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by Sean - 25 April 2009
After a rather long wait for an appointment with a psychiatrist, I finally saw someone last week. There were in fact two someones in the meeting, a psychiatrist and a psychologist. End result: Two suggestions - therapy and medication.
BIID, Psychiatrists, Psychologists, Therapy, and Medication continues »
by Sean - 16 January 2009
I have been on anti-depressants now for several months. I don’t like having to take pills. I resent it. Anti-depressants have not, in the past, been all that helpful. Yet, I was in such a state that I agreed to try. For the first few months, I wasn’t sure if they made a difference or not. But I think I can now say that they are indeed helping.
Meds Are Helping, Though Not With BIID continues »
by Sean - 18 December 2008
I was recently given opportunity to meet up with Dr. Ryan and one of his colleagues, Dr. Tarra Shaw. We met to discuss Body Integrity Identity Disorder. Dr. Ryan recently published a most interesting article, in which one of the point he makes is that elective amputation surgery might be appropriate in some cases of BIID.
Discussing BIID with Dr. Chris Ryan continues »
by Sean - 28 August 2008
As I said in a recent post, I went to see a psychiatrist, and he basically said he couldn’t help me with BIID. We discussed some help with depression, and he suggested that I might want to try a couse of anti-psychotics to appease the "BIID demons". I’m not particularly keen on trying yet another course of medication, but I’ll probably do it nonetheless.
Anti-psychotics to treat BIID? continues »
by Sean - 18 August 2008
I’ve been having a really rough time over the last couple months. Depression hitting harder than usual, and BIID being its usual fierce self. I was not hardy enough, I was not able to duck under cover and let this storm pass. I crashed. Hard. I went to my GP and asked for help. We discussed things and I agreed to try a course of anti-depressants and to go see a psychiatrist. The anti-depressants are not showing great signs of helping, but I can’t swear they aren’t either. Today was my first visit to the psychiatrist. It did not go badly. But it did not achieve anything either.
Psychiatrist tells me “I cannot help you with BIID” continues »© transabled.org - 1994-2010 - All Rights Reserved.