Wow, I'm sorry that you are going through this now... did you also have therapy during these years? And if you did, what did you learn about yourself so far? Do you have any idea about why you have this anxiety and where it comes from?
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Hello everyone. I’m Zach!
I’m having a really tough time. I feel crazy. I’ve had dp/dr symptoms before on several occasions. They have passed before so that is hope I’m clinging too. I can’t help but feel this time is different though. Maybe it’s because I’m 28 and feel like I should have outgrown this by now. I’ve been dealing with anxiety, depression, and then dp/dr since I was 15-16.
Current Feelings:
-my body and others body’s seem completely foreign to me
-find myself counting my fingers and toes to make sure they’re all there
-trouble focusing or connecting with others because everyone seems alien to me
-I can’t leave my house. I’m crippled by this fear and distraction.
-I’m not eating, Im not taking care of my hygiene, I can barely leave my room.
-I can’t relax for more than an hour-three a week it seems.
-I’m tired all the time and experience nausea cause of the stress.
I was on sertraline for almost 13 years, which did help me. I would have to increase the dose ever several years because my symptoms would return. I maxed out the dosage and now I’ve tapered off the sertraline and am needing something else to treat my condition.
Can anyone relate to my symptoms specifically?
Any advice or tips?
Im very easy to talk to and would love to chat. Thank you for reading this.
With gratitude,
Zach
I’m having a really tough time. I feel crazy. I’ve had dp/dr symptoms before on several occasions. They have passed before so that is hope I’m clinging too. I can’t help but feel this time is different though. Maybe it’s because I’m 28 and feel like I should have outgrown this by now. I’ve been dealing with anxiety, depression, and then dp/dr since I was 15-16.
Current Feelings:
-my body and others body’s seem completely foreign to me
-find myself counting my fingers and toes to make sure they’re all there
-trouble focusing or connecting with others because everyone seems alien to me
-I can’t leave my house. I’m crippled by this fear and distraction.
-I’m not eating, Im not taking care of my hygiene, I can barely leave my room.
-I can’t relax for more than an hour-three a week it seems.
-I’m tired all the time and experience nausea cause of the stress.
I was on sertraline for almost 13 years, which did help me. I would have to increase the dose ever several years because my symptoms would return. I maxed out the dosage and now I’ve tapered off the sertraline and am needing something else to treat my condition.
Can anyone relate to my symptoms specifically?
Any advice or tips?
Im very easy to talk to and would love to chat. Thank you for reading this.
With gratitude,
Zach
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Yes I do. I have also dealt with bad therapists.I saw a counselor when I first started having anxiety back when I was 15 or 16. It WAS very helpful but I started to feel a lot better after I started the sertraline and stopped going which I regret. I have made an appointment with a psychologist coming up. I’m really hoping for another good therapist. Might be a dumb question but do you deal with dp/dr?
Depending on your Sertraline dosage maybe they can suggest to reduce it so that you can have some positive effects so that it's not too hard, and at the same time feel some of the negative symptoms so that you can keep working on them with the counselor?
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