Posted by hyperfocus on May 15, 2011, at 17:56:25
In reply to TDp Journal Article #2 + #3, posted by floatingbridge on May 12, 2011, at 3:04:15
I think it could be a possible genuine condition. But our understanding of mental illness is so imperfect and muddled that I'm wont to commit to yet another new label. Even the methodology of studes, as I've written, I find to be completely wrong. Many people who are put on ADs don't need to be and shouldn't because it can make them worse. Especially if you have attendent physical concerns and chronic physical pain like fibro. Many people diagnosed with major depression have co-morbid issues that can worsen with conventional AD treatment. For me personally I struggled to find a theraputic AD response until I started the amitriptyline which has shown to be effective in disssociation and PTSD, ditto risperdal and tianeptine. If I had been in those studies I might have been labelled with TDp. It would be hard for any psych doctor to distinguish the symptoms of chronic dissociation from depression. Certainly I've had prolonged dysphoria and I do feel better sometimes when I stop the drug I'm on, but is this a result of serotonigic drugs or just a completely flawed understanding of what mental illness is? I'd vote the latter. I don't believe we know enough about it currently to be making more labels.
CPTSD: social phobia, major depression, dissociation.
Currently on 150mg amitriptyline + 12.5mg tianeptine + .25mg risperidone, single dose at night.
Improving.
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