Still Not sure

Ok, so I've posted in the past a couple of times about possibly having DID. Well, after cleaning up my act (check my posting on the addictions page) and becoming re-intuned with myself, I've realized that perhaps this is more of my real issue that causes anxiety or depression occasionally on my part, I was just reading Coper's post and couldn't help but identify a bit with the person he was talking about interms of doing things sometimes and not knowing why. For instance, I'll have a voice/vocal thought in my head of something to say and lately I've started to say these ideas. Usually their outlandsishly funny/off the wall comments that aren't taken negatively or anything by others around me. I don't think it's the same as hearing voices, but then again, I'm not too sure.

Another thought, that I mentioned briefly in my latest post (addictions) was how now that I'm sober, I'm having more instances of feeling not quite connected at times. I remember having those moment more before when I was younger, beforeI began experimenting with drugs in college. Other times my brain will seemingly shut down for a few seconds in mid sentence, causing me to feel like an idiot, but maybe that happens to more people than not who knows Anyways, I'm a bit distracted at the moment, I lost my train of thought, I guess I'll end with asking if any of this resonates with people here that suffer from DID or is this more similar to schizophrenia?

It’s important to realise that a lot of what you describe is quite normal to a certain extent. We all have weird and wonderful thoughts and a little voice inside our head advising and directing and sometimes telling us off for some stupid mistake.

Where it becomes a problem is if it seriously interferes with your day to day life. If this feels to be the case the only way to know for sure what is going on is to have a psychologist assess you.

Despondent Daisy,

I'm so happy to read your post here. It seems to me that when people access helps like alcohol and drugs they are actually burying something within that just won't be 'poof' gone, that's why more and more of the self-medication is necessary.

So, I think you are wonderfully amazing for trying to figure it all out and I'm with Korin that if you can get some professional to take a 'reading' on you, then you're on your way to discovering how really great you are and how good your life can be in the days ahead and you can figure out what's what.

Take care.

Thanks. I'm going to post more stuff in the mental health discussion forum, because as things have progressed since wuitting weed for good and no longer needing my anti-anxiety/antidepressant pill I've notice an increase in manic like symptoms, but I'm not sure if that's just my normal self or what.

If you went cold turkey on the meds there is the possibility of manic episodes. Cutting down slowly is best. Talk to your mental health provider.

what you posted can be part of just about any mental or medical problems including schizophrenia.

contact your treatment providers they can help you diagnose the problems and get you on a treatment plan so that you will feel better.

Yes, I just met with my psychiatrist and she advised me that it would've been preferrable to taper off, but seeing as it was prozac, that is the best one to have gone cold turkey because of the long half life it sort of naturally tapers off anyway in my system. The manic like episodes have decreased a bit (I think) since theinitialt end of it, but in terms of mental energy, it's still great. Though I still have my regualr ups and downs in terms of physical energy due to lack of sleep, etc. We're going to meet again in another month to check in to see how I am. Until then I have some ativan if I need them (for anxiety attacks) but I don't think I'll need them. Then again, I'm not the doctor.

Dear Desondent Daisy,

I am absolutely no expert on DID...but there is a wonderful article here at PC that I thought discusses some of the different forms of dissociation and drug use and misdiagnosis and some of the things that you touched on...It is written by a Dr. Marlene Steinberg who has done extensive research on Dissociative Disorders...the link is:

http://psychcentral.com/lib/2008/in-...sorders/all/1/

I think you just might find it to be a little helpful and also helpful when talking to your pdoc. I did when I was talking to mine. He's now doing more research into what I was specifically talking about in my paper to him...

I just hope this might help a little...it's a pretty in depth article..good luck to you.

Take care!

Wysteria Blue