[Michael W. Harris]

I just read a post about this. It confused me. I saw the word tachypsychia. That sounds like someone who dresses bad. I did not pay any attention to the other complex words because I could not make a joke with them. I never heard of any of those words.

A long time ago I was given a diagnosis of "Not Otherwise Specified" dissociative disorder by Dr. Carl Nickeson in Orlando. I assumed that he was admitting that I had a dissociative disorder but he would not go so far as to call it MPD/DID. He was the only mental health professional that treated me who admitted that the disorder was real. He gave me the best diagnosis that I have gotten. He also gave me a borderline personality disorder diagnosis, a severe and chronic PTSD diagnosis, extreme stress disorder diagnosis, and of course alcoholism.

At that time I had to get out of Orlando because Orlando Police Officers had jumped on me in my apartment and I got a "battery on a law enforcement" charge. This was another time that I witnessed police officers lie on a police report in regards to what occurred. Black guys are telling the truth. I have seen it. But anyway I could not continue to see Dr. Nickeson.

[amandalouise]

Originally Posted by Michael W. Harris

I just read a post about this. It confused me. I saw the word tachypsychia. That sounds like someone who dresses bad. I did not pay any attention to the other complex words because I could not make a joke with them. I never heard of any of those words.

A long time ago I was given a diagnosis of "Not Otherwise Specified" dissociative disorder by Dr. Carl Nickeson in Orlando. I assumed that he was admitting that I had a dissociative disorder but he would not go so far as to call it MPD/DID. He was the only mental health professional that treated me who admitted that the disorder was real. He gave me the best diagnosis that I have gotten. He also gave me a borderline personality disorder diagnosis, a severe and chronic PTSD diagnosis, extreme stress disorder diagnosis, and of course alcoholism.

At that time I had to get out of Orlando because Orlando Police Officers had jumped on me in my apartment and I got a "battery on a law enforcement" charge. This was another time that I witnessed police officers lie on a police report in regards to what occurred. Black guys are telling the truth. I have seen it. But anyway I could not continue to see Dr. Nickeson.

yes those words can be strange cant they.

I cant speak for this past doctor of yours and why they diagnosed you years ago as NOS. what I can say is yes sometimes people were called NOS even when they didnt have a disorder.

but you dont have to be afraid of that happening again. we have different names for things now, those that may not have the problems are not thrown into the melting pot called NOS anymore. that name is gone now from every single mental disorder category.

they now have to tell you why you are called some mental disorder.

with OSDD does not mean NOS.

OSDD stands for Other (the doctor is picking another name from the list) Specified (telling you the name they picked for you) Dissociative Disorder.

you know how if you go to a library you will see lots and lots of books. the books are first put into categories, then when you get to that category you see the books are put on the shelves by their authors name, and then put in order by their number on the side of the book.

OSDD is like that.

OSDD is the name of a whole bunch of dissociative disorders

then its put in order of "Criteria"

each criteria is given a set of problems, symptoms and a name.

the names, like what you saw in the other posts, are on a list that only the treatment providers have. they tell you (specify) to you and on your files what your Other disorder name is when you get diagnosed.

example...

I have OSDD
the name of my Other Specified Dissociative Disorder is Macropsia and tachypsychia. it means I have a problem where when I dissociate I see things around me getting larger, and feeling like I am getting smaller and at the same time i feel like time is slowing down or speeding up.

because the criteria for OSDD is that treatment providers had to tell me I know how and why I am diagnosed this way.

there is a short term dissociative disorder where they dont tell you what you have and why. that one is called UDD (Unspecified Dissociative Disorder.). its short term because you can only get named this in the emergency room then when you see your regular doctor they change it to something else and tell you what it is.

so you see you dont have to worry any more about being put in a mental disorder and not know how and why they are labeling you that now. with the new mental health system here in america they have to tell you.

[dlantern]

Well, at least you can talk about anything. I'd like to tell my folks nothing is off limits when sharing in session. I guess if they amp that up then you probably are going to have to get to other things in sessions. Remember there are friends, feeling different, adjectives, there is stating words. School always gets folks mind moving sometimes you do have to provoke the issue to get what else might be next. Personally, I have had a problems with getting what I need from the degreed people while out verses what intelligence I might have had and the need to cover up things. It is important to understand what else might be left out and what are at play here.