Posted by Craig on March 31, 2001, at 3:05:58
In reply to Re: Panic and Dissociation » Craig, posted by judy1 on March 30, 2001, at 10:38:47
Judy, how long have you been cutting? Would I be right in thinking that you weren't doing this while you had your drug problems? (By the way, my pdoc said dissociation is *common* in bipolars who abuse substances, not that abusing substances *worsens* dissociation in bipolar disorder.) With this gigantic cutting problem, I think you had the best idea of all by asking your pdoc to give you a heavy duty med at night that would knock you out. Are you a single parent or is there someone who could get your son off to school if you were too groggy to get up on time? Maybe you could go to bed extra early, so the effects would lessen by morning.
You asked me the other day how I stay grounded and as long as I don't think about it, I guess that's how I do it. Sometimes I think that's my solution for everything: Don't think about it and hope it will go away. It's not exactly wise advice, is it? My life is a mixture of symptoms, but lately I think I'm leaning more on the side of depersonalization and derealization and less on the side of dissociation. As long as I'm not stressed, I do alright. But I'm not living in the real world. I don't have to deal with the pressures of everyday life as most people do. I live in my parent's house and don't have a job. Taken out of this environment, I fall apart and end up back in the hospital. I'm trying to think of an uplifting sentence to end this with.....
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