Rotirghtelf
30-06-08, 20:16
Hey, guys, I'm 18 and never had such horrible experiences as the ones I had since this winter.
I used to wake up at night very rarely with my heart racing, inability to breathe or even sleep paralysis (yes for about 10 seconds). It was really weird but it didn't bug me that much.
Then during the winter I started having panic attacks, a lot of them for a month or two like at least 2-3 panic attacks that lasted for an hour or so. It was horrible, I hated it, I couldn't understand -- my life was going well, there was nothing to be anxious about.
I would get rapid heart rate, difficulty breathing, chest pain, high blood pressure, dizziness, fear or everything, that I'm going crazy.
I went to a cardiologist, endocrinologist, neurologist, they found nothing! They all said I need a psychiatrist and the psychiatrist tried anti-depressants but I had a hallucination so we stopped them. That realyl freaked me out.
Last two months I've had 0 panic attacks but 24/7 I have this feeling of unreality, like everything's a dream, nothing's real. My memory is really bad now, I question everything, all my memories seem like a dream.
I never thought I'd have something worse than panic attacks but this derealisation is truly worse. At least the attacks lasted for some period and they would go away, now I'm constantly confused and surreal. It's weird how the panic attacks stopped but this new symtpom emerged.
I've read most of the threads here about it and I'm sorry if my post is unnecessary but I'm scared thinking this is how I'll have to deal with life for the rest of it. I've tried not thinking about the derealisation and yes I do forget it, I can be happy, I can laugh but even then it's still there! Nothing works! I have no energy, I feel totally spaced out. I'm scared it might progress to schizophrenia but maybe it's just general anxiety.
The thing is that I'm not anxious, THE SYMPTOM is making me go crazy. Is there anyone who managed to get rid of it with something? Anything - medication, relaxation techniques, some sort of trick cuz I'm really starting to give up. I have to learn to live this way obviously.
Thank you in advance!
I used to wake up at night very rarely with my heart racing, inability to breathe or even sleep paralysis (yes for about 10 seconds). It was really weird but it didn't bug me that much.
Then during the winter I started having panic attacks, a lot of them for a month or two like at least 2-3 panic attacks that lasted for an hour or so. It was horrible, I hated it, I couldn't understand -- my life was going well, there was nothing to be anxious about.
I would get rapid heart rate, difficulty breathing, chest pain, high blood pressure, dizziness, fear or everything, that I'm going crazy.
I went to a cardiologist, endocrinologist, neurologist, they found nothing! They all said I need a psychiatrist and the psychiatrist tried anti-depressants but I had a hallucination so we stopped them. That realyl freaked me out.
Last two months I've had 0 panic attacks but 24/7 I have this feeling of unreality, like everything's a dream, nothing's real. My memory is really bad now, I question everything, all my memories seem like a dream.
I never thought I'd have something worse than panic attacks but this derealisation is truly worse. At least the attacks lasted for some period and they would go away, now I'm constantly confused and surreal. It's weird how the panic attacks stopped but this new symtpom emerged.
I've read most of the threads here about it and I'm sorry if my post is unnecessary but I'm scared thinking this is how I'll have to deal with life for the rest of it. I've tried not thinking about the derealisation and yes I do forget it, I can be happy, I can laugh but even then it's still there! Nothing works! I have no energy, I feel totally spaced out. I'm scared it might progress to schizophrenia but maybe it's just general anxiety.
The thing is that I'm not anxious, THE SYMPTOM is making me go crazy. Is there anyone who managed to get rid of it with something? Anything - medication, relaxation techniques, some sort of trick cuz I'm really starting to give up. I have to learn to live this way obviously.
Thank you in advance!