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Originally Posted by amandalouise
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.
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I would like to think they are trying to intergrate but I think there is something I need to know before they can. So when I start having so many feelings like fear, pain, anger, sadness I feel overwhelmed. And I can't get it to stop. I got out of the house yesterday to force me to have to focus on driving but after a short time I had to get home. I didn't leave for the rest of the day. Today started off bad. Really bad so I took my medication plus a little more. I had to stop the feelings from consuming me. My t told me that my flood of emotions maybe flashbacks because I feel as though the pain and fear is all of me. As though it is happening in that moment. When this happens I am unable to think past the feelings. It isn't until these feelings start to subside that thoughts of grounding come to mind. Prior to that I am back in the same place as when the feelings were happening. They are real and they are happening to me in that moment. They are not memories. This insight has helped me to cope to some degree but it also seems to have opened a door filled with feelings that I can't control. I am exhausted but have not been sleeping well. My dreams are odd and sometimes they cause me to wake up several times a night. And I agree, this is affecting how I am functioning in the day. I am going to take what is happening to me as a sign that my alters are trying to open some doors so I can move through the pain in my past and into the present. My system has been good to me, like a family should be. Thanks for taking the time to talk.