Confused, uneasy, and I guess I'm coming 'to terms'...

I'm happy to help Yeah I am just starting the process because I just recently got up the courage to talk to my main physician about my symptoms but rather late than never, right? I've been having the voices since I was in the seventh grade.

You main physician huh? Hmm... That makes me wonder if I can actually talk to my main OB about this. Thanks!

And YES! Always better late than never, I'm SO glad you were able to find the courage to speak up. Wow... That's a long time. I dont really have the hearing voices part of it. I do get bombarded with feelings though. Dont feel bad about taking a while to pluck up the courage, I'm just getting to that point myself.

My main physician referred me to someone who could help so yours could too. I was nervous about it but someone inside was really nervous and tried to talk me out of it, which is understandable from how my mom reacted at home to my symptoms, just sort of ignoring them and pushing them to the side. I was afraid it would be like that with my physician but he listened and was very serious and professional the whole time which helped calm myself. I saw a neurologist the other day since they want to see if it's a sleep disorder before jumping to any conclusions.

Violarules wrote:My main physician referred me to someone who could help so yours could too. I was nervous about it but someone inside was really nervous and tried to talk me out of it, which is understandable from how my mom reacted at home to my symptoms, just sort of ignoring them and pushing them to the side. I was afraid it would be like that with my physician but he listened and was very serious and professional the whole time which helped calm myself. I saw a neurologist the other day since they want to see if it's a sleep disorder before jumping to any conclusions.

See that's what I worry about too. I dont want to be ignored. While I dont think my DID is necessarily too much of an issue I still want to 'get help' because now I dont have just myself to think of. I have a kid on the way and I want to make sure that he stays safe. I dont want my kid to grow up like I did in a super dysfunctional family and all that jazz. And then there's the other extree where someone tries to take my son away and put me in a mental instiution. I want to stay calm and stop freaking out.

I didnt realize a sleep disorder could do that to you... I'm not surprised and I also think its good to rule out all the possibilites before getting the diagnosis of DID. I hope everything goes as well as it can. If I might ask, do they really think its a sleep disorder?

They think that it could be a sleep disorder but until I get a sleep test done, they won't know for sure. I, personally, don't think that it is because the sleep disorders the neurologist suggested it could be doesn't match with my symptoms. I want to do the sleep test to see what happens and if that comes back normal, I'll suggest the DID.

They think that it could be a sleep disorder but until I get a sleep test done, they won't know for sure. I, personally, don't think that it is because the sleep disorders the neurologist suggested it could be doesn't match with my symptoms. I want to do the sleep test to see what happens and if that comes back normal, I'll suggest the DID.

Ok. I hope the sleep test goes well, and good luck 'finding out' what's going on. Either way sounds like you have a pretty decent game plan right now. I wish you the best.

Thanks

No problem!