Posted by Ritch on February 17, 2005, at 8:49:03
In reply to Unreal sensation, posted by D minor on February 17, 2005, at 0:46:24
> Can anyone tell me what this is? Today I was a to work and all of a sudden felt like nothing was real. It sounds crazy and it's really hard to discribe. It made me feel like hurting myself just to feel something, to know that I was real and the world was real. I felt like I was going crazy. It was like, "this isn't really happening." This sensation has happened to me before. Has anyone else experienced this? What is this?
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> dmYeah, it is derealization (and maybe depersonalization). It *might* be med-induced, but usually it is anxiety or panic symptoms. High dose gabapentin made me feel like I was in someone else's body.. kind of like my arms and hands were someone else's (depersonalization). High dose gabatril created an unreal experience very similar to what you describe (derealization). I also was at work and suddenly felt that I was in an unfamiliar place. A coworker came up and started talking to me about something and it didn't seem to register. I started having a panic attack, but with no physical symptoms.. weird.. like my head was panicking, but my body wasn't adrenalizing or responding in any way, however my forehead and front of my face went completely numb at the same time this was happening. Also, when *off* meds in the past and would experience anxiety and then a panic attack.. in the midst of the panic attack I would have the same derealization, but with all of the physical stuff and anxious thoughts. It sounds like you experienced just the derealization without the panic. How long did it last?
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