Posted by daizy on April 30, 2003, at 16:44:22
In reply to Re: Lawrence/Edgefield....Re: derealization » daizy, posted by Edgefield on April 30, 2003, at 13:03:53
I dont have a pdoc, so Im just on TCA now to control my anxiety, which it does to an extent but has side effects which are anhedonia and Binge eating. I will have to wait for months for an appointment, and then I will probably be told by the doc that its nothing meds can help with, like I was by the last doc I saw nearly a year ago, its a screwed system In the UK. The docs dont seem half as clued up, and willing to try meds to make someone better, as American docs seem to be.
What meds. are you taking to eleviate this symptom?
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> > Thats exactly how I feel too! Its weird I just woke up one day and felt everything had changed. Unfortunately Im not on Celexa and Klonopin, but I read somewhere that it had a good effect. I dont have a pdoc so...... If you have an understanding doc, maybe it would be a med combo to discuss?
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> > > My derealization began with my first panic attack. Besides feeling panicky and out of control I felt as if I were dreaming...as if what I was experiencing wasn't real. My vision seems to have changed.
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> > > Have you ever put on someone elses prescription glasses? Do you remember how the world looked and how you felt with those glasses on? Well, that is the best way I could describe this derealization that I am experiencing.
> > > In the beginning I use to constantly clean my glasses and adjust them on my face thinking that something was wrong with them.
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> > > When I take Ativan it seems to help my vision and things don't look so of sort.
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> > > According to my doctors this is a common anxiety disorder, but unfortunately they are not sure what physically occurs in your body to trigger this symptom. I've learned that this feeling can be caused by anxiety, prescription and non-prescription medication (ecstasy, cannibis...)
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> > > It is difficult to explain to someone who has never experienced this feeling. I usually just tell people that I feel "woosie" or "dizzy". They are able to understand those terms instead of me saying that things don't seem real.
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> > > God Bless
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> > > > Could either of you explain what derealization is and describe it? Thanks!
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