Comments on: Depersonalization & Derealization Disorder http://www.inrepair.net/2007/04/12/depersonalization-derealization-disorder/ I'm not together, but I'm getting there Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:39:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Mental Health http://www.inrepair.net/2007/04/12/depersonalization-derealization-disorder/#comment-4049 Mental Health Fri, 19 Feb 2010 19:36:36 +0000 http://inrepair.net/2007/04/12/depersonalization-derealization-disorder/#comment-4049 Information and support for depersonalization/derealization is available at: www.depersonalizationcommunity.com Information and support for depersonalization/derealization is available at:
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]]> By: helen http://www.inrepair.net/2007/04/12/depersonalization-derealization-disorder/#comment-416 helen Wed, 21 Oct 2009 03:45:25 +0000 http://inrepair.net/2007/04/12/depersonalization-derealization-disorder/#comment-416 hello everybody i am 31 years old and suffered with this for 12 years It was just before or after my second child that i got this. I remember literally one day when good the next not it was the most horrible scariest time of my life i was crying all the time depressed and saying something has happened to my vision thought i was going crazy alot of dark days. This vision issue was the worst of it all i felt it was like a picture in front of my eyes everything so close i knew it wasnt but this affected my eyesight everything was depressing wasnt vivid felt hollow didnt feel alive happy i still do yesreday my eyesight cleared cant expess my happiness it clears at times feel normal again the nights sre bad if outside used to get a feeling wash over me and the eye thing again in short am a very moody person have my moments now not on meds refuse have epilipsy to boot want to feel alive senses all changed as well and feelings about people i love but am detached this consumsed me badly for many years hello everybody i am 31 years old and suffered with this for 12 years It was just before or after my second child that i got this. I remember literally one day when good the next not it was the most horrible scariest time of my life i was crying all the time depressed and saying something has happened to my vision thought i was going crazy alot of dark days. This vision issue was the worst of it all i felt it was like a picture in front of my eyes everything so close i knew it wasnt but this affected my eyesight everything was depressing wasnt vivid felt hollow didnt feel alive happy i still do yesreday my eyesight cleared cant expess my happiness it clears at times feel normal again the nights sre bad if outside used to get a feeling wash over me and the eye thing again in short am a very moody person have my moments now not on meds refuse have epilipsy to boot want to feel alive senses all changed as well and feelings about people i love but am detached this consumsed me badly for many years

]]> By: Melanie http://www.inrepair.net/2007/04/12/depersonalization-derealization-disorder/#comment-430 Melanie Fri, 25 Sep 2009 10:20:00 +0000 http://inrepair.net/2007/04/12/depersonalization-derealization-disorder/#comment-430 Hello everyone, I've been suffering with DP/DR for 2 years nearly. Mine is Stress induced but I had a panic attack from smoking pot a few months previous and didn't recover for weeks until the DP/DR hit after a funny little nap and I had a panic attack after it ...BOOM DP/DR. I'm getting CBT soon on the NHS and I hope it works. Kevin, your line - "You feel a kind of loneliness you didn't know existed" knocked me for six, made me feel very sad and anxious because ...well, I dunno ...it's a stark reality within this unreality. DP/DR is a horrible thing to happen to anyone. Mine is non-stop. I'm on St John's Wort and I'm not too sure if it helps or not, best to try it for yourself and see what happens. I've not been on meds, I'm trying to get rid of Dp/Dr the 'hard' way ...by tackling the root problems head on and solving them rather than blocking them out. Check youtube for DP/DR help and the dp manual aswell. Also research Gestalt therapy. Read cases of people overcoming this thing rather than wading through it. Once you find the key to combatting this thing, come back and tell us all. Best wishes, Melanie Hello everyone,

I’ve been suffering with DP/DR for 2 years nearly. Mine is Stress induced but I had a panic attack from smoking pot a few months previous and didn’t recover for weeks until the DP/DR hit after a funny little nap and I had a panic attack after it …BOOM DP/DR. I’m getting CBT soon on the NHS and I hope it works. Kevin, your line – “You feel a kind of loneliness you didn’t know existed” knocked me for six, made me feel very sad and anxious because …well, I dunno …it’s a stark reality within this unreality. DP/DR is a horrible thing to happen to anyone. Mine is non-stop. I’m on St John’s Wort and I’m not too sure if it helps or not, best to try it for yourself and see what happens.

I’ve not been on meds, I’m trying to get rid of Dp/Dr the ‘hard’ way …by tackling the root problems head on and solving them rather than blocking them out.

Check youtube for DP/DR help and the dp manual aswell. Also research Gestalt therapy. Read cases of people overcoming this thing rather than wading through it. Once you find the key to combatting this thing, come back and tell us all.

