i am so curious to know about others like myself... and i think you are right, since there has been so little feedback re: meds, i may look into psychological babble to try and connect - i've never been there... i remember when psycho-babble was just psycho-babble.... my, how it's grown!!!
i do have a wonderful therapist i'm working with, & the pdoc just prescribes the meds, although i am very disappointed to find such ignorance in someone i admire.
as i had said, he was the first doctor to ever treat the whole of me (i guess without realizing he was treating someone with DID. :) the meds i am currently on have made a huge difference in many ways... most of them having to do with the access i now have to so much more of myself. and he is courageous in his willingness to prescribe the kind of "cocktail" i'm taking to begin with. i asked him about it once... did he prescribe many of his patients so many drugs? he was shocked at my question - absolutely not! he says. i don't have any other patients like you.. to him, i am quite special and i've come to find out that he can be quite conservative regarding meds. i think he intuitively knew to treat me as a DID even though he doesn't believe in it.. :)
so we'll stop "babbling" now... thanks again for responding... it's been a pleasure meeting you... :) and we appreciate everyone who responded to my post.
thank you all
blessed be
v
> My shrink also has a 'blind spot' with DID, but my therapist, who has written books on the subject has been really helpful in educating him. If he's as intelligent as you say then he should be open to your diagnosis. If he's not, how is he helping you? Do you have a therapist who does? I guess I would find it difficult to deal with a 'nonbeliever' at the same time I was putting the (extreme) effort it takes to get well. Also, just the other post about alters having other disorders- I find that's really true, and I think bipolar and borderline disorders seem to rank high. Particularly borderline when you consider the childhhood factors that shape this diagnosis. take care, judy
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