What is happening?!

I don't know what's going on. I'm still taking medicine that the psychiatry gave to me. But now I like like Restless Legs syndrome, sometimes I lose appetite. Argh! I sorta miss "Good Girl" (or Racheal) and other people/alters. I'll meet my psychiatry tomorrow.

Hi again Adam.

Without knowing what meds you are on it's hard to say why you're having troubles like that. You should probably tell your therapist about your side effects The schizophrenia forum on here might be of help to you too, to talk to people who can relate. If they were alters then you do not have schizophrenia though - is your therapist sure that what you were experiencing were hallucinations?

I haven't met a therapist before. Only a psychiatry. I haven't tell him that (maybe) I can change identity. Like last year when I was angry and I hate my friends during school and then I felt guilty and I care my friends after that. And another time when during chess competition I was so talkative but during school I don't talk a lot. I will tell him about this.

And to answer your question, maybe. I haven't tell him about this.

Edit: Just saying. I have Restless Leg Syndrome and I loss appetite probably because of the medicine. Maybe I don't have Schizophrenia. (Eve: I was right. ^.^)

i don't know all the details about your situation, so definitely please take this with a grain of salt, but i just wanted to say that DID is often misdiagnosed as schizophrenia, psychosis, borderline personality disorder, and even bipolar disorder. many symptoms can overlap and be shared and it can be hard to diagnose sometimes, especially if the doctor isn't familiar with dissociative disorders or is a skeptic to DID and such.



i'm sorry you're having such a difficult time right now. i hope you feel better soon.


- cassie (age ?)

tomboy24 wrote:i'm sorry you're having such a difficult time right now. i hope you feel better soon.

Thanks Cassie.
Well, I've met my psychiatry (or just doctor) and he said it's just a sign that the medicine is doing a good job. I mean, I rarely hearing voices. I didn't tell him about changing identity though. After I told him about this restless legs syndrome thing and he told me why, I didn't tell him about changing identity. Because I think it's just my voices like take over my body. I think I'll be fine. I hope so.

um...

i don't want to overstep boundaries...

but schizophrenia voices don't change your identity or take over your body or anything like that, least not that i'm remembering from rain's research that she's done...



schizophrenia voices are supposed to be just voices. they might try to tell you to do stuff and things like that, but they don't change your identity or take over your body. that sounds more like a dissociative disorder or something of some sort to me...




can you describe more of what you mean by you change your identity?


- cassie (age ?)

I don't know. I just... feel like angry and then care, talkative and then shy. Something like that. You know, the more I think of it, the more I feel like I have DID. Maybe I should try this medicine for a few days. I don't wanna meet my doctor tomorrow. I don't wanna make my mom um... more busy and stress.

Maybe the medicine doesn't do anything to me except making my legs moving or shaking a little bit.

You need to talk to a psychologist and have him administer the DES & SCID-D to exclude dissociative symptoms.

You may have a dissociative disorder, you might have schizophrenia. No one here can tell you and you need to see a professional who can properly test you to find out (e.g not a psychiatrist but a psychologist).

You're right. No one here is a psychologist. Hehe. But how can I find a psychologist. I think I should do this. After a few days, I'll tell my psychiatry about this and let him think about it.

Your psychiatrist or your doctor should be able to refer you to a psychologist. If you're comfortable telling what country you're in I might be of more help but there shouldn't be too much of a big deal to get them to refer you.