[spectator162]

Someone with dpdr who took roaccutane? I took it against acne 10 years ago and about that time my depression began. Just curieus someone has similar story, maybe thats was the trigger I dont know...

 

[eddy1886]

Maybe...

BUT!!! .... I always try to tell people that finding out the trigger to your DP probably isnt going to cure it...

Its like a cancer patient finding out what caused their cancer...You now know what caused it but Your still left with the cancer...

There seems to be a pre occupation with anxiety and DP sufferers as regards finding out what caused their mental ill health in the first place...Maybe falsely they believe that this knowledge alone will cure them...

The true solution is in lifestyle changes and attitude changes and learning to take care of yourself better...The problem with this is that these things take time...We didnt get sick overnight and we are not going to recover overnight....

I must also say here that sometimes when the suffering is beyond what we can bear we may need to turn to medicine for some help too...

In my opinion when it comes to this crap its up to each of us to do whatever it takes to make us feel better...Whether its diet, exercise, medicine, therapy, hospitalization etc etc etc....

I mean the stuff we had been doing up until we got ill was what made us sick...So change it....ALL OF IT....

In your own case Spectator Roaccutane may have triggered your DP but I mean that was then and this is now....As a result you cannot change what happened....But you can change your approach to recovery....Rather than dwell on the causes maybe start focussing on the solution....

Yesterday is history...Tomorrow is a mystery....

 

[spectator162]

Yes you are right but sometimes I think if I find the source maybe I can find other people with the same story. Maybe they have the same kind of dp and there body react some kind of the same like mine. And if some of those people are cured maybe they have tips. I know it sounds little nuts but im to much thinking about to find a sollution. Yesterday I was reading about copper could be the trigger, today roaccutane. Yes I need to forget the past and focus on tomorrow... like you say in another topic stress must be the main trigger. I try to avoid every stressfull situation but I dont know it feels like the stress is always there, unless I do some extreme sport. Every discusion or sound gives me more stress and anxiety. Although its little better then before since I started meds. I dont know what the next step is.. I eat very healthy, do sport, talk with therapist, no drugs, no sigarettes, no alcohol, no caffeine, push myself everyday to be active, I rest enough. What can I do more..

 

[eddy1886]

Yes you are right but sometimes I think if I find the source maybe I can find other people with the same story. Maybe they have the same kind of dp and there body react some kind of the same like mine. And if some of those people are cured maybe they have tips. I know it sounds little nuts but im to much thinking about to find a sollution. Yesterday I was reading about copper could be the trigger, today roaccutane. Yes I need to forget the past and focus on tomorrow... like you say in another topic stress must be the main trigger. I try to avoid every stressfull situation but I dont know it feels like the stress is always there, unless I do some extreme sport. Every discusion or sound gives me more stress and anxiety. Although its little better then before since I started meds. I dont know what the next step is.. I eat very healthy, do sport, talk with therapist, no drugs, no sigarettes, no alcohol, no caffeine, push myself everyday to be active, I rest enough. What can I do more..

Go a bit easier on yourself maybe...You may be pushing yourself too hard in your recovery....

But i totally understand how hard it can be recovering from DP....It is one of the most persistent mental illnesses to have to deal with...In fact its persistence is one of its worst traits....We seem to literally get no breaks or breathing space from its constant bombardment of disturbing thoughts and feelings...

I guess my advice is more to be applied when you are feeling a bit stronger within yourself...

I absolutely know how difficult and almost impossible it is to apply these recovery methods when in the full throws of chronic persistent DP...