[orangeaid]

Lately I have been feeling this "zombie" feeling/dreaming feeling that many people are talking about. Like others I have heard that drugs have induced their dp/dr. Mine was brought upon me with pot. I tried a small amount less than a bowl and that night I had a horrible panic attack, heart was going, racing thoughts, all that good stuff. The next day i felt this zombie feeling and still felt drunk and not right for some reason.

A few days later I got these sudden flashes that reminded me of my experience while high, it was a split second of feeling very odd. Shortly after I have a series of panic attacks which were just awful. Eventually I started to have panic attacks and anxiety rushes where I could not come down from that anxiety. I basically could not snap out of it, I have never had anxiety this bad. My anxiety was so bad I was scared to wake up and do stuff anything really.l I am still neverous doing things and I feel really spacy a lot.

I feel really odd when I first wake up, in places with many people/things, and while talking to people. I get odd visuals like I feel like there is a haze it looks like i think, I feel like colors are off. Lights annoy the hell out of me, if it was up to me I would love a dark room.

I am pretty sure its not me thinking about this stuff, of course thinking it brings it out more but it is always in the background. I was put on zoloft and it has eliminated my anxiety levels rather well.

Personally I am leaning towards trying lamictal, i have heard great things on the forum talking about how it really does work. I am one for medication and I have nothing against it, I know there are many on the board who feel that being absolutely natural is the key. I am not afraid to try medication either, I do react rather well with medication, I'm very sensative to it I suppose (atleast it seems that way with most medications I take). I hope lamictal is the same way, but you never know it could do nothing for me at all.

Besides me talking about what is happening to me I figure this is a good chance to take. I just have a few questions.

-Why aren't more people taking lamictal?
-Anyone out there using it? and their experiences.
-Should the drug be taken over a long period of time, or is it like you fix the problem and go off of it? I'm guessing it acts like an A-D in the sense you try to go off when your better but it is not always sucessful.

P.S. whats your stance on alcohol and dp/dr?

Thanks,

Orangeaid.

 

[yesemina]

Well, you are not alone. My main problem with my anxiety is that I fear the anxiety itself as well, and that I really don't understand what's going on in this silly universe.

But, my anxiety escalated from just one panic attack, where I was so nervous for a couple days that I could not sit down. I had to continually do physical activities in order to even have a normal life and slightly get my mind off it. It was HORRIBLE.

I'm now on Zoloft, but only 25 mgs a day. I have a friend who is taking Lamictal, I'm not sure why there aren't more people out there taking it besides the fact that they might shy away from the fact that if you get the rash it causes, it's deadly. That's why I shyed away from it at least - but I only thought about taking it because I have a very small and unbothersome seizure disorder. I ended up taking depakote for that instead, which I am now gladly off of.

I will ask my friend about her experiences on it, but from what I remember she did tell me that when she first took it she felt weird but then her body accustomed to it and now it isn't a problem for her at all. She is taking it for the same seizure disorder that I have, which is funny because she and I both get DP-like states ALL the time as well.

Don't know about alcohol and DP/DR - although I'm sure somebody else does.

 

[[rula]]

-Why aren't more people taking lamictal?

because the success rate is only about 40%. Dr. Simeon herself told me she wouldn't recommend it.

-Anyone out there using it? and their experiences.

Some people on here have had great results with it, some didn't tolerate it at all. You can read their stories under "Personal Experiences with Medication"

-Should the drug be taken over a long period of time, or is it like you fix the problem and go off of it? I'm guessing it acts like an A-D in the sense you try to go off when your better but it is not always sucessful.

fix and go off it. but i've never tried it, i'm just replying cuz i'm really bored at work :lol:

P.S. whats your stance on alcohol and dp/dr?

nothing's bad in moderation. but alcohol reduces your GABA supply so it's probably BEST to avoid it.

-ru

 

[university girl]

Hey there,

Just thought I should say that I too experienced those flashes where it felt like you were majorly stoned. To me it was like I had a time lapse or I was going in and out of reality or. I've had these flashes for 10 years though Paxil helped get rid of most of them. My DP/DR was also induced by pot.