Best wishes,
Melanie

]]> By: Rolf http://www.inrepair.net/2007/04/12/depersonalization-derealization-disorder/#comment-420 Rolf Sun, 13 Sep 2009 21:37:16 +0000 http://inrepair.net/2007/04/12/depersonalization-derealization-disorder/#comment-420 Thank you for sharing. Reading this helped me, thank you Thank you for sharing. Reading this helped me, thank you

]]> By: Kevin Murphy http://www.inrepair.net/2007/04/12/depersonalization-derealization-disorder/#comment-455 Kevin Murphy Sat, 15 Aug 2009 09:27:06 +0000 http://inrepair.net/2007/04/12/depersonalization-derealization-disorder/#comment-455 Oh my god, I am sooo thankful that I found this site. I have a severe case of Pure Obsessional OCD, and things started getting really weird and scary when I was 15. It started as an obsessive 'quest for answers' from an existential standpoint, and one night (I remember exactly where I was), when an intrusive thought of mine had been aleviated, it all started...I simply thought to myself, "What if...infinity" uncontrollably. I began to lose touch with everything around me, and soon enough, it got to the point where I thought life wasn't real. Unfortunately, I don't have great insight when it comes DP, so I became paranoid that life was a hoax, and nothing was real. It was all.....blah. Nothing. I wanted to die. I'm 23 now and have come a loooooooooooooooooooong way. it was the most traumatic thing that ever happened to me. When having a DP episode, you feel a kind of loneliness you didn't know existed. Thank you all for sharing. Oh my god, I am sooo thankful that I found this site. I have a severe case of Pure Obsessional OCD, and things started getting really weird and scary when I was 15. It started as an obsessive ‘quest for answers’ from an existential standpoint, and one night (I remember exactly where I was), when an intrusive thought of mine had been aleviated, it all started…I simply thought to myself, “What if…infinity” uncontrollably. I began to lose touch with everything around me, and soon enough, it got to the point where I thought life wasn’t real. Unfortunately, I don’t have great insight when it comes DP, so I became paranoid that life was a hoax, and nothing was real. It was all…..blah. Nothing. I wanted to die. I’m 23 now and have come a loooooooooooooooooooong way. it was the most traumatic thing that ever happened to me. When having a DP episode, you feel a kind of loneliness you didn’t know existed. Thank you all for sharing.

]]> By: uncommon faith http://www.inrepair.net/2007/04/12/depersonalization-derealization-disorder/#comment-456 uncommon faith Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:25:03 +0000 http://inrepair.net/2007/04/12/depersonalization-derealization-disorder/#comment-456 Hey everybody. I am 30 years and I have not been clinically diagnosed with DPD but lately I have been putting things together and my symptoms sure do sound similar to yours. I have what I believe is a cognitive disorder from an adolescent trauma which I never told anyone and at the age of 25 I started having terrible problems related to this. I have also been told by my doctors that I could have sleep apnea as my breathing would totally cut off while I was asleep and it would feel like my heart had stopped for a few seconds. I spent over a year feeling like i was asleep yet still moving. I have experiences of watching people and things and not seeing them in my head or brain or mind if that makes sense. its like what i am looking at my brain could not process it. I have blackouts i guess even though I don't faint. I am awake and moving around but I myself that I know isn't there and my physical self seems to be controlled by something other than me at times. I still have periods of forgetfulness where I can't account for minutes and moments. However I believe that prayer and relaxation, with therapy really works. The Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is supposed to be good as well I am going to see a therapist who specializes in that. But eating well, Relaxing is especially important and remembering to breathe instead of panic when you can't remember really helps. Staying positive and surrounding yourself with positivity reduces episodes. If you have alot of rage and other emotional issues like I have finding peace really helps. letting go of past hurts really helps. I hope i was helpful Hey everybody. I am 30 years and I have not been clinically diagnosed with DPD but lately I have been putting things together and my symptoms sure do sound similar to yours. I have what I believe is a cognitive disorder from an adolescent trauma which I never told anyone and at the age of 25 I started having terrible problems related to this. I have also been told by my doctors that I could have sleep apnea as my breathing would totally cut off while I was asleep and it would feel like my heart had stopped for a few seconds. I spent over a year feeling like i was asleep yet still moving. I have experiences of watching people and things and not seeing them in my head or brain or mind if that makes sense. its like what i am looking at my brain could not process it. I have blackouts i guess even though I don’t faint. I am awake and moving around but I myself that I know isn’t there and my physical self seems to be controlled by something other than me at times.

