Felt like I could have wrecked my car! DP? DR?

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Wow. That had to be the weirdest sensation I felt since this all began. I was driving my car and started not to feel very well. I started to feel a lot of tension on the right side of my head. The right side of my jaw the right side of my tongue the right side of my neck my right temple... All felt really tense. I felt like I could barely swallow.

 

Then I started to feel like I wasn't in control of my consciousness. Like I was doing the motions but yet like I was more like the copilot in my own body. I just felt so out of it. I wasn't sure if I was going to pass out or what. Luckily everything turned out okay. Coincidentally I was on my way to the hospital for a psychiatry appointment.

 

Does this sound like it could be depersonalization or derealization?  i'm also wondering if it could've been a strange migraine. I feel like the right side of my head is pulsing.

 

I've been able to handle most of my withdrawal symptoms or anxiety symptoms or whatever so far. But this one threw me for a bit of a loop.

 

I've been off clonazepam for almost two weeks now.

 

Anybody else have anything like this happen?

 

Thanks,

 

moto joe

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Could anyone who has had depersonalization or derealization chime here on this?

 

I have myself a bit worked up that it could have been like a mini-seizure or something (I've never had a seizure before as far as I'm aware).  I still feel the tension in my tongue.  Not sure why that came along with it, but when it was happening, I didn't feel like I was totally out of my body looking back at myself or anything....but I did feel more like a co-pilot, like I wasn't really in control of my conscious being, even though I still went through the motions to drive the car...

 

I am almost 2 weeks off Clonazepam.  I never experienced anything like this before...

 

Thanks,

 

moto joe

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Scary shit Joe, i never get DP DR but hope someone else will chime in for you.

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I can't be sure but it sounds like it. I get that "watching myself" feeling often while driving. Funny, I'm getting right now as I "watch" myself type. If you jumped 2 weeks ago it sounds about right. If you're driving when it happens, probably best to pull over.

 

 

Good Luck !

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Thanks, Groove!  I appreciate it.  I wish I could help you more...I feel so bad for your situation...

 

Qui-Gon Jinn,

 

I ended up with a migraine today, so it may have been in part the "aura" phase of the migraine.  But, I've NEVER experienced anything quite like this and it was very scary to me.  I'm just glad that I didn't lose consciousness or have a seizure that would have made me wreck the car. 

 

Two weeks off of Clonazepam and I can't tell if things are getting better or worse at this point...

 

Thanks,

 

moto joe