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Jan 01, 2011, 04:31 PM
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Member Since: Nov 2002
Location: Mid World
Posts: 18,084
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Oh this is frustrating. I typed a lengthy reply to you only to lose it as I went to post it.
Am going to try again....
Hayward, you'll probably find this frustrating yourself, but as I said to you in another thread YOU are the only person who can decide what's right for you. Having said that, I remember there was a time that I desperately wanted someone else to tell me what to do. I "just" wanted someone to give me the answers so I would feel better. Blessedly I had a therapist and pdoc who helped me find the answers that were right for me. Do you have a therapist and/or pdoc? If so have you talked to them about what you've posted here? That might be a helpful place to start.
Not sure if my answers will be of any help to you, but here goes...
-Do you see one of your issues as being "The biggest" one, and if so , do you concentrate on that one the most- using meds for it?
My primary diagnosis is major depression but I've also dealt with "symptoms of PTSD", self-injury, DID and OCD and other anxiety related tendencies. I take anti-depressants because until I gained some control over the depression I was incapable of dealing with any of the other problems. As an added benefit one of the anti-deprssants I take helps with the self-injury and OCD-like "stuff".
-After all of these years, are you still wondering if you have received the correct diagnosis? Does it ever seem to change for you?
I'm confident that the diagnosis of major depression is spot on.
-Is there a certain issue that you absolutely must tackle first in order to make progress with the others?
I'm not sure what you mean by "issue". If you mean diagnosis, then like I said above I had to get a handle on the depression before I could make any progress on the other psych problems.
If by "issue" you mean life events related to my diagnosis I had an abusive childhood followed by 26 years of an abusive marriage, a history of childhood sexual abuse, sexual assault in adulthood, an auto accident that nearly killed me and the death of my older brother and protector when I was 15. While I dealt with these things in therapy, I needed the anti-depressants to gain control of my depression before I could really work on the "stuff."
-Is there a distinct difference between the issues or do they all overlap.
It's all tangled up.
-Do you ever sort of ignore one thing and it is just fine left alone?
Not sure if this is what you mean, but I never actively worked towards integration of my alters. As I worked through things in therapy they each seemed to be willing to join in with the rest of us. Not sure that's "ignoring" the problem. I spent time talking to my innder system before they joined in, but I didn't out and out try to get anyone to join in.
While depression is the only thing I take meds for I've addressed the rest of my "stuff" in therapy so I guess I didn't "ignore" it.
And lastly, on the same note, don't many of you have trouble knowing which section you should post under on this site??
Oh heck yes! 
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