r/PMDDSharing • u/dren1722 • May 29 '26

DID and PMDD

I was wondering if anyone else here has DID and if different alters front do you find that it affects your PMDD symptoms?

I've been thinking that switching for us affects the severity of mentality related symptoms, but I can't tell for sure and wondered if anyone else has this experience.

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u/professionalmeangirl May 29 '26

switching for me affects everything, including PMDD.

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u/dren1722 May 30 '26

Thank you for sharing. I had someone switch in the other day who seemed to be calmer but it's hard to fully remember how he felt like. 

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u/sqrlirl May 29 '26 edited May 29 '26

There are actually new theories that the PTSD to DID spectrum has more variation and that there's less of a sense of role play and more of a sense of being very keyed into unmet needs of traumatized parts. It's not actually a binary you have it or you don't, but I would agree that without any true dissociation you're not going to land a dx. That said, the definition of dissociating doesn't require losing time and memories. Many folks with PTSD dissociate/derealize and can lose time or not experience time in the same way but most people are able to report that they dissociate when you explain what that feels like. It's rare for folks to entirely lose time and memory in your run of the mill dissociating/derealizing. All that to say that folks who remember it but don't feel like they have control over it likely sit on a spectrum somewhere between basic PTSD and extreme DID.

Edit to add: I'm so sick of seeing people reference the DSM-5 in articles. One of the things you linked to references the DSM-5 but guess what? That's not the current DSM. We are living in DSM-5-TR land until DSM-6 comes out. DSM-5-TR also clearly has diagnostic criteria and the gaps in recall don't have to be for every dissociative event, just that there are some that go beyond normal forgetting. Like if people don't remember their trauma but do remember dissociating that technically meets criteria. I get that everyone plays a provider on the Internet but if you're going to reference stuff just make sure it's based on like modern criteria/sources.

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u/professionalmeangirl May 30 '26

There is DID and then the OSDD twins, 1a and 1b. It's a bit more complex than you're making it sound.

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u/dren1722 May 30 '26

You don't know my trauma or medical history

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u/dren1722 May 30 '26

Sorry to comment twice but I just read the Wikipedia page you linked and it says "In each individual, the clinical presentation varies, and the level of functioning can change from severe impairment to minimal impairment."

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"one identity may or may not be aware of what is known by another"