[omgkleep]

Hey friends. First post here, sorry if it should be somewhere else!
Anyway, back in October of '21, i had a marijuana edible. It was about 7-8mg...not much as far as what I've been told.
I had a REALLY bad time.
Like..I was paranoid that my hotel bed had bed bugs or fleas on it, I didn't feel real, my legs felt like there was static inside them and I was panicking like absolute crazy. The next day..and days after, I just didn't feel right. Like did not feel the same...

Now, months later (april, '22) i am still suffering from extremely distressing and debilitating at times DR. Not so much DP (Or maybe it is? Idk.)

At times, my body feels like its moving on its own.
My thoughts make no sense. I think things like:
"Right. You are a person."
"You are real"
"Emotions are weird"
"I feel like nothing"
"I don't feel real"
"Oh right. I'm at work right now. I'm a human."

I'm not anxious when I feel DR symptoms. I could just be idle, staring at my phone, sitting on my couch, etc. No stress.
I have been feeling extreme DR symptoms for MONTHS now.

I have no idea what to do at this point. I tried taking a new medicatio to help treat it, no dice. Lexapro was unhelpful and made my DR symptoms increase and just made me want to kms.

What in the heck am I supposed to do? I feel like I'm not here. I can barely hold conversations, I don't feel right. How do I make this stop? I'll try anything.

For context: I live a healthy lifestyle. I go for walks, eat well, sleep well. So its not my lifestyle that's the issue. It was drug induced and my body won't snap out of it.

I'm in therapy, I'm trying to work with a psychiatrist. But I feel like nothing is helping. I still feel mentally not there.

 

[Cmd528]

Have you been feeling like this everyday since October or just once in a while? My now 19 year old son also DP/DR from a terrible marijuana experience when he was 16. His psychiatrist put him on Latuda which seemed to help. He went years without “feeling out if it” so dr took him off Latuda at 18. He was doing good but all of a sudden he’s complaining of feeling out of it again. He started a new job and his boss went off on him over a silly mistake. I think the stress of that has triggered his DP/DR. All he’s been doing is sleeping because he’s so out of it. He tells me he’s zoned out. It’s very frustrating. I’m going to call his psychiatrist. Wondering if he’ll put him back on Latuda. He’s also on Zoloft.

 

[omgkleep]

Have you been feeling like this everyday since October or just once in a while? My now 19 year old son also DP/DR from a terrible marijuana experience when he was 16. His psychiatrist put him on Latuda which seemed to help. He went years without “feeling out if it” so dr took him off Latuda at 18. He was doing good but all of a sudden he’s complaining of feeling out of it again. He started a new job and his boss went off on him over a silly mistake. I think the stress of that has triggered his DP/DR. All he’s been doing is sleeping because he’s so out of it. He tells me he’s zoned out. It’s very frustrating. I’m going to call his psychiatrist. Wondering if he’ll put him back on Latuda. He’s also on Zoloft.

Oh this is definitely an every day feeling at this point. I just haven't any idea how to help myself anymore after having gone through various medications that have made me feel worse or just plain failed me. Thank you for responding. I'll ask my psychiatrist about it.

 

[retrobot]

I’m in the same boat, honestly benzos have helped a lot, although careful with them as they’re addictive.