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I've been taking 20 mg lexapro, 200 mg lamictal, and 2 mg of Klonopin. It's the best combo I've found for myself, in my 20 years of dp/dr.

 

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Sorry for the late response Selig. It's hard for me to say where I am in recovery, I haven't had a panic attack in a long time. I've accepted the fact that this is permanent. The hardest thing for me is time, watching everyone around me grow older,it just goes by so fast and my memory is pretty shot. I see pictures that were taken a few years ago and they seem unreal. Side effects are pretty minimal at this point since I've been on these meds for so long, low sex drive, if I'm not careful I can sleep for a really long time.

I think there are many situations I avoid in my life that trigger feelings of dp/panic. Going out into the world and doing things, I kind of stay by myself and hang out with only a couple close friends, and my family. I know It's not a good way to live life, but it keeps anxiety levels down. Maybe my new years resolution will be to try and get out more.

 

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Nabber..

Dissociative disorders have a very high recovery rate. Why would you say "I've accepted the fact that this is permanent?" Is it the dissociation you're talking about when you say it's permanent?

Someone recently on dpsh said their therapist told them their dp/dr was permanent (I can't remember who it was). If a therapist said that to me, I'd walk out the door and never go back. Find someone who knows their stuff, not some fool who makes up their own truth to hide their inadequacies.

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I'm going on twenty years with this, and I remember life before DP/DR. I remember feeling 'alive'. I'm just being honest when I say I've accepted this as permament. Thing's without a doubt get better, but it's still there. Everyone is different though, so if someone can completely recover from this that just proves a point that it may not be permanent.

 

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I completely agree with what you are saying Selig, it's just really hard sometimes. It's a nasty thing but I try to tell myself if I go to work every day, mow the yard, do the dishes it might be enough, but I know it isn't. So yea, it has a pretty big impact on me and I obsess about it all the time. It makes me really depressed at times, living in my comfort zone.