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Thank you so much this is amazing advice ??
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I can understand being in a complete panic from an OCD attack and almost feeling numb..like I’m not really there. But I think it’s the body being in shock from so much nervous activity. It helps if I start talking to someone I’m close to about anything to come back to a level head. I’m just explaining my take on it. I’m so sorry you’re feeling this way.
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Well actually I have those from time to time, and If you were wondering how to tell if it's real, I found out (I discovered this myself) is that when it's real, close your eyes as tight as you can until it starts hurting a little bit, then you know you are awake, because you can't close ur eyes harder in your dreams. So just keep practicing that for about a month, and you should start getting used to it as time goes on. However it may not help derealization, it can lower your anxiety when you have one. Hopefully this helps, and If not, I will for sure try to search for others ways to help you.
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Have you told your doctor? I think I had something to do with medication. Whether you need something different or this is a terrible side effect. I don’t know. I’m sorry. I can sorta understand what you’re saying.
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You’re welcome. I want it people who suffer like I do to know they aren’t alone.
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I’m having blurry vision lately too! I do think it’s a side effect. But my what if worry brain is saying it’s the onset of hallucinations which makes me more anxious and bc I’m operating with a deficit.
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You need to stop trying to “go back to normal.” Your efforts to control it or push the feelings away are what’s driving them. “Maybe this is a daydream. Maybe not. Maybe my vision will always be blurry. Maybe not. Maybe I don’t control my own body. Or maybe I do. Maybe I’m in a hole in another galaxy. Or maybe I’m right here on earth just feeling depersonalized. I can’t be sure about any of this. Oh well.” Basically, the more worried and non-accepting you are if not feeling real and present and sure, the worse it gets. The more you can sit in the uncertainty and just let the anxiety happen and subside, without doing compulsions (in this case: trying to prove yourself you’re okay or real) the less anxiety you’ll eventually feel and the more grounded you’ll get over time.
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Are you taking medication?
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Yeah Im taking 20 MG Prozac currently
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Do you think this could be a side effect from you meds?
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I don’t know I can’t tell, I’ve gone through this before but it got really bad again recently, like 9 days ago. I had depersonalization/derealization before I took the Prozac as well, I was diagnosed with panic disorder and OCD by a psychiatrist because of the symptoms I was feeling and they then put me on Prozac so idk what it could be tbh I’m worried...
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I have never had derialization before, but if you can explain what you are feeling like, please tell me and I can try to help you out.
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Well I know it’s all caused by anxiety BUT I feel like I’m in a forever daydream, like I try to refocus and shake it off but it just doesn’t happen, it’s a daydream 24/7, I have blurry vision cause of this, I get tingly in my arms, everytime Im gonna talk and move or try to grab or move something, it feels like someone else is doing it for me, like someone is moving my arms and body for me, I feel like I’m in a hole or in another galaxy, I feel high almost everyday, it’s an UGLY feeling and I just don’t feel real and I don’t know how to stop this, they say don’t analyze it and you’ll get better BUT it’s hard not to analyze it when you feel it 24/7, it’s not just mental its ALSO physical. It’s the worst feeling I’ve ever experienced and I just want to come back down to earth
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Thank you so much you’re so sweet ?
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Maybe try lithium, or an SSRI. I have derelization/ depersonalization lot when my symptoms are very bad. I take an SSRI and it helps me a lot.
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Yeah Prozac is an SSRI which I’m currently taking rn
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tw / this theme is literally ruining my life. I can’t get a moments peace, all the symptoms I have feel so real and googling the symptoms caused more to show up and it’s so scary now. I don’t know what to do. I feel like I might actually have it and I’m so scared. nothing is helping. I’m going to be stuck in this theme forever or actually become psychotic or schizophrenic. I don’t know what to do anymore. I’m over analyzing every little symptom as possible schizophrenia, and no matter how many times people tell me “crazy people don’t know they’re crazy”, my ocd still has me convinced I have it or I’m developing it. I’m so, so sick of my anxiety and ocd. I don’t know what to do anymore. I feel trapped. these are just some of my symptoms: - Almost constantly seeing something out of the corner of my eye, shadows/figures/moving, etc. - Difficulty concentrating. - Newer symptom - difficulty talking (more frequent pauses in talking, forgetting what I was saying, struggling to find words, struggling to form sentences for a minute before I figure it out) - Extremely stressed and anxious almost at all times. - Extreme fear of losing my mind - Occasional feeling of impending doom - Forgetfulness (easily forgetting what I was saying/doing or what I was going to say/do) - Constantly pausing or rewinding videos/TV to make sure I wasn’t hallucinating the sound. - Occasional thoughts of “is this real?” “What if I’m actually just dreaming?” “Am I hallucinating all of this?” type of thing. - Difficulty getting to sleep, every night I don’t sleep until like 1-2 a.m. when I inevitably can’t keep my eyes open anymore and pass out, frequently wake up throughout the night Side note on this one: I’m afraid to sleep due to my OCD convincing me that something will happen in my sleep or I’ll sleepwalk or something like that. - Dissociation/zoning out - Almost always tired/yawning/exhausted/heavy eye feeling - Lack of interest in hobbies/shows/etc I’m so, so tired. I feel so hopeless and like my worst fears are actually coming true. Googling schizophrenia and psychosis just caused more symptoms and now I feel miserable. I wish I didn’t have to worry about this. I wish I could live happily and carefree. all of this venting and still nothing seems to help. Nothings helping. I’m just going to be stuck like this forever. I want to cry, I want to break down. I’m sick of living in fear. I’m sick of questioning my sanity. Now I’m spiraling that maybe I am schizophrenic or psychotic and this is just the beginning and it’s just going to get worse from here and I’ll end up losing myself and my mind/sanity. What if I lose the ones I love around me because they can’t stand me anymore. Im worried im not going to be myself anymore and im never going to recover and its just going to get worse.
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