Posted by portage on June 8, 2005, at 2:33:21
In reply to Re: dissociation and panic? or, or, what?!, posted by TerraJo on June 7, 2005, at 22:00:20
I haven't heard that dissociation happens more easily while driving - I wonder why?
This was more than just feeling "foggy", it felt closer to an out - of-body experience, but not quite...
I want to put a label on this, "Panic Disorder" doesn't do it for me. It's too bizzarre. how i cant feel my body, how all my senses feel so jumbled. the fact that xanax doesnt help.
I've heard that "uncued" panic attacks always occur at least once for a diagnosis of panic disorder, but to my understanding, usually only the first panic attack one experiences is uncued.
I've also heard that a full-fledged panic attack can begin with one single fleeting thought, even so brief that it isn't registered consiously.
But I am wondering if the panic I experience is a response to the "cognitive slippage"- because I always feel confused and disoriented, dissociated BEFORE i become scared.
I'm just frusterated and unnerved and , and, annnd> hope that helps a little. sorry that happpened to you. sounded very scary and unnerving.
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> t.Yes, it helped, thanks. I don't think therapy would be appropriate me, I'm convinced changes in my cognition won't help this. I'm convinced its completely biological. I am taking zoloft also, which helps with general anxiety and my chronic depression, but has not lessened these "panic attacks", if thats what they are.
anyone knowladgable with panic disorders, dissociation....or trippy out-of-body feelings, can you tell me anything?
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