Hey I have been suffering from anxiety for around 2 months. I started taking escitalopram a week ago and have been feeling a bit better recently. However I still constantly feel spacey and a bit detached from reality. My big fear is that I have vcjd so of course I tell myself that this spacey feeling is the beginning of dementia and that is the start of my slide into vcjd.
I constantly check my memory to test whether I can remember what I have done today and the past few days and if I cant remember a single TV show I watched then I panic.
I also feel weirdly detached from what time of day it is. When I speak I constantly wonder if that is how I normally talk and I feel as if I'm not as concentrated and as bright as I used to be.
I mentioned this fear to my doctor but she said it was such a rare disease and that all I was suffering from is anxiety.
Is this just depersonalisation and if so how can I relax and forget about it?