Posted by Edgefield on April 30, 2003, at 9:42:00
In reply to Lawrence/Edgefield....Re: derealization, posted by McPac on April 29, 2003, at 21:18:11
My derealization began with my first panic attack. Besides feeling panicky and out of control I felt as if I were dreaming...as if what I was experiencing wasn't real. My vision seems to have changed.
Have you ever put on someone elses prescription glasses? Do you remember how the world looked and how you felt with those glasses on? Well, that is the best way I could describe this derealization that I am experiencing.
In the beginning I use to constantly clean my glasses and adjust them on my face thinking that something was wrong with them.When I take Ativan it seems to help my vision and things don't look so of sort.
According to my doctors this is a common anxiety disorder, but unfortunately they are not sure what physically occurs in your body to trigger this symptom. I've learned that this feeling can be caused by anxiety, prescription and non-prescription medication (ecstasy, cannibis...)
It is difficult to explain to someone who has never experienced this feeling. I usually just tell people that I feel "woosie" or "dizzy". They are able to understand those terms instead of me saying that things don't seem real.
God Bless
> Could either of you explain what derealization is and describe it? Thanks!
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