Psychosis

[Ruth]

I finally told my doctor yesterday about my depression. I asked her to refer me to a therapist. She wants to put me on a small amount of medicine. She did not tell me which medicine. She is going to ask my neurologist first. If she gives me any medicine I will ask the pharmacist first. They know more about medicines than the doctors.

My husband thinks I am Bi-Polar. I do not think so.

It is my son who is on Risperdal. He has Schizophrenia. My son is doing great on the medicine.

[Cinnabar]

Billy, Derealization falls into the categoray of Dissociative Disorders. I have a rather rare form of Dissociation with includes Depersonalization and have been in therapy for sometime, seeing a specialist who treats patients excusively for Dissociation. Unfortunaltely there is no medication which can treat Dissociation. It usually stems from traumatic events in childhood so this disorder is physiological.

I'm providing a link with explores Derealization for you. You may PM me if you have any questions about Depersonalization or just want to talk. It's a pretty intense thing to go through.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derealization

[Lady Edge]

My six year old son who has E has told me before that "sometimes I hear bad words in my head over and over..My brain wants me to say them out loud but my heart knows I shouldn't". He was crying when he told me this. You could tell he was going through an inner struggle. so sad. I've told the neurologist but she LITERALLY just looked at me like I was stupid and went on rushing us out of her office.

[Cinnabar]

I would suggest taking him to a child psychiatrist or psychotherapist. Or better yet, if you can find a neurologist-psychiatrist. The little guy needs some peace... I had terrible ordeals with psychosis when I was just about his age.

[DLThrasher]

Lady Edge. I'm sorry about your son. Have you considered tourette's? You would think that a doctor would recognize something like that. Maybe because he doesn't actually verbalize, it's not a consideration.

[Ruth]

Cinnabar,