So SICK of This Darned Derealization!!!!!

[[mo...]]

Man, I thought this annoying symptom was starting fade about a week or so ago. Now it seems to have returned - not quite as mind bending - but it's back just the same. Also on the return is mild a.m. anxiety/depression. Is D/R another of those symptoms that waxes and wanes? Anyone who has recovered from D/R did you find that it came and went in varying degrees before it left for good? I am soooo frustrated!!!!  It's like torture when you finally think you've got this thing licked and then symptoms start needling you again. 

[[al...]]

Hi Monyd,

I am 17 months out from klonapin and an antidepressent. When I had dpdr, it did hit me harder at some times than others. I felt it constantly but there were times it was so strong that I felt like I was a Twilight Zone movie. During those times, it was firghtening.  I am very grateful that I had this site and  friends here who normalized it.

I was able to go to a vocational school during that time, so it was not entirely debilitating for me. School helped me to distract.

For me, dpdr is almost entirely gone now.  When the symptoms rev back up, I feel mildly. But it is nothing like I experienced before.

Hold on,  it really does get better.

Take care,

allison

[[Fl...]]

I know all too well what it feels like to have to deal with month after month of dr, but the flip side to that is often anxiety.

 

My dr is mostly gone these days but sure enough, just like in the past, when the dr leaves the anxiety creeps back in. I'm not sure which I would rather deal with. The dr isn't a scary or painful but it is more annoying, especially when you have to deal with it for so long. I think the anxiety is the worse of the two symptoms but it only comes and goes.

[[Zu...]]

I am 14 months off and still have major brain fog as if I'm spaced out or living in a dream-state.  Things don't always seem very sharp and clear.  I also don't feel or want to be connected with the outside world.  Is this the same thing as dp/dr?    It's getting better, but it is still there.

[[mo...]]

Thanks for your responses and input. We're all so different in our experiences, aren't we? For me, the d/r is by far the most persistent sx. I do not seem to have any additional anxiety in the absence of d/r. In fact, when the d/r is really bad, it tends to make me more panicky because I try so hard to fight it. I only get it really bad in brightly lit public spaces, when I am driving and at work. They adjusted the lighting at my work and it does seem to have helped. D/R is hard to deal with when you work with the public because you feel in an altered state. Sometimes the more intense the conversation, the worse the d/r gets.

 

It really was better for a while there, so I am holding out hope that it will fade again, and maybe will fade even more the next time.

 

Hearing from people who had it and survived is always a comfort. So thanks again!