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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 Contributor26 July 2019, 6:36 pm AEST

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@Smc dont quite know what to say but just wanted to let you know that I hear you and my heart goes out to you and all of your family. 😞

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SmcSenior Contributor29 July 2019, 9:39 pm AEST

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Older Daughter's in ER for repairs. She's asked Hubby to come in to take her home, so he's tired but can't go to sleep. She could probably do with an admission at the moment, but I'll honestly be very surprised if that happens. 😞

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Unknown userMember29 July 2019, 10:39 pm AEST

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@Smc 🙏

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SmcSenior Contributor29 July 2019, 11:07 pm AEST

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On the phone at the moment trying to get through to someone from the after hours MH team... been waiting ages. She's pretty distressed, but says no-one from the MHU is coming to see her. Dunno how they can assess whether she needs extra help if they don't see her?

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SmcSenior Contributor30 July 2019, 7:41 am AEST

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'Morning @Former-Member, @Determined .... anyone else.

She ended up in a taxi home. When she was still waiting and it was nearly midnight, I strongly recommended that she try to get a hospital funded one, because at that time of night, Hubby wasn't going to be guaranteed safe driving. She asked a friend instead initially, but he pulled out when he nearly had an accident en route. Got a phone call at 1-ish saying she was safely home.

Younger Daughter wasn't getting to sleep either with everything going on. We're one tired household this morning. Younger has just left for the school bus, Hubby and I are hoping we're up to a morning out we were planning on today. Nothing big.... one or two necessary errands followed by one or two relaxing ones, including nice cuppa.

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Unknown userMember30 July 2019, 7:53 am AEST

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Quietly and gently today as you manage your aching hearts @Smc .

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SmcSenior Contributor30 July 2019, 8:50 am AEST

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Will try @Former-Member... but today has just been complicated by another attempt. She's probably at the hospital again by now.
The youth MHS team will be on duty by now, or very shortly, so we're hoping she'll get the worker usually assigned to her. (It turned out that the one on call last night might have been a bad option. Past dealings with her have been reported as unhelpful, even detrimental.)

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Unknown userMember30 July 2019, 1:51 pm AEST

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Difficult times on so many levels @Smc , will keep holding on to hope for you.

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Shaz51Senior Contributor30 July 2019, 2:09 pm AEST

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@Smc sending you lots of hugs

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DeterminedSenior Contributor30 July 2019, 5:24 pm AEST

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@Smc 🙏 💐

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