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Posted by Edgefield on June 11, 2003, at 16:06:09
I haven't been to PB in awhile, but I remember Ace having to deal with that yucky derealization feeling. Ace, how are you feeling? What are you now taking?
Praise God that I've found great relief by taking Wellbutrin SR and Ativan.
God Bless
Posted by avid abulia on June 11, 2003, at 19:51:58
In reply to Ace is your derealization gone??, posted by Edgefield on June 11, 2003, at 16:06:09
derealization is my all-time favorite psycho-word; it just makes me laugh so much that in this culture, you are crazy if you think nothing is real, but in some others, you are crazy to think that anything is real.
me, i can`t remember ever thinking anything was real before i took dopeymax. that was one reason i hated it so much, suddenly things seemed like they were *really happening*, not to mention it took me five minutes to say, hey, howya doin`? and that was really happening, too. crazy docs. crazy patients. crazy world.
one man`s illness is another`s religion.
Posted by ace on June 13, 2003, at 2:17:20
In reply to Re: Ace is your derealization gone??, posted by avid abulia on June 11, 2003, at 19:51:58
> derealization is my all-time favorite psycho-word; it just makes me laugh so much that in this culture, you are crazy if you think nothing is real,
Hi,
This is really not what my derealization is about. It's not a belief or anything like that. It's an aura that my brain switches to many,many times a day. This aura (a very unreal scary feeling) can build up into a derealization 'attack' where the aura feeling is unbelievably strong and scary. It is like being a stranger in a strange land - just the feeling of it...it makes me run, or jump - the feeling with the anxiety. Its the most terrible, scary thing ever for me.Nardil, thank God, not only makes the anxiety and fright of it go away a lot, but actually blunts the aura feeling- ie everything doesn't feel as unreal.
Ace.
but in some others, you are crazy to think that anything is real.
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> me, i can`t remember ever thinking anything was real before i took dopeymax. that was one reason i hated it so much, suddenly things seemed like they were *really happening*, not to mention it took me five minutes to say, hey, howya doin`? and that was really happening, too. crazy docs. crazy patients. crazy world.
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> one man`s illness is another`s religion.
Posted by ace on June 13, 2003, at 2:20:59
In reply to Ace is your derealization gone??, posted by Edgefield on June 11, 2003, at 16:06:09
> I haven't been to PB in awhile, but I remember Ace having to deal with that yucky derealization feeling. Ace, how are you feeling? What are you now taking?
Thanks for your concern, bro. After going off Nardil (BIG mistake!) and trying Anafranil (disaster) the derealization was very very bad. Thankfully, Nardil came back to save me again - I can now leave the house every day, the derealization is MUCH less and ANXIETY too. OCD is helped but want more. I will now augment either with Clonidine or Zyprexa - whatever the case - NARDIL REIGNS SUPREME!
> Praise God that I've found great relief by taking Wellbutrin SR and Ativan.
>
> God BlessGod Bless you, my friend,
Ace, The Nardil Maniac back with the best! (ie Nardil, 90mg!)
Posted by avid abulia on June 13, 2003, at 22:46:07
In reply to Re: Ace is your derealization gone?? » avid abulia, posted by ace on June 13, 2003, at 2:17:20
no, actually, i do know what you are talking about. my seizures start the same way. it is just that i don`t (never have) found it frightening, and it was just a philosophical comment. when biology and psychology and biopsychology drop off philosophy, a bunch of stagnation and wallowing happens.
i am sorry it frightens you. i didn`t mean offence by my comment, but i am not always as tactful as others would wish. probably not even as tactful as i would wish.
~AA
Posted by Questionmark on June 16, 2003, at 8:01:08
In reply to Re: Ace is your derealization gone??, posted by avid abulia on June 11, 2003, at 19:51:58
> derealization is my all-time favorite psycho-word; it just makes me laugh so much that in this culture, you are crazy if you think nothing is real, but in some others, you are crazy to think that anything is real.
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> me, i can`t remember ever thinking anything was real before i took dopeymax. that was one reason i hated it so much, suddenly things seemed like they were *really happening*, not to mention it took me five minutes to say, hey, howya doin`? and that was really happening, too. crazy docs. crazy patients. crazy world.
>
> one man`s illness is another`s religion.Never suffered from derealization, but those are excellent points. Your post-- another example of why i love mentally ill people so much.
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