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Oct 05, 2009 at 11:13 PM
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Is did a condition to be treat it with meds? I think is not.
what is your experience or opinion about this. ( please  respond)I've been on anti-psychotics lately but there are no difference on my alters. All these is making me feel down and confuse  genn __________________  ">
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Oct 06, 2009 at 04:00 AM
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No Genn, I do not think DID is a condition to be treated with medication. It is not a psychosis, and nor is there a physiological component to it. Some theories say it is a psychological defense or adaptation, and others say it is due to a lack of psychological integration. What is certain is that there is no research that supports the treatment of DID with medication. General pscyhological symptoms that may accompany DID can be treated with say, anti depressants or anti anxiety medication, but no medication will 'fix' the DID itself.
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Oct 06, 2009 at 10:03 AM
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DID by itself isn't treated with meds. The depression & anxiety that I have is treated with SSRI's , dexadrine and tranquilizers. Sometimes, I need antipsychotic like Abilify. But it's really not for the DID, just for other symptoms.
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Oct 06, 2009 at 04:10 PM
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As they said only symptoms can be treated, but not the DID itself. It is NOT a mental illness, it is a way of coping with stress/fear/pain that doesn't work for us as adults.
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Oct 06, 2009 at 07:23 PM
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There was a time that a good friend of mine who is DID was on a lot of different medications for the symptoms she was suffering from. This year, the psychiatrist weaned her off of everything. What he told her was that she was getting no help from the meds as they did not affect or help her system so it was all for naught being on them. All they really did for her was to make her more like a zombie. They couldn't tell what part of her would benefit or wouldn't benefit from the meds. From what I see now that she's off them is that she's more likely to be able to get more from her therapy, work better in the present time to get to her healing stages and I see no other real difference in her anxiety levels or any other symptoms she had then compared to now. The doc did say that she might benefit from some anti anxiety meds, but she has refused them because she doesn't want to mask anything. She wants to know what she needs to work on and if what she is doing is helping or not. Makes a lot of sense to me 
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Oct 07, 2009 at 12:39 AM
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I have tried a huge amount of medications and ........no...........that is certainly not the answer. The answer lies in many years of intensive therapy, and acceptance of all the parts. I have done a lot of journaling and painting, which has been very helpful. Good luck x
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Oct 07, 2009 at 04:04 AM
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no meds for did but did can occur with other conditions or alters can have mental health issues. Alters that have depression or anxiety can be helped with anti depressent. Anti anxiety or anti psychotics can help with dissociation if it it a distressing symptom.. But i don't think that did has meds. drugs
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Oct 07, 2009 at 08:15 AM
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Oct 07, 2009 at 09:10 PM
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good points you make here. Its interesting hey.
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