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D.I.D....

SmcSenior Contributor30 Dec 2016, 4:14 pm AEDT

D.I.D....

Wanting to know if there's anyone else in this group caring for someone with D.I.D.?

We've got a family member with a very "crowded" internal world of multiple personalities. This goes along with compulsive behaviours, phobias, social anxiety, derealisation and other difficulties. The person in question sees medical and psychological practitioners regularly; it's a disorder that apparently doesn't respond to medication, and they have previously reacted badly to medications that have been trialled; I'm seeing a psychologist regularly myself to deal with the pressure and get some feedback/backup. I have a supportive husband and family, but otherwise it's hard to know how to or who to talk with about what's going on. It's an uncommon enough disorder that you have to explain an awful lot about it before a conversation can even really start, and then you run into dangerous ground regarding the privacy of the person in question.

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DeterminedSenior Contributor30 Dec 2018, 8:41 pm AEDT

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@Smc thinking of you and family

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SmcSenior Contributor30 Dec 2018, 9:50 pm AEDT

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@Determined, @Shaz51, @Former-Member, thanks for checking up. The bug seems to have passed, but I'm a bit dehydrated and still pretty tired. I think I may have been a little overambitious with dinner tonight. Salad sandwich (no meat or cheese), a cup-a-soup and a couple of bikkies slightly stretched my limits...?? Am close to better though.
Hubby's feeling mildly off colour. Hoping that doesn't progress any further.

Youngest Daughter has gone off to a friend's house for a few days, so we've got the place all to ourselves. Am hoping we'll be well enough to do some mini-holiday things together. Little stuff like going out for an ice cream, or visiting another town in the area.

Older Daughter seems OK at present. Rest are fine too.

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Unknown userMember01 Jan 2019, 12:15 pm AEDT

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Happy New Year @Smc

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SmcSenior Contributor01 Jan 2019, 2:42 pm AEDT

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Ta @Former-Member, you too. 🙂

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DeterminedSenior Contributor03 Jan 2019, 10:31 pm AEDT

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@Smc

Thinking of you and trust all is as well as it can be.

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SmcSenior Contributor04 Jan 2019, 12:04 pm AEDT

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@Determined, there's been some possibly encouraging developments- Older Daughter taking some serious steps in fighting against the SH urge. We're trying to balance that thin line between encouraging her, but not getting hopes up too hgh until we see results...

We found out last night that her Primary School principal died suddenly late November. Primary School was a long time ago, but she gave Daughter a lot of support over the years, so we're hoping she doesn't take that news too hard. She tends to dwell on tragedy and loss. I'll wait until I get a chance to tell her about it face to face.

Hubby and I are still in recovery from the gastro bug. We were talking with a friend this morningwho also caught it, and like us, he's finding its taking ages for him to get back to eating properly. We're seeing steady improvement, but its much slower than we'd like. 😕

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Unknown userMember07 Jan 2019, 9:19 pm AEDT

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How are things at your end @Smc?

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Shaz51Senior Contributor07 Jan 2019, 9:22 pm AEDT

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Hubby and I are still in recovery from the gastro bug.-- ohh no @Smc, hope you feel better soon xx

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DeterminedSenior Contributor07 Jan 2019, 9:30 pm AEDT

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@Smc thinking of you here also.

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SmcSenior Contributor07 Jan 2019, 10:05 pm AEDT

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@Determined@Shaz51@Former-Member....

Gastro recovery is progressing, slow, but steady. I cooked a "real" meal tonight for the first time since Christmas. Tuna mornay and rice. Felt a little odd in the tummy after eating it, but I need to start getting some real food into me. Hubby ditto.

Discovered while making it that a bag of carrots had gone off while I was unwell. Hate wasting food. Oh well, the worm farm got a carotene supplement.

We're a little on "remote watch" with Older Daughter. She's getting the urge to SH again. I'm trying to persuade her to find other things to fill her mind with. Happy relaxing stuff instead of things that feed the impulse. I don't know that she's confident of doing so. Will see how the next day or two pans out.

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