[itsmeleyreagain]

My psychiatrist doesn't believe (and i don't wanna go think about it again) that DID exists, when i decided to tell him about my probably having it. He said DID doesn't exist, he's been in the profession for 40 years (that's true) and he hasn't seen anyone with it, he says all I say are things i créate in my head and i believe them. i think he has stuck me with a certain label and he's sticking into it. i wanna get better, and get to see another better psychiatrist. maybe he's too biologist in his approach. but i wanna, i need to tell my two parents about my change. an dabout the DID. but i don't. i've never been able to tell people my psychological ailments, no matter how much i tried. when i was 14 i tried, but i stopped doing, people would not understand and things were too crude. too horrible for everyone including me.

He was like "yeah, yeah, but you don't have it, you don't show the symptoms", and he was like i'm not gonna tell you the symptoms. i'm not saying I have did just because I say it, but I'm tired of feeling bad, I'm really tired, and I'm looking for help, that's everything. It sounds crazy when I tell people, and I realice, but something's wrong with my mind and I need your help on this.

I do know I have some dissociative disorder and I need someone to listen to me, to have a talk with me. He says I'm just very anxious and sensitive, and yeah, that's true, but i really have so many states... i know this is true. he sounds so secure of himself, and, what if he hasn't have been able to detect he had DID patients? Hum. Maybe he's treating me this way just only he thinks I'm obsessive and doesn't want me to obsess about things.

[Claritytoo]

There are some Dr's that fall behind the progress made in their own discipline. It is one thing to say "you don't have it" and another to say "it don't exist". If your psychiatrist doesn't believe that Dissociative Disorder exist he will never be able to "see anyone with it" Sometimes as we grow in therapy the therapist or psychiatrist don't grow with us. I found that psychiatrists are good for prescribing medication but psychologist are better at one on one therapy. That's been my experience. I hope you can find a therapist that will hear you and work with you.

[amandalouise]

Originally Posted by itsmeleyreagain

My psychiatrist doesn't believe (and i don't wanna go think about it again) that DID exists, when i decided to tell him about my probably having it. He said DID doesn't exist, he's been in the profession for 40 years (that's true) and he hasn't seen anyone with it, he says all I say are things i créate in my head and i believe them. i think he has stuck me with a certain label and he's sticking into it. i wanna get better, and get to see another better psychiatrist. maybe he's too biologist in his approach. but i wanna, i need to tell my two parents about my change. an dabout the DID. but i don't. i've never been able to tell people my psychological ailments, no matter how much i tried. when i was 14 i tried, but i stopped doing, people would not understand and things were too crude. too horrible for everyone including me.

He was like "yeah, yeah, but you don't have it, you don't show the symptoms", and he was like i'm not gonna tell you the symptoms. i'm not saying I have did just because I say it, but I'm tired of feeling bad, I'm really tired, and I'm looking for help, that's everything. It sounds crazy when I tell people, and I realice, but something's wrong with my mind and I need your help on this.

I do know I have some dissociative disorder and I need someone to listen to me, to have a talk with me. He says I'm just very anxious and sensitive, and yeah, that's true, but i really have so many states... i know this is true. he sounds so secure of himself, and, what if he hasn't have been able to detect he had DID patients? Hum. Maybe he's treating me this way just only he thinks I'm obsessive and doesn't want me to obsess about things.

one thing that may help you is that for some people having DID and other dissociative disorders/dissociative issues can actually be a symptom of their other mental disorders...example I know a couple people who were so sure they had DID. they swore up and down to everyone of their family/friends and treatment providers...I have DID help me.... well one day everything clicked together for them, their medications, treatment plans, ...every thing just started working together and were they surprised when they discovered they really dont have DID. it was just how their other mental disorders was presenting/showing/telling them they had.

it is this kind of problem that ends up doing what here in the USA is called creating false memories, creating false mental disorders, creating false alters..Im not telling you this to say this is what your body/mind is doing. Im not able to diagnose you..

what I am saying is that this kind of thing does happen so many treatment providers are very hesitant to just go along with someone who walks in their door one day claiming to have a mental disorder that they have not been officially diagnosed as through actual diagnostic evaluations.

