Posted by judy1 on August 26, 2002, at 11:03:50
In reply to Re: If you have a dissociative disorder » judy1, posted by Dinah on August 26, 2002, at 0:53:48
But I don't know about mania. It can be triggered by stress or staying up late or things like that, so I suppose it
could be triggered in different states, but once it's triggered wouldn't it just be a brain malfunction? I don't know
about you, but once I take a medication that triggers a hypomanic episode, not much will reverse it but time or
medication. Removing the trigger doesn't help at that point.I agree with you here, although I have never allowed time to stop a manic episode- I'm usually in the hospital under heavy medication, or lately taking medication to stop while I'm hypomanic. So I guess i can't say for sure if enough time elapsed i would be able to reverse it myself. even my shrink has spoken about 'manic defenses' and i think it's something you or i brought up here before.
I don't know. I guess I see dissociative states as more of a learned or conditioned response and less of a brain
thing, and that probably colors my ideas about these things.I'm told it's a coping mechanism and i believe that, but i also wonder (in my case) since i have had several seizures if it does have something to do with brain function. one of the results of recurrent trauma is the shrinking of the hyppocampus (which I have on MRIs)and i imagine that would effect dissociative states.
take care, judy
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