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Re: Any Recoveries? |
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jeff |
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May 22, 08 - 6:22 PM |
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info@depersonalization.info |
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Credible stories of recovery are hard to find. People often disappear when they feel normal again, wanting to distance themselves from "mental illness" as quickly as possible. Others begin to think that they did not have DPD, but some form of mild depression, or some anxiety condition. Others develop their own "cures" using self therapies or self-medications and then evangelize or write little books about how they cured themselves. A lot of the "cure" for DPD seems to depend on which symptoms manifest themselves the most. If anxiety, excessive existential rumination, and/or fear are major components, most of the existing antidepressants can do a lot of good. It remains a matter of finding the right one, however. What works great for one person often doesn't for another. And within this realm you have to choose from among SSRIs, MAOIs, tricyclics, benzos, and even anti-seizure and anit-psychotic meds. Once you've found the med that offers some relief, some improvement, you have to play with the dosage to see how much is just enough. Or, you may find you need two or three of the existing meds at once for the right cocktail to create what could easily put into one pill if researchers only knew which combination to use. If your thinking is fragmented, or your feel like you are, if your stream of consciousness seems strange but you know it, or you feel like your mind and body are two separate entities, these existing meds cn also help with those feelings. The secret is time and dosage, to let the particular meds penetrate the blood/brain barrier and do their thing. I have personally always felt that since the specific mechanisms DPD remain unknown, but closer to being understood every day, the best approach for the time being is to use those meds that influence several neurotransmitters at once. Theoretically, with enough dosage and time, this type of med will eventually make its way through to the specific, yet unknown regions, that need addressing. I personally suffered with acute DPD for 11 years until I found the right med for me. Then, in time, the DPD diminished and then went away, except for fleeting glimpses of it that seem to remind me of how horrible it was. In the end I feel robbed of those 11 years. But if I had not found this med, and a doctor who understood DPD, I would not be here to manage this website, write about DPD, or anything else. So, yes, people do get well. Sometimes for no reason at all. Sometimes by finding the right med. They do exist, but because no ONE single med can be said to cure DPD, all such stories of cures are considered "anecdotal," rather than proved by cdlinical trials. I don't care if my story is an "anecdote." Finding something that worked for me is good enough. So dont give up hope. Just keep trying. |
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