Psycho-Babble Medication | about biological treatments | Framed
This thread | Show all | Post follow-up | Start new thread | List of forums | Search | FAQ

Re: Conversion Hysteria (or whatever they call it now) » phidippus

Posted by vincent_QC on January 29, 2014, at 18:19:05

In reply to Re: Conversion Hysteria (or whatever they call it now) » jono_in_adelaide, posted by phidippus on January 18, 2014, at 2:30:41

> Somatization disorder (also Briquet's syndrome or hysteria) is a somatoform disorder characterized by recurring, multiple, and current, clinically significant complaints about somatic symptoms. Symptoms often include reports of pain, gastrointestinal distress, sexual problems, and pseudoneurological symptoms such as amnesia or breathing difficulties. Somatization disorder can also occur during the course of, or be associated with, a medical condition. Patients with somatization disorder also show high levels of worry, anxiety, and increased reactions in response to physical symptoms.[1] Individuals with somatization disorder typically visit many doctors in pursuit of effective treatment. Somatization disorder also causes challenge and burden on the life of the caregivers or significant others of the patient. - wikipedia
>
> I have suffered from this. In 2006 I spent a lot of time in the ER due to phantom symptoms. In 2007 I became convinced I had epilepsy and even had a psychogenic seizure. I also saw many doctors about my supposed epilepsy and had many tests done. Then one day I just snapped out of it.
>
> Eric

Actually, somatisation disorder most of the time will show up when severe anxiety disorders are not under control by meds, therapy or whatever...

I have that disorder, a new psychiatrist doc diagnostic me with severe anxiety (panic with agoraphobia, social phobia, GAD and somatisation disorder).

I have a list of physical symptoms that I feel and have everyday. My symptoms are mainly cardiovascular (unstable blood pressure, tachycardia, chest pain, numbness of the left arm, palpitations, low exercise tolerance), my world turn around my cardiovascular symptoms, I can't exercise, my heart is pounding in my chest all the time, I have very low energy and just take a shower is the best I can do. I also have chronic pain, facial pain, jaw pain, teeth pain, chronic headache who is apparently linked to TMJ disorder... I also have high level of apprehension, phobias of any kind, incredible adrenaline surge who happen out of the blue 5-10 times a day.

I also have intestinal problems as well. I had 2 complete intrstinal obstructions and had 3 surgeries to repair them and had enteral feeding for some time because I wasn't able to eat and was in a severe malnutrition state. I still have intestinal problems mainly constipation, IBS pain, can't have a normal bowel movement and always need a huge amount of glycerin suppositories and double dose of lactulose to be able to pass stools. My 2 biggest problems are my heart and my intestine.

I don't work since 2007. And trust me, I don't think that someone with a REAL somatisation disorder will fake all his physical symptoms, they are real. Also I don't think a person with somatisation will enjoy to be sick all the time and feel sick and not have a normal life just on purpose and play the role of someone who is sick!!! I can't believe someone can even think that I like to feel sick all the time, that I like to stay home, that I like to have agoraphobia and he stuck in my house 24 h a day, that I can't drive anymore or even go in car as a passenger because I have severe panic attacks who happen all the time. I can't believe that some people will think that I prefer to stay at home and not have to work!

The facts are that before I get sick, I had a work, I was studying very hard at the university and I had dreams for my futur and dreams about my futur work!

Now I can't even stay alone at home because I fear that with all my physical symptoms I will die! I'm lucky cause I have a good family and stay at my parents place so I'm not alone often but I so my best to not be a pain in the ass for my parents! Of course they help me but I don't take my symptoms to have more attention and so nothing and stay sit on my butt and do nothing all the time!

I did almost all the kind of therapy in the world to try to feel better, just try the hypnotherapy who did nothing to help, had see around 5 psychologist each week in the last 8 years and so the conventional exposure therapy and cognitive therapy with no improve, I try so many meds and almost die because of some of them especially the Parnate and I'm now intolerant to all the meds! And it's not psychological, I have side effects from a dose of 1 mg of Paxil... It's not all in my head! The side effects are real... And trust me, being rushed to the ER with a pulse rate of 240 because of a small dose of Lexapro is not funny and I'm not surprise that I'm scare now to take meds... Even meds who are not used for psych problems!

For now I'm on a high dose of Klonopin daily, 7 mg, and I'm addicted... We slowly reduce my dose and will hope that I will be able to reduce with the help of the Valium... I also take a beta blocker to reduce the heart rate, 75 mg of Metoprolol a day. I don't tolerate the other meds...

I will try a new form of therapy next week, EMDR therapy... I have high hope with that one. My Doc suggest it to me so I wi try it.

For now, I don't have a regular PDoc. The one I had when the intestinal obstructions occur was saying that my intestine pain was a in my head and when my intestine block, I was at the psych hospital as an inpatient and that PDoc leave me in my bedroom with no tests or no pain meds to manage the pain for 24 hours, it's my mom who had to come to the psych hospital and call the ambulance to get me out of that psych hospital and had me transfert to a normal hospital where I had a ct scan and was sent to the surgery room in less than 1 hour after my admitting with a pounch of 5 liters of bile inside my bile duck who was about to explode inside me and will probably kill me... I never return to see that PDoc and he also wrote a final report 3 months after it happen and sent it to my family Doc and my family Doc give it to me. That medical report was saying that I had a personality disorder and that I had no anxiety at all and that it was all the somatisation disorder who was making me feel like this. That I was seeking attention from people and was enjoying to play my role of the sick guy!!! That my intestinal obstruction happen because I wanted it to happen! That when it happen I was exaggerating the symptoms and make it worse! Anyway, I never return to see him and I can't see a new one or have a regular one cause where I live we have a public health system and all the PDoc in my city practice at the same place so if I return there, they will give to me a new PDoc but my medical folder will follow me so I will be treat like I'm not having anxiety but personality disorder and that's not the good diagnostic! I was able to see a new PDoc one time, one who practice in another city, but sadly I can't return to see him cause I need to be a resident of that city to be allowed to see him...that PDoc make a new diagnostic and I have severe anxiety and somatisation but no personality disorder... I was lucky to see him even if that didn't help me to find a new solution... My family doc had to call him to ask if he wanted to see me 1 time...

Well... Somatisation disorder is hard to treat... It's not impossible and I do hope I will feel better soon... I don't ask to feel 100 normal but at least to be able to have a life, to work, continu to study and have a life!!!


Share
Tweet  

Thread

 

Post a new follow-up

Your message only Include above post


Notify the administrators

They will then review this post with the posting guidelines in mind.

To contact them about something other than this post, please use this form instead.

 

Start a new thread

 
Google
dr-bob.org www
Search options and examples
[amazon] for
in

This thread | Show all | Post follow-up | Start new thread | FAQ
Psycho-Babble Medication | Framed

poster:vincent_QC thread:1058380
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20140123/msgs/1059913.html