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Mental Health (Expert Forum)
is this typical of derealization?
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Roger Gould, M.D. - Mental Health, Wellness
Questions posted in the Mental Health forum are being answered by Dr. Roger L. Gould, author of the Mastering Stress and Depression program and affiliated with the UCLA. Department of Psychiatry. Topics covered include anger, attention deficit disorder (ADD), bipolar disorder, dementia, electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), learning disabilities, memory, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), panic, personality disorders, phobias, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), schizophrenia, stress, transitions, and work problems.
is this typical of derealization?
by po50, Jul 16, 2008 02:12PM
I've had derealization symptoms for about 3 years...much more severe this year than ever......During bad spells I feel like I'm going to end up with psychosis and I will never be able to live life independantly (right now I'm highly agorophobic because my symptoms tend to get the best of me randomly and being in public lets them uncontroled), if I dissociate severely and i'm not at home, usually an ambulance gets called as I lay in a whirlwind of intense unreality and sense of impending doom. My memory is shot to pieces, I can't follow directions, and 1 thing i've noticed it seems to get better if i stay awake longer than the normal span....by the 18th hour or so, the DR is there but doesn't bother me near as much. Regular exercise is supposed to make people feel better but some reason high metabolism makes me worse, much worse. SSRI's made my exact symptoms increase, almost making me wonder do i need a seratonin BLOCKER. Now I have Klonopin but i'm afraid to eat the first one in fear of addiction, but i'd gladly be addicted vs my syjmptoms.... Do you think it'll help?
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