Posted by Lorraine on July 31, 2001, at 23:04:47
In reply to Re: DID, MDs, DSM, EMDR, etc. » Elizabeth, posted by shelliR on July 30, 2001, at 22:23:16
> > >You might also want to read the book I mentioned before "the Magic Daughter: A Memoir of Living with Multiple Personality Disorder " by Jane Phillips. She is a university professor, writes anonymously, and I think gives a good idea of how it feels to try to work and be multiple.
I think I'll order this book--it sounds interesting.
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> > >EMDR sounds pretty flakey to me, and the evidence supporting it is very sketchy, but I've encountered a number of people who felt it was helpful for them, enough to make me wonder whether there might be something to it after all.
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> I sort of have the same feelings about its scientific reality, but it does seem to help people process through memories much quicker and less painfully than without EMDR.Solomon, the author of The Noonday Demon, also speaks highly of EMDR. Enough so that I have thought of pursuing it--although, honestly, I think I have uncovered all my childhood stuff and talked it to death so I'm not sure it would add anything new.
> > > What is body therapy? That's one I'm not familiar with.
Shelli--how do you go about finding a body therapist?
> > > BTW, they get older on their own, they tell me when they have gained a half year or a year and they sound older.When they reach a certain age, do they become integrated into your personality?
> > > Well, I don’t take it anymore! When I used to take it then I spelled it selegiline! < g >.I thought it was a requirement that you stop taking it when you've learned how to spell it. At least that's what my pdoc told me last week when he switched me from selegiline to Parnate.
> > >I wish I had access to the whole study re menopausal depression and estrogen. Actually, my pdoc has a copy of it I think. I’m going to ask him to leave it for me with his receptionist when I see him (maybe Thursday) so I can see if anyone’s depression increased. It’s either that, or the oxycontin is starting to be less effective. Bummer.That is a bummer. I think (but don't know) that you should have your estrogen levels taken before they put you on estrogen to make sure that you don't get estrogen dominance. I mean didn't the study deal with women who were deficient in estrogen?
That reminds me to contact my pdoc for an article that he says just came out about the development of more MAOs.
I hope your dip is momentary, Shelli, and you bounce back, switching drugs is a PITA. Day one on Parnate was not good--muscle tension in my back, hyperventilating starting up again--then holding off on the Neurontin to get a sense of the drug on its own, then taking a considerable amount of Neurontin (am and pm doses in rapid succession). Oi! I think I will be sea sick. Let's hope tomorrow I can gain a better footing with this new combo.
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