you have said in other posts that you have not been diagnosed with this. in your profile you listed....

delusional disorder...

this is a mental disorder that affects a person by making them believe things are real when they arent, like for example making a person believe they have an ailment or mental disorder they they do not have, making a person think they are someone who they are not and other ideas that are not a reality.

schizophrenia....

this mental disorder sometimes affects people by making them think what is not real is reality, people with this disorder hallucinate and have delusional believes/delusional thoughts/delusional ideas

borderline personality disorder...

again this mental disorder can in some people cause them to internalize, believe they are who /what they are not, have hallucinations/have delusional thoughts/delusional ideas, think they may have ailments/mental illnesses that they do not.

each one of the above mental disorders also can show itself in some people by having various types of alternate personalities.

Im not telling you all this as a way to say you dont have DID because again I cant diagnose you, just trying to show you where your psychiatrist may be on this issue.

it also may be the standards that your psychiatrist has to go by. here in the USA each state has their own ethics board that tells mental health treatment providers how they can and cant treat their clients...

it may be that your locations rules of ethics is to not jump the gun when people come in saying they have a set mental disorder..to first treat symptoms not be gung ho to paste a label on some one.

the good news of doing things this way is that all the problems associated with DID can be treated even without the diagnostic name being stacked on a person..

everything that is used to treat DID.....journaling, grounding, mindfulness, medications for things like anxiety/depression/ sleep problems/...(CBT)cognitive behavior therapy, DBT, EMDR,....talk therapy, art therapy....you name... all the therapy approaches that work for other mental disorders also work for dissociative issues...

it just takes finding the right thing that works for each person..

so even though your psychiatrist may not believe in DID, even though your locations mental health rules may prohibit your treatment provider in sticking the name DID, on you, you can still feel better and get better through the treatments of other mental disorders, ....

treating symptoms rather than labeling is sometimes the best thing to do..

for some people it takes over 20-40 years before the right treatment options are found, in others it takes only a few months to 5 or 10 years. it varies from person to person.

my suggestion continue working with your treatment provider, regardless of what your mental disorders are, it will take time to discover what works for you and what doesnt in treating your symptoms.

[Claritytoo]

Originally Posted by itsmeleyreagain

My psychiatrist doesn't believe (and i don't wanna go think about it again) that DID exists, when i decided to tell him about my probably having it. He said DID doesn't exist, he's been in the profession for 40 years (that's true) and he hasn't seen anyone with it, he says all I say are things i créate in my head and i believe them. i think he has stuck me with a certain label and he's sticking into it. i wanna get better, and get to see another better psychiatrist. maybe he's too biologist in his approach. but i wanna, i need to tell my two parents about my change. an dabout the DID. but i don't. i've never been able to tell people my psychological ailments, no matter how much i tried. when i was 14 i tried, but i stopped doing, people would not understand and things were too crude. too horrible for everyone including me.

He was like "yeah, yeah, but you don't have it, you don't show the symptoms", and he was like i'm not gonna tell you the symptoms. i'm not saying I have did just because I say it, but I'm tired of feeling bad, I'm really tired, and I'm looking for help, that's everything. It sounds crazy when I tell people, and I realice, but something's wrong with my mind and I need your help on this.

I do know I have some dissociative disorder and I need someone to listen to me, to have a talk with me. He says I'm just very anxious and sensitive, and yeah, that's true, but i really have so many states... i know this is true. he sounds so secure of himself, and, what if he hasn't have been able to detect he had DID patients? Hum. Maybe he's treating me this way just only he thinks I'm obsessive and doesn't want me to obsess about things.

I spent many years trying to find out what I was going through. I read about all the mental illness that run in my family, than I read on the ones that don't run in my family and still nothing fit. Than one day a good friend described an episode I had as Dissociative. I had never heard about it until she said that (she works as a social worker). I started reading about Dissociation. It was like my brain let out a big sigh. It took another five years before I decided to find a therapist that was familiar with DID. It took over two years before I was diagnosed. Therapy has been difficult at times but I am getting to know myself as I am and that feels very good. Take care

[possum220]

Whatever you are experiencing, it can never hurt to get a second opinion from another P'doc.