How do I know if I'm suffering from the Multiple Personality Disorder?

Answer 1

If you feel that your case is getting out of control, I suggest you shut down the computer and seek help immediately.

There are different treatemets available, including psychotherapy, cognitive therapy, and finally ego-state therapy which is used to help non-dissociative individuals resolve conflicts among different parts of themselves (i.e. ego states).

Good luck to you :)

Answer 2

Without further details, it's really hard to say. Let me ask you some questions about it. When you are in one of those personalities, are you aware of the others that lurk in your subconscious mind, who are summoned involuntarily? A person with a true multiple personality disorder, can be several individuals in the same body, who are not aware of the existence of the others. If this describes you, then I would say you do have MPD. In other words, are you Susie at times, and all of a sudden you are Margaret? Does Susie or Margaret have any knowledge of the other? Or are you simply peevish and angry at times, and happy and upbeat at other times, and you have full knowledge of the changeable factors of these various personality types? If so, then you could be a little bipolar or schizophrenic. But a true MPD is marked by no knowledge of the other personalities, or perhaps by only the most dominant (the one who appears most often) If you suspect you have MPD, you need to see a psychiatrist to get to the root of the problem, and find out who you really are, and why these other personalities keep intruding on your subconscious mind. Incidentally, I answered this same question earlier today, so you have a fellow sufferer.

Answer 3

This diagnosis - more recently renamed as Dissociative Identity Disorder is a diagnosis which is controversial. Many psychiatrists would dispute there is any such thing.

If you are worried about your mental health and are in distress please the first step is to see a doctor.

As to the supposed symptoms these are so broad ranging as to be virtually meaningless in my opinion:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissociative_identity_disorder#Symptoms

Although saying that a key feature is reported memory loss. Although this could happen for other reasons. Once again if you think you have this condition or are in distress see a doctor.

Take care.

Answer 4

Multiple personality disorder is extremely rare, and many people who think they have this disorder jsut have a lot of things going on in their life, and are confused about things. If you are having problems, please seek help from a therapist who can help you identify why you are feeling this way. Don't try to identify or "cure" yourself on your own!

Here is more information:
The diagnosis of DID is complex and some physicians believe it is often missed, while others feel it is over-diagnosed. Patients have been known to have been treated under a variety of other psychiatric diagnoses for a long time before being re-diagnosed with DID. The average DID patient is in the mental health care system for six to seven years before being diagnosed as a person with DID. Many DID patients are misdiagnosed as depressed because the primary or "core" personality is subdued and withdrawn, particularly in female patients. However, some core personalities, or alters, may genuinely be depressed, and may benefit from antidepressant medications. One reason misdiagnoses are common is because DID patients may truly meet the criteria for panic disorder or somatization disorder.

Misdiagnoses include schizophrenia, borderline personality disorder, and, as noted, somatization disorder and panic disorder. DID patients are often frightened by their dissociative experiences, which can include losing awareness of hours or even days of time, meeting people who claim to know them by another name, or feeling "out of body." Persons with the disorder may go to emergency rooms or clinics because they fear they are going insane.

When a doctor is evaluating a patient for DID, he or she will first rule out physical conditions that sometimes produce amnesia, depersonalization, or derealization. These conditions include head injuries; brain disease, especially seizure disorders; side effects from medications; substance abuse or intoxication; AIDSdementia complex; or recent periods of extreme physical stress and sleeplessness. In some cases, the doctor may give the patient an electroencephalograph (EEG) to exclude epilepsy or other seizure disorders. The physician also must consider whether the patient is malingering and/or offering fictitious complaints.

If the patient appears to be physically normal, the doctor will next rule out psychotic disturbances, including schizophrenia. Many patients with DID are misdiagnosed as schizophrenic because they may "hear" their alters "talking" inside their heads. If the doctor suspects DID, he or she can use a screening test called the Dissociative Experiences Scale (DES). If the patient has a high score on this test, he or she can be evaluated further with the Dissociative Disorders Interview Schedule (DDIS) or the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Dissociative Disorders (SCID-D).

Answer 5

hmmm...i think every one goes through multiple personality disorder. it depends on what environment you are in. If you are with a bunch of punk rockers, you'll want to be like them and that will be your temporary personality. Then lets say you go hang around with a bunch of rappers. You'll change your personality so it matches theirs, in that way, you will feel more accepted. I don't think that Multiple Personality disorder is something you should be suffering from.

Answer 6

I second that response
There would also be alot of friends and family that would say something to you
it could also be a Chemical Imbalance *which I have*
causes depression and moodiness
I take natural vitamins for it
kava kava,Valerian Root,vitamins,b6,b12 there are alot of remedies,on the net,good luck
p.s 15 minutes of excercise,diet change,and sun exposure will help too,also try watching the comedy net work!
Rosie

Answer 7

You wouldn't know. Victims of this disease have no idea that something is wrong with them. Have you looked at bi-polar disorder (or manic depression). That may be a better explanation of how you're feeling.

Answer 8

Blackouts, waking up someplace and not knowing how you got there, finding things around that are NOT yours, but seem to still belong to you.

If you really feel you might have this, you need to check with a psychiatrist for confirmation.

Answer 9

You wouldn't.
Someone else would have to notice you were acting like two different people.
So yeah. I doubt you have it if you're wondering this.
I've wondered this myself. How do I know everything I do isn't just a fragment of my imagination?
How do I know all my friends aren't just a creation of my mind?
The insane can't know they're insane.

Answer 10

Women have a lot of emotional ties to them that sometimes its easy for us to like we have personality disorders. However if I were you, I would ask a professional and ask for an evaluation. You really have nothing to lose. Its better than trying to self diagnose.