Posted by muffled on December 14, 2007, at 16:04:05
In reply to Re: For those that see a P-doc and therapist...hel, posted by rskontos on December 14, 2007, at 14:54:34
Rsk, I a bit jumbled myself at times. I so feel for you. I dunno if its possible for you to somehow take some downtimes from all this. Somehow just try NOT to work on 'stuff'.
I don't understand bout your T and meds. I thing hugs gave you some good points that T'a are not perfect and may not know it all. I am not a professional either. Just I know in general, finding the right med is often very difficult. Took me 3 tries to get an AD that worked ok and the side effects were acceptable.
I guess with DID the concern naturally is that different alters will respond differently to medications and that can be complicating. However IMHO I do nor see why you can't try some meds to see if they work and help. If there's anxiety there are benzos. I hated risperdal(atypical antipsychotic, also good for anxiety), it made me have violent thots. Seroquel DID actually help calm my mind, but very sedative. I know others have had success with zyprexa.
Have you ever tried thot stopping? When you notice an alter comming thru that you don't want, can you say STOP, and try and keep them back? Another thot I had is try and find the alter that seems to most be in command such as it is. Can you tell all that this is NOT working what is happening now, and you need what is best for all. So they need to LISTEN and heed. And if they listen and heed, then they WILL have a chance to say their thing and give their input. But if all just keep hollering and going all over, NOBODY really get heard.
I think for me the NUMBER ONE thing that helped me, was to truly understand that these younger alters ARE kids, in EVERY way. They think like kids , they behave like kids. And while we adults can't remember how it is to think like a kid, we need to try and relate to them, respond to them as such. If you could befriend a helper to help you with the calming of things, that'd be great. See if there is one who can help.
My helper and I used to fight like CRAZY I tell you, but now we do OK. Even when I piss her off, its OK, cuz we trust each other, so I know she knows I not mean to hurt her and vice versa.
So maybe you can just pick one alter, and try and connect, try really hard to understand that one, and be honest with them about how you struggle and stuff. This was a big deal to helping me.
I hope you can try.
It IS a SLOW process. I think if you can break it down into smaller pieces, it might be less confusing?
Take care,
M
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