Do I need special treatment for my dissociative identity disorder?

Question

I have dissociative identity disorder. Do I need special treatment, like special classes for school? Seriously, this is making me worry. Can you tell me if there's a medication I should be on? I'm only 15 and this is pretty advanced...

Answer 1

Accommodation in schools happens after testing and evaluations determine you need extra help due to a disability (learning, physical, mental, or other).  Everyone on your treatment 'team' (any therapists, doctors, parents, guardians, teachers, school facilitators...) meet together and determine what will be necessary to have equal support in learning.  There are no specific 'tracks' for anyone with any disability.  It is individual.

As for DID, if you have been diagnosed your parents or guardians need to work with your doctors to get you the therapy and treatment you need.  For DID this is typically a combination of psychotherapy, behavioral therapy, and medication management.  There are no specific meds for DID, but many who can help co-morbid symptoms like PTSD, anxiety and depression.  Each individual will have different needs.  I have DID (I am an adult).  I have individual therapy twice a week, art therapy once a week, see a psychiatrist and case manager and attend a program for people with disabilities.

As a teenager, the best advocates you have are either your parents or guardians.  They will know what next steps need to happen.  If you can't confide in them, find an adult in school or your doctor to problem solve in getting help.  Unfortunately, the internet is a somewhat limited fashion to reach out for this type of help.

Answer 2

No, special classes are optional and personally, medications will just make things worse. This is actually pretty beyond me too...

Seek medical attention or call a shrink to see if he/she will fix you up. This is mental symptom that only YOU can really control. It's a neurological disease, which means that you can only help yourself. Doctors may give you advice, but try to control your disorder if possible.

Answer 3

D.I.D. treatment requires a therapist experienced in the successful reintegration of the various "alters" into a "monomind".

Medication varies with the disorders suffered by the various sub personalities, and can become a nightmare, in some cases, for therapists.

Check out section 17, on D.I.D., at http://www.ezy-build.net.nz/~shaneris

Answer 4

You should have been to a doctor already.  If you have and they didn't prescribe anything, go to someone else and get a second opinion.

There is medication and treatment you should be taking and following.

Answer 5

Hey please go to a doctor or psychotherapist or counselor and discuss this with them . They will  determine what u have, give u medicine , and tell you how to do about classes . Plz do that as soon as possible  so u hopefully get better

Good luck  

Answer 6

As one with DID...no special classes are necessary.  If you have seen a therapist or psychiatrist and they did not recommend meds, don't worry about it.  I have never been prescribed meds specifically for DID -- I do take meds, but they are for my Depression, PTSD and mood swings, not the DID/dissociation.  The only thing that ever helped was therapy -- and getting to know the alters (other personalities if you have them) so I could work with them.  At this point in time, I am co-concious most of the time with them, so therapists wouldn't technically say I am DID -- since I don't lose time generally.  The only time I do is when I am really stressed out.

Just go by what your doctor and therapist tell you to do...especially if you have a therapist and a psychiatrist.  At this point, just take it one day at a time and try journaling things so you can remember as much as possible -- especially, if you are losing time.

Good luck!