[JAG]

haha. well, university girl... I have been diagnosed with DP disorder by a specialist in DP research. I'm no doctor, but I've read a lot of your posts, and believe me YOU have DP. Not that you needed my opinion, but it was free of charge, anyway! My guess is that you're not going to learn a lot more about DP from just seeing a doctor. Most of the insight I've got has been from my years and years reading about philosophies concerning "self" and this website!

 

[JAG]

haha. well, university girl... I have been diagnosed with DP disorder by a specialist in DP research. I'm no doctor, but I've read a lot of your posts, and believe me YOU have DP. Not that you needed my opinion, but it was free of charge, anyway! My guess is that you're not going to learn a lot more about DP from just seeing a doctor. Most of the insight I've got has been from my years and years reading about philosophies concerning "self" and this website!

 

[JAG]

this reply was suppose to go under university girls poll. I don't know why a new topic was create

 

[JAG]

this reply was suppose to go under university girls poll. I don't know why a new topic was create

 

[university girl]

haha. well, university girl... I'm no doctor, but I've read a lot of your posts, and believe me YOU have DP.

Hey DrPepper. Thanks for your free of charge opinion. I know that I have DP (haven't been diagnosed but feel I don't need to be) but I was just wondering how many of us have actually had a diagnosis...I am concerned about the lack of knowledge of DP among physicians. Also, perhaps a new topic was started cause you clicked "new topic" accidently instead of "post reply"?

-university girl

 

[university girl]

haha. well, university girl... I'm no doctor, but I've read a lot of your posts, and believe me YOU have DP.

Hey DrPepper. Thanks for your free of charge opinion. I know that I have DP (haven't been diagnosed but feel I don't need to be) but I was just wondering how many of us have actually had a diagnosis...I am concerned about the lack of knowledge of DP among physicians. Also, perhaps a new topic was started cause you clicked "new topic" accidently instead of "post reply"?

-university girl

 

[JAG]

yeah that was probably what happened.

but I certainly know what you mean about the medical profession not knowing much about DP. I spent two decades without a real diagnosis and had to first diagnose myself. then I sought out an expert to get it official. He couldn't tell me much that I hadn't already read. He offered me drugs. I took cypramil for a few months. It didn't fix things, but I think I did obsess about myself less.

 

[JAG]

yeah that was probably what happened.

but I certainly know what you mean about the medical profession not knowing much about DP. I spent two decades without a real diagnosis and had to first diagnose myself. then I sought out an expert to get it official. He couldn't tell me much that I hadn't already read. He offered me drugs. I took cypramil for a few months. It didn't fix things, but I think I did obsess about myself less.

 

[JAG]

I really think I would have diagnosed myself much earlier if the Internet had existed when I first got DP. Unfortunately I didn't start surfing the world wide web until 1995, 15 years after it started.

 

[JAG]

I really think I would have diagnosed myself much earlier if the Internet had existed when I first got DP. Unfortunately I didn't start surfing the world wide web until 1995, 15 years after it started.

 

[person3]

uni girl you want to know the WEIRD thing? and I mean frickin' weird?

when I had my breakdown, I couldn't believe anybody when they said it was just depression or anxiety. So I did some google searches for my symptoms (emotional numbness) and I came across a question on a messageboard "Is paxil good for depersonalization?"

And, right then, I KNEW.

I F*CKING KNEW.

The inescapable truth. I saw the word and it was it..i wasn't myself. I knew what it was I knew that I had it. I remember first reading about it three years ago, thinking there was no hope, I was surely in a trap now, but at the same time thinking it wasn't really happening and that I would wake up okay.

Amazing isn't it?

(BTW there IS hope...I'm feeling WAY better than I did back then. I think I'm ok, even.)

 

[person3]

uni girl you want to know the WEIRD thing? and I mean frickin' weird?

when I had my breakdown, I couldn't believe anybody when they said it was just depression or anxiety. So I did some google searches for my symptoms (emotional numbness) and I came across a question on a messageboard "Is paxil good for depersonalization?"

And, right then, I KNEW.

I F*CKING KNEW.

The inescapable truth. I saw the word and it was it..i wasn't myself. I knew what it was I knew that I had it. I remember first reading about it three years ago, thinking there was no hope, I was surely in a trap now, but at the same time thinking it wasn't really happening and that I would wake up okay.

Amazing isn't it?

(BTW there IS hope...I'm feeling WAY better than I did back then. I think I'm ok, even.)

 

[person3]

uni girl you want to know the WEIRD thing? and I mean frickin' weird?

when I had my breakdown, I couldn't believe anybody when they said it was just depression or anxiety. So I did some google searches for my symptoms (emotional numbness) and I came across a question on a messageboard "Is paxil good for depersonalization?"

And, right then, I KNEW.

I F*CKING KNEW.

The inescapable truth. I saw the word and it was it..i wasn't myself. I knew what it was I knew that I had it. I remember first reading about it three years ago, thinking there was no hope, I was surely in a trap now, but at the same time thinking it wasn't really happening and that I would wake up okay.

Amazing isn't it?

(BTW there IS hope...I'm OK now)

 

[person3]

uni girl you want to know the WEIRD thing? and I mean frickin' weird?

when I had my breakdown, I couldn't believe anybody when they said it was just depression or anxiety. So I did some google searches for my symptoms (emotional numbness) and I came across a question on a messageboard "Is paxil good for depersonalization?"

And, right then, I KNEW.

I F*CKING KNEW.

The inescapable truth. I saw the word and it was it..i wasn't myself. I knew what it was I knew that I had it. I remember first reading about it three years ago, thinking there was no hope, I was surely in a trap now, but at the same time thinking it wasn't really happening and that I would wake up okay.

Amazing isn't it?

(BTW there IS hope...I'm OK now)