Posted by shadows721 on June 9, 2004, at 1:07:56
In reply to Dissociative Identity Disorder, posted by Lazarus on June 8, 2004, at 18:01:57
As a fellow sufferer of DID, I am throwing a rope out to you. -------X---------X----------X
As you may know, medicated a DID patient is tricky. The very scared children inside are very sensitive to meds and in my case very leary of meds too. For me, I take Lexapro 10 mg, Seroquel 12.5 - 25 mg (for sleep), Topamax 15 mg. I stopped taking Buspar, but my anxiety is out of control lately, so I may resume it. When things get unbearable, I take 0.5 mg of Klonopin. Klonopin really helps dissociation.
Lazarus, please feel free to post on the psychology board here too for support for treatment issues. There's a lot of support there for you too.
I totally understand what you say about feeling alone. My dissociation symptoms (hearing the voices and noices) makes me feel alien to the world. For that matter, the world looks alien to me most of the time.
Oh, by the way there's a good book that might help you too. It talks about many things with DID including meds. It's "The dissociative Identity Disorder Sourcebook."
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