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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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Unknown userMember10 Nov 2020, 5:04 pm AEDT

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Heart breaking @Smc

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DeterminedSenior Contributor12 Nov 2020, 5:58 pm AEDT

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@Smc thinking of you and family 🙏

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SmcSenior Contributor12 Nov 2020, 9:17 pm AEDT

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Thanks all.... rough patch is continuing. She's had a couple more middle of the night hospital presentations for SH. Both times, at the urging of "voices".

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SmcSenior Contributor20 Nov 2020, 11:15 pm AEDT

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Hey all... @Determined @Former-Member @Shaz51 @Faith-and-Hope ... good news is that the antibiotics are getting on top of the ear infection. They have their own inherrent side effects, but still an improvement on severe pain.

Bad news is, Older Daughter's bad patch has culminated in tendon damage, and another trip to a plastic surgeon at a private hospital 2+ hours drive away. Hubby drove her down to have the surgery Friday, they kept her in overnight. She went home the next day (another long drive). Don't know how safe she'll be. The bad patch seems to now be on the wane??

The hospital she was admitted to did a mental health review. The psychologist who rang us was very helpful and thorough, and suggested a "line of appeal" to get an independant review of her care. What's happening at the moment certainly isn't very effective. He also commented that he hadn't seen such a complex case for 20 years... yeep. That's simultaneously confronting and confirming. We're not making mountains out of molehills. And the previous example her remembers did benefit from higher-up oversight of their care.

And although I'm recovering, the side effects meant I wasn't well enough for that much travel, so Hubby's had to do it solo. Am hoping that I'll be fine for the follow up appointment next week.

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Faith-and-HopeSenior Contributor22 Nov 2020, 7:38 pm AEDT

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💜 @Smc ......

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DeterminedSenior Contributor22 Nov 2020, 7:48 pm AEDT

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@Smc

😥🙏

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DeterminedSenior Contributor23 Nov 2020, 10:35 am AEDT

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@Smc

Thinking of you and family 🙏

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DeterminedSenior Contributor25 Nov 2020, 4:57 pm AEDT

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@Smc continue to think of you and family. 🙏

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SmcSenior Contributor25 Nov 2020, 9:32 pm AEDT

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Thanks @Determined.
Things seem to have settled down, but we're still in recovery. I'm tired, Hubby's anxious...

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Unknown userMember18 Jan 2021, 10:48 am AEDT

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Checking in @Smc .

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