Depersonalization/realization

[May04]

Please share some of your stories . I struggle most with this on the daily

[HopingCat]

I been struggling with derealization for 6 weeks now. Started when I was fighting off panic attacks and I still got all the other symptoms. Derealization, depression, anxiety, and so on. Now everything looks intense and dreamish. And then it freaks me out so I start fighting off panic attacks. I start looking around the room and all of a sudden this warm weird vibration starts in my head. And then I can't feel my body just my eyes.Feels unreal. And if I don't calm down I go into full panic attack with tunnel vision. It's hell.

[May04 in reply to HopingCat]

I honestly believe that dr/dp are the worst anxiety symptoms . I pretty much experienced all of the physical symptoms , especially panic attacks , but what makes dr/dp more of a hell is that it robs us of our identity and sense of reality . I hate it so much . Makes me feel like I'm going insane . I've had it for a year now . I started to experience it after taking Zoloft . As a result , I stopped cold turkey . It was so much more scarier and intense in the beginning . Now I guess I got used to it and it subsided a bit , but there are moments that it gets bad .

[HopingCat in reply to May04]

Oh man.... I'm on Zoloft now. I wonder if it's making it worst.... this is so scary. I agree with everything you said.

[May04 in reply to HopingCat]

Did you have dr before taking it or after ? And much is your dose if you don't mind me asking ?

[HopingCat in reply to May04]

I had it before. That's the reason I went in to the doctors. I kept fighting off panic attacks and this derealization crap came. My dose right now is 100mg. I been on that for 4 days. The low dosages weren't going anything. I been on Zoloft for 36 days. I hate taking medicine. I actually got Dp when I was a teen and I fought it without medication. Took a long time but eventually it went away. Now I'm an adult and got it and can't fight it. It's disturbing

[May04 in reply to HopingCat]

It really is disturbing . Prior to my clinical diagnosis of anxiety , I had an epiosode of dr/dp because of a panic attack . Then , I didn't know what it was . I was able to fight it off and it only lasted me a few hours . But after taking Zoloft the symptom stuck to me .

[HopingCat in reply to May04]

I am willing to try anything to get rid of this nightmare. I hope you get better soon. I don't wish this upon anyone. I'm going to start working out or something. I also tried yoga and I will continue to try things until is gone.

[May04 in reply to HopingCat]

I hope the same for you ! I hope you can recover from this and become even stronger . Best of luck ❤

[daisy-17 in reply to HopingCat]

I suffered with panic attacks 20 years ago in my late teens didn't take any meds just therapy and got over it in about 4 months never looked back had a normal life. And then 6 months ago started having panic attacks again now am an adult with a job and family am finding it very difficult to get over it this time, I think it's because I have more responsibility now children, job etc trying to keep strong for the kids.

[Hidden in reply to May04]

I got it from Zoloft, too off it for 10 days and it comes back hardcore when anxious

[warren218]

Has anyone ever seen the film 'Numb' with Matthew Perry. He suffers from this condition in the film. Worth a look.

[alamagoosa]

I want to get a massage. All the physical contact I think will help me get back into my body.

[jasanascu]

When I have a dissociative episode I just feel generally disconnected and detached from my body and surroundings.