Posted by PC_Load_Letter on August 27, 2008, at 20:38:16
In reply to Re: Atypical antipsychotics for anxiety » PC_Load_Letter, posted by mknight on August 27, 2008, at 15:34:28
Hi,
Regarding your "stoned and spacey" symptoms, since they appear to be triggered by being outdoors or in social situations, what comes to mind first is possible panic attacks brought on by either agoraphobia, social anxiety or both. Panic attacks can often leave one with a sense of altered consciousness. The vast majority of people diagnosed with depression also have problems with anxiety.
> Atypical depression is the only diagnosis in the DSM that even comes close to my situation. I sleep a lot, eat a lot, am extremely tired all of the time, have very strange feelings in my legs like running up a hill as hard as you can.
>
> But the worst problem I find very little mention of is feeling stoned and spacey like smoking marijuana or taking mild mescaline. This problem is affected by carbohydrates like bread, rice, potatoes, etc.
>
> One solution would be the Zone Diet or similar meat and vegetable diet, but it is certainly not a cure, only lessens the stoned feeling.
>
> Any comments on feeling stoned? Concentration and memory are good but outside or in public I am really spacey.
poster:PC_Load_Letter
thread:847758
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20080822/msgs/848685.html