As I posted somewhere else, I am currently taking naltrexone and I experience a slight improvement in my derealization symptoms. It was more obvious the first time I tried it and now the effect seems to have faded away a bit, or perhaps it is hard to distinguish it because I have also started taking amisulpride.
I got it from my psychiatrist. I told him about the study and he simply offered to give me a prescription to try it. He told me he was comfortable giving me a prescription for that as it is something he is used to give to people, because he has a lot of patients dealing with alcoholism problems (which is the original purpose of naltrexone).
In the paper, they use a low dose, around 6 mg/d. My prescription was for 50 mg pills, which is the smallest on the market. I cut them down to 6 mg, and the effect was good. Reality was a bit sharper, and I was more aware of the atmosphere of places, which was quite enjoyable. But I was still not in 3D, and I think I was still quite numb emotionally, no noticeable differences socially either. The effect lasted for about 12 hours. I tried increasing the dose to 25 mg. I did not notice further improvement in my symptoms, but I tended to feel a bit shitty emotionally, but I am not sure it is the medicine, perhaps also my random life circumstances. But that lasted for something like 12h too, so it could be related. I felt a bit like life had less purpose, and things were shitty.
Now I am taking 12 mg/d, but as I said I find the effect much more subtle than before.
I got it from my psychiatrist. I told him about the study and he simply offered to give me a prescription to try it. He told me he was comfortable giving me a prescription for that as it is something he is used to give to people, because he has a lot of patients dealing with alcoholism problems (which is the original purpose of naltrexone).
In the paper, they use a low dose, around 6 mg/d. My prescription was for 50 mg pills, which is the smallest on the market. I cut them down to 6 mg, and the effect was good. Reality was a bit sharper, and I was more aware of the atmosphere of places, which was quite enjoyable. But I was still not in 3D, and I think I was still quite numb emotionally, no noticeable differences socially either. The effect lasted for about 12 hours. I tried increasing the dose to 25 mg. I did not notice further improvement in my symptoms, but I tended to feel a bit shitty emotionally, but I am not sure it is the medicine, perhaps also my random life circumstances. But that lasted for something like 12h too, so it could be related. I felt a bit like life had less purpose, and things were shitty.
Now I am taking 12 mg/d, but as I said I find the effect much more subtle than before.
