Posted by jazzdog on April 4, 2002, at 12:41:03
In reply to Re: Dr. Kramer - any hope for derealization? » jazzdog, posted by Zo on April 3, 2002, at 0:25:16
Hi Zo -
My derealization is pretty much there all the time, but it does get worse under certain circumstances - high stress, lack of sleep, fluorescent lighting. According to other sufferers on the dpselfhelp.com boards, this is pretty common. Temporal lobe seizures are a possibility, as are low thyroid and cortisone levels. Interesting that you had success with neurontin - were you taking other drugs at that time?
How are you progressing with the lamictal and provigil? Have you noticed any tendency for one to counteract the other, given their opposite effects on glutamate? When you say your cognition has improved on provigil, does that mean the fogginess of derealization has cleared?
By the way, I'm glad you came back here. :-)
yours, Jane
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