Agoraphobia again

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I was better for some years but now I have agoraphobia again. When I walk out in the open, the soil under my feet sinks, I am dizzy, I am about to faint, my spirit gets out of my body (derealization) etc. The ground moves up and down

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When I told my psychiatrist his response was to increase antipsychotics and not take any med for anxiety etc. Does he think it’s psychosis?

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Om,
Did you stop working on your agoraphobia? I find that, if I stop, I back track, lose my footing, and have to redo the work.

Every day, for example, I go outside and sit for about 20 to 30 mins at a time, for desensitization.

What are you doing to help yourself?

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I didn’t accept any further increase on clozapine.
He suggested 300mg instead of 200, but I told him that we have tried it before, and I couldn’t talk properly

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That sounds like a smart plan.
I walk every night. I am alone in the road.
But when i reach the small town, where there are many people, I am getting dizzy etc.
You have agoraphobia too? For how long?

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16 years, nearly. Thanks. When I was early on, my therapist encouraged me to do a bit at a time. I finally got to a point where I slowed and almost stopped progressing.

Walking is good. I’m proud of you.

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16 years? Wow. And you prefer to stay inside?

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I feel safest inside.

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I’ve had Agoraphobia for decades.
I too prefer to stay at home.
I’ve improved a bit over the years.

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Can you go to a concert full of people or in a restaurant? When I go to a restaurant I want to sit near exit door. I feel safer knowing that I can jump out of there

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I can’t go to a concert and I can barely go to a restaurant.

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So in what ways have you improved?

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I can go to certain places with my dad or brother.
Before I couldn’t do this.

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Agoraphobia is a distinct thing, besides schizophrenia? Or related to schizophrenia? What do you believe?

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I think it’s distinct but common with certain disorders like schizophrenia or bipolar disorder.
Very common with anxiety or depression.

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I have bad agoraphobia too. Even with family I feel nervous. I try to avoid social situations if I can. In my job I work with only one or two other people, so it’s not bad. But I can’t go to the mall or anything like that.

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Agoraphobia is a fear, subset of generalized anxiety disorder.

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I’m increasingly reluctant to leave my room, which gets me into trouble with the nurses, but I doubt it has anything to do with agarophobia, I simply can’t stand reality.

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What do you mean? You can’t stand it?
I am sensitive to people’s evil minds and bad thoughts all around me and I think I have agoraphobia due to my sensitivity

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This demonic universe is ugly beyond redemption. I feel other people’s pain, even if I don’t necessarily believe there are other people. But I’m mostly normal, thinking normal things, like the future of digital literature or sociology. But above all, my thinking is driven by guilt. I speak in two voices who profoundly mistrust each other. For that I feel guilty too. Staying inside a hospital room simplifies things which is what I need the most at the moment.