[yoloking123]

Do you stay in your house all day everyday and barely go outside because of DP/DR?

 

[Chip1021]

I stay inside almost all the time for a variety of reasons. It's not so much the DP/DR itself that prevents me from going out. Sometimes the weather makes it impossible (I cramp up horribly in humid weather, and rainy weather just makes me feel gross, like I'm exhuding acid from my pores or something.

Besides that I'm very perpetually dizzy and my gait and balance are off, and I'm afraid of falling or getting lost. Also, my cognitive symptoms means I can't drive anymore either.

But the most important reason I don't go out is simply because I I don't see the point in doing so. As some kind of academic exercise? What would I go out to do? The moment I wake up every morning (or whenever) i think to myself, what am I supposed to do now? I can't really hold a thought for longer that a few seconds, so going out usually means getting confused and coming right back home.

 

[nicewon]

Nah man my apartment gets to hot in the summer here theres no a/c I have to go out n ride my bike. Don't let this shit hold u back from not being able to go outside, get some fresh air.

 

[Chip1021]

Yep, this is me...I don't see much of a point. Also I work from home, so it's easy for me to "forget" to go outside during the week...I'll force myself out for a walk or something at night. Doing stuff outside/out in the world doesn't make my DP any better or worse.

Yep. I mean, it's not like I don't leave the house at all. I usually get out at least a few times a day (weather permitting), but most of the time I just walk to the end of the block and back, and am so dizzy by the time I get home I have to lie down for the next hour or so. I hate being trapped in the house, but being outside really isn't much better.