I still have periods of forgetfulness where I can’t account for minutes and moments. However I believe that prayer and relaxation, with therapy really works. The Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is supposed to be good as well I am going to see a therapist who specializes in that. But eating well, Relaxing is especially important and remembering to breathe instead of panic when you can’t remember really helps. Staying positive and surrounding yourself with positivity reduces episodes. If you have alot of rage and other emotional issues like I have finding peace really helps. letting go of past hurts really helps.
I hope i was helpful

]]> By: Flüge Bangkok http://www.inrepair.net/2007/04/12/depersonalization-derealization-disorder/#comment-454 Flüge Bangkok Mon, 04 May 2009 13:32:27 +0000 http://inrepair.net/2007/04/12/depersonalization-derealization-disorder/#comment-454 Excellent read This is the first time that I hear about the word depersonalization, but its description matches with what I'm currently living. Due to stress and, financial problems, too many responsibilities I feel like my body is an autonome machine that still runs despite difficulties and my soul is abserving it. I'm a developper of autonome systems and my body is turning to an autonome system that someone else has developped. It's very hard to feel being detached from your body and its performences.How can I overcome that thing? Excellent read
This is the first time that I hear about the word depersonalization, but its description matches with what I’m currently living. Due to stress and, financial problems, too many responsibilities I feel like my body is an autonome machine that still runs despite difficulties and my soul is abserving it.
I’m a developper of autonome systems and my body is turning to an autonome system that someone else has developped.
It’s very hard to feel being detached from your body and its performences.How can I overcome that thing?

]]> By: Brian http://www.inrepair.net/2007/04/12/depersonalization-derealization-disorder/#comment-451 Brian Mon, 06 Apr 2009 15:16:49 +0000 http://inrepair.net/2007/04/12/depersonalization-derealization-disorder/#comment-451 @ Lynn McGarry: That's your personal decision, but it probably wouldn't hurt. Here is some information from the Wiki page for St. John's Wort: <blockquote>St John's wort is today most widely known as a herbal treatment for major depression. In some countries, such as Germany, it is commonly prescribed for mild depression, especially in children, adolescents, and where cost is a concern.[4] Standardized extracts are generally available over the counter — however, in some countries (such as Ireland) a prescription is required. An analysis of 29 clinical trials with more than 5000 patients was conducted by Cochrane Collaboration. The review concluded that extracts of St. John's wort were superior to placebo in patients with major depression. St. John's wort had similar efficacy to standard antidepressants. The rate of side effects was twice lower than for newer SSRI antidepressants and five times lower than for older tricyclic antidepressants.</blockquote> @ Lynn McGarry: That’s your personal decision, but it probably wouldn’t hurt. Here is some information from the Wiki page for St. John’s Wort:

St John’s wort is today most widely known as a herbal treatment for major depression. In some countries, such as Germany, it is commonly prescribed for mild depression, especially in children, adolescents, and where cost is a concern.[4] Standardized extracts are generally available over the counter — however, in some countries (such as Ireland) a prescription is required.

An analysis of 29 clinical trials with more than 5000 patients was conducted by Cochrane Collaboration. The review concluded that extracts of St. John’s wort were superior to placebo in patients with major depression. St. John’s wort had similar efficacy to standard antidepressants. The rate of side effects was twice lower than for newer SSRI antidepressants and five times lower than for older tricyclic antidepressants.

]]> By: Lynn McGarry http://www.inrepair.net/2007/04/12/depersonalization-derealization-disorder/#comment-452 Lynn McGarry Mon, 06 Apr 2009 14:53:58 +0000 http://inrepair.net/2007/04/12/depersonalization-derealization-disorder/#comment-452 I spoke with my neurologist, as he is my main doctor treating me. He says he sees no reason why I can't take the drug, but does not believe in it himself. Should I still take it? I spoke with my neurologist, as he is my main doctor treating me. He says he sees no reason why I can’t take the drug, but does not believe in it himself.
Should I still take it?

]]> By: Brian http://www.inrepair.net/2007/04/12/depersonalization-derealization-disorder/#comment-453 Brian Mon, 06 Apr 2009 14:11:07 +0000 http://inrepair.net/2007/04/12/depersonalization-derealization-disorder/#comment-453 @ Lynn McGarry: I've heard great things about St. John's Wort and wouldn't be concerned about "pumping my system full of drugs" since it's a natural herb. I know it is normally used to treat depression, but given that depression and depersonalization/derealization are inextricably linked, it might help. Talk to your doctor first, though. @ Lynn McGarry: I’ve heard great things about St. John’s Wort and wouldn’t be concerned about “pumping my system full of drugs” since it’s a natural herb. I know it is normally used to treat depression, but given that depression and depersonalization/derealization are inextricably linked, it might help. Talk to your doctor first, though.

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