[Guest]

Hoping to get some feedback from all of you. Wondering if this is DR or some physical condition that has gone undiagnosed.

A typical day for me feels somewhat like this. Wake up feeling nervous, scared, fearful. Drive my kids to school feeling okay, some weird feelings, the road looks funny, off, am I driving in the wrong direction? Walk the kids into school, feel off balance, my vision feels funny, overstimulated. Can't wait to get back in car. Go workout, feel turned around for a moment, a little dizzy, anxious. Get through my workout actually feel normal for awhile. Driving home the road suddenly looks like the same street I grew up on. Now I am really freaking out. Feel as if I might be loosing my mind, like my cognitive functioning is about to cease. Get home need to eat. Start to feel better. Few hours later my husband comes home, I get a weird feeling in the pit of my stomach, he looks different. Does not look like my husband yet I know he is. The day continues with blips of weird feelings, fears, perceptual distortions. Go to the supermarket, feel kind of weak, shaky, hold on to my cart for balance, the flourescent lights seem to really affect my vision, can't wait to get out of there. As late afternoon comes I start to feel strong and almost normal again. Evenings are pretty good.

What I just described has many variations on the same theme. This has been going on for five years. Some days are better then others. I have had many tests, seen many doctors, I eat well, rest, workout, go to therapy yet I have not been able to shake the "freak show".

What do you guys think? DP/DR anxiety or a physical condition?
THANKS!!!

Sassy
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[terri*]

Hi Sassy,

It sounds like you have DR to me. It also sounds as if you are being able to somewhat manage with it. This is good because the more you let anxiety in, usually the worse the DR gets. For me DR is the way the world "looks". Driving the car, looking at your husband, and don't we all know the trips in the grocery store...these all remind me of me.

I had a gazillion test, too. Nothing.

That's my take on it. I hope you continue to be able to function and work with it until it slips back out of your life.

Take care,
terri

 

[ShyTiger]

Your day sounds exactly like mine except substitute husband with mum! Unfortunatly i no longer train(workout) or go to the supermarket. I go to work and come home again and i wouldnt be going into work if i didnt desperatly need the money to get myself some help. I know that there is a way out cause i got out of it once before. Just takes time and work. You are doing really well coping with this and being a parent! Well done. I do know my dr gets way worse when i have sinus/migrain and when i am unwell. But i dont think its the cause of the disorder-as in dr i think can be a normal response to being sick but when its persistant then usually has manifested as a result of other stuff. Saying all that thou i think important to see doctor and rule out any medical conditions.

 

[dakotajo]

Sounds to me like you have an anxiety disorder and the dp/dr is a secondary symptom. Like you, at my worst times, evenings were always the best for me. I always wondered if the reason was because some of the chemicals that make us feel bad are depleted at the end of the day. We go to bed and the chemicals are restored plus adrenaline builds as we sleep and we wake up feeling terrible all over again. I also felt better after eating and excercise. My doctor told me its because both of these activities boost serotonin in the brain and help relax us.

Joe

 

[Guest]

Thank you all for the words of wisdom and encouragement!!!!
This stuff really sucks. However I still feel grateful and blessed.
I will keep trying to get myself out of this mess one step at a time.
xo
Sassy

 

[Matt210]

Definately been there.

The husband thing I had all the time, substituting husband for many other people close to me in my life. They looked different somehow and I just couldnt place it.

I also believe I know what you mean about feeling turned around, and backwards.

For the longest time I had the feeling I was somewhere else when I was in certain places. My house always looked like my old one, and even though I knew I was in my new house.. sometimes it felt like I wasnt rteally, like I was in a certain part of my old one.

The dizziness and other physical symptoms are all anxiety related. Hang in there. Its all normal & you are fine.

 

[Guest]

Hey Matt,

Thanks for the reply.

I was wondering........what do you think the turn around feeling is about?
It happenes to me again this morning. I walked out of my kitchen into the livingroom and in felt all wrong!!! As if the livingroom was in the wrong directon, it is so strange.

How about the other feeling you said you have. Where you feel as if you are in another place. Where your house feels like your old house. That one really freaks me out. I was driving the other day and the highway I was on felt like a highway of my childhood. I live 3,000 miles away from where I grew up!!!!! It is very scary and strange. It makes me feel as if my brain is not functioning properly.

Do you still experience symptoms?

xo
Sassy