News of Somatoform Disorders

the following site may be of interest to folk

www.conversiondisorder.co.uk

80% (source- Nightingale Foundation) of folk with conversion disorder do in fact have a missed diagnosis. The site is aimed at publicising this and encouraging patients to exercise their right for a second opinion.

Well, I'm beginning to think I'm the only one that posts in here....

ah well - just thought i'd wish anyone reading a happy new year.

I'd just like to wish everyone in here that celebrates it a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year for 2007.

All the best to you and yours
Dan xx

When I was younger (up until I was 18) I was very skinny (when I was 14 I was 6' 2" around 100 to 110 lbs. so needless to say I had really skinny arms). Well my senior year in high school I had an "incident" and was diagnosed with (eventually) Schizoaffective Disorder and put on meds. After I graduated I put on weight (40+ lbs in one month because of a combination of no ...

Hi everybody,
hope things are still at least somewhat active here, since it doesn't seem like there's been many posts recently. I've been dealing with depression since I was six, and about 7 years ago(when I was 20) I started having conversion symptoms. In my case they were muscle jerks. They started as body trembling, near to a pseudo-seizure but not as violent, and got worse. The apparent cause was a unhealthy relationship I was ...

There is a new book about one mans body dysmorphic disorder along with attempted suicides and the devastation it causes. The book is called 'Suicide Junkie' by S.Westwood. As seen on ITV's 'This Morning' show. It deals with body dysmorphic disorder, borderline personality disorder, depression, and self harm. The book is available from www.chipmunkapublishing.co.uk and other book shops. S.Westwood also has his own website www.swestwood.com ...

S.Westwood will be appearing on ITV's 'This Morning' to speak about his struggle with BDD and his book 'Suicide Junkie'. psychiatrist Anjula Mutanda will also be appearing. The program is on from 10.30am til 12. Try and catch it if you can.
Full House magazine also features S.Westwood in this week's issue in the story 'Too ugly to live'

I've always been a very health conscious person even as a young kid. I never had that "invincable" feeling that one usually has as a kid growing up. Lately, I've been getting panic attacks and been thinking I have every problem you can have. I actually went to the ER with chest pains. They gave me a chest Xray and some blood test that checks your oxygen levels from the blood in your artery. They ...

I'm so tired of hating myself. I'm tired of avoiding the mirror so I don't have to look at my disgusting body. I'm tired of feeling unfeminine because I have small breasts. I'm tired of aching every day from working out to fight off celllulite and saggy skin or buttcheeks. I'm tired of seeing how gross my stretch marks are.

I hate being ugly.
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Hi...Well, this is my first time doing something like this, but i just wanted to talk to people with CD and see if anyone else had problems like I do. I wasn't exactly diagnosed with CD, but my doctors think I have it, although they are not sure. I have memory issues with my CD, and thats the only symptom, I've had it for almost a year now. What happens is that every time I ...