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Here’s Part 2 of Depression and Dissociative Identity Disorder.
Part 1 had 7 ideas that can help.
Part 2 has 8 more.
I wish you the best in your healing journey.
Warmly,
Kathy
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i cant view this age or the other page about depression and d.i.d?
Hi doglover….. yes, you’ve found one of the “Homework Issues” I’m still working on.
The page you were viewing was the “reblog” of the original article. On the former site, the link was included naturally…. but they didn’t carry over. I’ve got to go back and fix all that….
Depression and Dissociative Identity Disorder, part 2
If that happens again, do a search for the article you were looking for, and the original article should show up.
And I’ll work to fix all these reblog pages as quickly as I can… there have been a long list of reblogs, so it will take me a bit of time… sorry about that!
Thanks for reading, and thanks for asking for clarification. 🙂
Warmly,
Kathy
i sometimes get overwhelmed as to when i have a question where to put it…
i’m wondering if anyone here, including kathy and others have written about or heard about tms – transcranial magnetic ‘something’…
and if anyone has any thoughts, or willing to share experiences, and / or anecdotal information…
i’m weirded out that where i live medicaid covers it, in this one place in our state- the practice has been doing this to shift depression since 2017…but can see that it’s fda approved since 2008…
it’s at least a month long commitment, and sessions 5 days a week… the cost factor is excessive if not for insurance- around $450 per session…
i have lived with depression since young, young childhood… started seeking treatment for 25+ years now…
am find myself struggling with more questions than answers… on the plus side to even just move low low baseline of depression up to just a low baseline might help have energy to deal more fully with did stuffs?
just would really appreciate any feedback you might have out there…
thanks for reading…
gracie
11.20.18
it’s hard for me to try to put this out there onto the site….
but am still really wondering if anyone has experience with tms- either having procedure, or knowing others that have….
i have had depression since i was very young… it’s always tricky just trying new meds- i’ve had experiences where i was hopeful just based on the name… and other times just willing to try most anything… am 45, so also both understand needing to make new pathways in brain, but there’s also the epegentics of depression etc…
plus the newer diagnoses (about a year – did piece… ) which continues to be a double edged sword of now i know more of the why i’ve been struggling to ‘cure’ myself for 20+ years, and now there will be more years…
anyway ~ just hoping to hear from others on subject of tms if possible..,
thx… 11.22.18
Gracie….just letting you know that I read your post – but I know nothing about that procedure – never even heard of it……I hope somebody else can answer and help you…..I know it can be hard to deal with the “no answer” mode here – the “brain” understands reasons for it….but it can trigger off parts who carry a LOT of fear about “not being heard”……it can be rough….it’s just something we probably ALL have to work through at points…….Hope you can find an answer…….
thanks MissyMing for your response…
i truly appreciate it… and yes, you’re so right the brain understands the hows and whys of when responses aren’t available… but is always a bit of a dilemma – putting yourself out there, and kinda left wondering… and can definitely trigger parts for sure…
maybe someone will see and randomly respond with more info
thanks again…
11.23.18
Hi gracie,
Yes, I’ve heard of TMS. Where I live there are several places that offer it. I’ve done research on it, because my psychiatrist recommended it after we tried ECT (electro-convulsive therapy). ECT is so triggering for me. It was very traumatic and threw my anxiety through the roof and I threw up every time. I went for a year and a half. It did help, but I hated going and sometimes I relapsed and had to go more often. I was so glad and relived to be done with ECT. I don’t think I’d go back to it. Maybe if all of us were in agreement. So that’s why my psychiatrist recommended TMS.
So I haven’t had it done yet, but I’m definitely considering it. Depression sucks and can take so much of your life. I do know that TMS is less intrusive than ECT. For instance, you don’t have to be put to sleep. You don’t have an induced mini-seizure and there aren’t as many side effects as there are with ECT. You didn’t mention ECT, so you’re probably not interested in that, but I think it would be wise to compare both, so you get an idea what the risks and benefits are for both.
I’m sorry you suffer from depression. Are you hesitant about TMS? What questions do you have exactly?
And you are so brave for posting even when you weren’t sure!
Good job!
MultipleMe
11/24/18
thanks multiple me for your response…
while i haven’t had ect, i have also researched the positive and negatives between ect and tms…
am not certain i’d be brave enough to try ect- although i’ve heard it can be truly helpful…
i guess first realizing that both approaches are covered where i live by medicaid was surprising…
and as opposed to getting approvals for back surgery and pt- that can take up to 2+ months to be approved by medicaid…
i think it was barely a week and a half that was approved for tms…
i have read the background pieces of tms… so i know it’s 5 days a week for around a month~ with no huge side effects that i’ve read about…
so first piece of my own internal questioning would be ~ will i be ok after the whole process if it doesn’t help… having that hope, is always scary, as it can go away so fast and living in ‘my normal’ depression- i know that well… when hope comes and it doesn’t work out, then depression deepens…
the other questions are efficacy related… so maybe sharing too much… but where i live there is only 1 tms provider in my whole state covered by medicaid… this clinic has been in operation around a year. if for some reason i would need a re-boot later if it worked- medicaid would only cover if could prove first series had 50% improvement…
(kinda odd if i think of all the meds i’ve tried over the years that insurance covers all of that with no problem whether they are working or not!)
i realize that most research, and this clinic says that there’s usually 70-80% improvement… but am curious about efficacy with this clinic not being around so long- so they can’t really give true numbers in my opinion…
also this clinic only goes so ‘deep’ like medium or something- when some research suggests deeper is more helpful.
and… depression has been such a part of my life for so long, i also don’t see a lot of research involving did peoples…
thankfully my med dr is willing to talk with the psychiatrist first- as am wanting most positive experience as possible… and then can set up consultation… this clinic is booked out 2 months or so…
i heard anecdotally from a trusted source that they’ve seen it shift up to a bit of a higher baseline, but has also needed a re-boot later…
i hope questions make sense…
am pretty sure will at least do consultation… and as long as feel like ok fit with dr and can trust him will probably try it…
but just hard with those nagging questions that i get they should be willing to answer, but am not sure i’m brave enough to ask them…
thx
11.24.18