Where did they all go?

[hiddenhikari]

So, this is Kayla, the host, speaking right now. I just got out of my third hospitalization where a doctor told me that I 'don't follow specific characteristics of people with multiple personalities or with dissociative identity' and said that because I can communicate with my other personalities it means that its all just my imagination and that I

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[gavinfox]

You can always talk to your pharmacist -- ie, the people you pick up the meds from, at the grocery store -- and ask them what the safe way to wean yourself off of these meds is, or if cold turkey is okay, or what. You want to talk to the actual capital P Pharmacist, not the pharmacy technician guy.

[tigerweave]

OMFG what a fucking moron. And SO misinformed about DID/multiplicity

[ksol1460]

This.

[chequeredring]

I think TW's advice is bang on.

I also think Gavin and Dodge are right concerning medication... You should look into how to handle the meds appropriately if you're going to wean off them.

Please keep us posted.

[ryntha_doghare]

Without knowing everything about your situation, I would probably go off those meds.

[ksol1460]

In answer to your question, yes

[ksol1460]

We have very little to add to what everyone else has said. This doctor was not only incompetent but behaved unprofessionally. He had no business saying those things to you. Unfortunately there are too many like him out there, especially in stress care/ crisis management.