I had this for 7 years.
Been here done this
Thereās dozens of disorders that are built around a single symptom. I donāt understand them, they all just sound like symptoms of schizophrenia. With all these different labels it would be easy for a schizophrenic to dodge the sz label their whole life, citing things like ādepression with psychotic episodesā, dementia, memory disorders, attention deficit disorder, etcetera. Itās a shame we donāt have biologically based tests for diagnosing mental illness.
As for this disorder, I donāt have it, but I have had the symptom it implies. I identify it as the way I feel during an episode of psychosis. If Iām feeling this, Iām psychotic. If Iām not, odds are Iām not. Itās a dangerous thing because dreams donāt have the same consequences as real life, which is why itās so important to distinguish the two from each other.
Looking back on it derealization is so flippn scary. Imagine being in another realm n not even dreaming. Not knowing wen u will return to earthly normal realm
My stinkān old iPadMini2 just wonāt let me play the video.
My entire life feels about as connected to reality as a jelly doughnut does to a classical concert.
Call it what you want, but why does it never appear when your confined for hours in a miserable situation?
Just wanted to bump this topic, this video helped me so much.
I hope it can help other folks out too!
This video explains it very well. And I think itās good that thereās research going into dissociative disorders! I might show this to people when Iām trying to explain my dissociation and how it works. Definitely an interesting watch!
Glad you like it! Thanks
Hereās another video
Within she says, as far as meds go, ssrisā¦lamictalā¦and naltrexone can help.
Iām on lamictal and I think its really helpingā¦the difference is like night and dayā¦still, Iām looking forward to getting even better with time as my mood hopefully stabilizes.
I was on ssris for years, even before atypical apsā¦celexa, zoloft, prozac(RSP/ZPR/OLZ), brintellix(LRD/QTP/RXLT+QTP), (ARP+QTP) and luvox.
I may be mistaken in paraphrasing all she said, but CBT is a superior treatment.
Iāve felt like life was like walking around in a nightmare with paranormal activity, but things were always tangible, so iām not thinking I have this.
Lately Iāve been feeling detached, as a result of withdrawing from the benzodiazepine class of medications at the end of April.
Withdrawal from the benzodiazepine class of medications, I read online, can often result in PTSD, and Dissociative Disorders.
Had derealization for most of my life. You get used to it.
Then it started getting weird when i would see a black cat walking around. Or seeing black electricity come from electrical stuff. For a moment i was like āam i still dreaming?ā
Not sure what could fix it, i used to have random moments where i would be in full control.
EXACTLY what Iāve been going through for the past 3 months.
I lost 4 weeks of my life to a dissociative fugue event. They had to give me ect to bring me back to the land of the living. I have a few tiny fragments of that time, otherwise it must be like being dead as āIā in the sense of consciousness didnāt exist for that time.
They wonāt let me see my medical records of this event although i have paid for a copy of medical notes twice. It is redacted and censored.
My other dissociative fugues events only lasted a day.
How I was or who I was in those times is completely alien to me. I know not of āIā when I am dissociated. it is as if I donāt exist. It is not dreamlike, it is though i do not exist. Closer to DID than feeling derealized, in my experience.
I felt like I was in a video game numerous times. Also objects would appear very small or very big.
One time it looked like I was inside a live painting. Hard to explain lol. I tried to explain it to a therapist and just got confused look
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