Posted by Eddie Sylvano on October 14, 2002, at 13:45:50
In reply to Re: I feel like I'm playing myself in a movie. » Ginjoint, posted by Dinah on October 11, 2002, at 22:56:24
>I think part of the problem though is that I'm very mildly dissociated or derealized. I've been sleeping my head off for the last few days yet still i feel like i'm slogging through quicksand. And everything feels so weird and foggy. Ah well, this too shall pass.
--------------------I think I've mentioned before that I have similar problems, and it sucks. At its worst, I feel no more attached to myself and my actions than I do to anyone elses. I hear myself as if I were someone else. Everything seems like it's fake, and has no purpose. All my senses are flat, and isolated, like I'm experiencing them second-hand, and I don't feel like I can connect with anything. I can't just hear someone or watch something, I have to make extra effort to interpret the sound, and pay close attention to follow visual information. Immediacy is totally lost.
I've tried several different routes to address the problem, but haven't had any clear success. It just seems to come and go as it pleases. Sometimes it lasts a day, sometimes a week or more. I'm currently on imipramine, and have been feeling pretty good, though it's only been a couple of weeks. I wonder if an anti-seizure drug would help things?
If you're anything like me, though, it'll fade away within a month or so, tops. Still, you have my sympathy. Life loses its relevance when you feel like that.
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