Posted by qbsbrown on August 7, 2004, at 21:33:55
In reply to depersonalization help needed, posted by lames jill on August 5, 2004, at 14:35:52
I can sympatize with you. I've had extremely bad depersonalization/derealization after a 8-10 hr break through panic attack. I was on 20 mgs of lexapro during most of this time. It did not touch my symptoms. To be honest, when i went off of it, i found some relief.
Although every individual is different, lexapro doesn't seem to work well for DP, more for depression. At least i found no help.
There is a great site for this, it's dpselfhelp.com. Great resources and people going through the same thing.
Polls on that site seem to note that Paxil and klonopin seem to work the best.
The two leading institutes on depersonalization are finding that some anti-seizure/mood stablizing meds might provide the best results, namely lamictal and abilify.
But check out that site, and i wish u luck.Brian
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