angiebaby
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Thankyou. I am only taking Omeprazole/Losec - 10mg once a day, i do not take anything else at all. I am too sensitive to everything so i won't take the risk with anything - too chicken! The unreality first started a couple of years ago, but not associated with the PTSD or anxiety and depression. It came on gradually to start with whilst the gp had put me on Seroxat. I went back to the gp and explained how i was feeling and they increased the dose. I started suffering more so went back to the gp and they increased it again. So again, i went back to the gp and yet again they increased the dose. By this time i thought i was definatly loosing my mind and i would either be commited or die. I went back again to the gp and explained and they said that i should start to wean off it. Which i slowly did and i have not taken any for two years. I did read some literature on Seroxat and started to feel better as this was stating that even though they are supposed to leave your system fairly quickly, it is known that people can still suffer with the side effects for about a year afterwards. This gave me hope. But upon checking my diary i found out that i hadn't been taking it for over two years now, so it cannot be that. I believe that the Seroxat started the problem and now that my body has learnt this 'feeling' it is struggling to let it go. I must admit though as time has passed somewhat it has eased a little. I used to get it all day everyday and now it comes on quickly and in intense waves. This then makes me disorientated and causes me anxiety and can bring upon panic. I try and just take a deep breathe and tell myself that it is a normal feeling that just feels abnormal at the moment and it will pass. Reassure myself that i am not 'going mad' and it will not last forever. But i must admit that it still scared the hell out of me everytime it happens. As for Saturday upon returning from my holiday: I did not recognize the house and it did scare me. Everything was strange and unusual and i was walking in the ever present cloud and floaty feeling - which i do get everyday anyway - but this was severe. By Sunday evening i was feeling a little better about it and it had eased off a bit. I had done my usual reading and this feeling is very common and also common on returning from a holiday so i have tried not to let it bother me as much as i can. Depersonalization/derealisation/unreality etc, etc, is very scary and you do feel as though it will never go. I have tried to just go with it and relax and just let it go over me. It feels strange and scary, especially when your body is constantly telling you that something is wrong so why are you not panicking about it. I think that is why it also feels so strange. But i have held out and not panicked and just carried on, very hard though it is, and the feeling has stayed. But i do believe that if this is constantly practised, not letting it bother you at all, then eventually it may subside. I live in hope anyway. As you may remember i have had an MRI of my head and neck and they were clear, so i know that it is not a neurological problem. So by process of elimination - it must be mental. And it does help to know that i am not alone in this.xx
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