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Originally Posted by Claritytoo
For the past month or more I have been jumping in and out. It seems like there is someone new every ten minutes. I can't seem to control it like I used to. This time instead of just changing thoughts it is changing emotions. I can't seem to hold back my emotions. It feels like everything is welling up behind a dam and it is about to burst. I used to have mostly good days now I am having more and more days where I am emotional. Just feeling fear, sadness, anger, coming one after another for hours. I have tried grounding but that is not working like it has in the past. Has anyone had this happen? It is not a panic attack it is my emotions doing what ever they want when ever they want. I feel like I am coming undone.
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when this would happen to me my treatment providers called it rapid switching. I have also heard it called the revolving door by others I know with DID.
with me when this would happen it meant different things depending on what was going on in my life at that moment...
sometimes it meant those alters and I were integrating/merging together/becoming one whole person
Sometimes it meant there was something going on that was triggering me and the alters, usually it was something had triggered new memories into coming to the surface.
sometimes it meant co consciousness was being established/developed between me and those alters that were doing the rapid switching.
bottom line with me it was a positive thing that this happened with me because it showed I was becoming stronger and more able to handle knowing what had happened to me and strong enough to take care of what ever those alters chose to share with me.
I know other people where this kind of thing was age related menopause. during this time a woman's emotions are erratic, switching from one emotion to another. there is medication for this that has helped those I know that went through this phase of life.
I also go through this with my bipolar, sometimes its so hard to be cycling through all the emotions and phases that bipolar brings to me. thankfully my medication helps to slow things down and keep this from happening more often.
I have also noticed that this sometimes happens when I havent gotten enough sleep or when I havent been eating right. in those situations getting back to basics of getting enough sleep and following my dietary needs helps things get back on track for me.
I also go through rapid mood switching because of my MS, and all the different medications that I am on..
my suggestion...since this can be so many different things and what ever I may suggest may end up going against what ever treatment plans your treatment providers have you on, my suggestion is contact your treatment provider, they will tell you what you need to do in order to get this rapid mood switching back in control for you.