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Mental Health Depersonalisation disorder questions

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Cyan-illumination

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Hey all this is my first post so don't be harsh! About 6-7 months ago I first got depersonalisation disorder (dpd) from a bad experience with weed, I struggled for several months with the condition but now I feel like it has almost all disappeared, I was just wondering if anybody was aware what drugs would and would not react in a bad manner with dpd.
Here are some I know already that don't effect it.
Codeine
Nitrazepam
Alcohol (if that counts)
I'm wanting to know this information for research purposes only, I of course would not be participating in any illegal activity.
Thanks. :)
 
Any list like that would be completely subjective with no scientific basis. I think your best bet is to clear your mind and body from all drugs for a while and to concentrate on living a healthy life.
 
Thanks for the reply herbavore, I haven't consumed any drugs since the first attack (over 6 months ago) and I feel like my depersonalisation has pretty much gone (still experience mild waves from time to time but I can snap myself out pretty easily) I was just wondering if any drugs in particular would bring back up feelings of depersonalisation, but are you saying there is no logical way of testing?
 
Thanks for the reply, I've been to the doctors and was put on a course of amitriptyline untill I could handle the anxiety and to stop my insomnia due to having dpd, I've also been to therapists but nothing has really helped other than sober time.
 
Hey, Cyan. I just think when you have put a strain on the brain (an adverse drug reaction) it is a good thing to do everything in your power to be completely sober and to get to know your moods and reactions to things without any cloudiness. Especially with anxiety I feel that understanding your own personal relationship with it is far more helpful in the long run than medicating yourself out of it. Obviously if it is so extreme that it is keeping you from going out or working etc, that would call for stronger intervention; but anxiety is a part of life and learning to strengthen your rational brain's self-talk in the face of it is the strongest medicine IMO. <3
 
Great advice indeed. However, anxiety makes me fearful and I have this thing, concern of losing control. Become so quiet and invisible in key areas. Only the thought of having this as a possibility makes me lose nights and nights of sleep. It feels bigger than me sometimes.
I am quitting something that was part of me for so many years and I have no idea how I am going to relearn how to live a normal life again.
 
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The tricyclic is an interesting choice! I'd be interesting in hearing how you find it, if you don't mind coming back and giving us an update in a little while?
 
Hey SixBuckets, I completed my course of amitriptyline and for the most part I found it helpful, I was able to sleep, I was able to control the anxiety, it stopped me from having depersonalisation in the most of it but there's a bad side to everything, it basically turned me into a zombie, it made me extremely 'gormy' and to be honest a shell of a person, but it was a vital step I needed to take on the road to recovery, if I didn't take that step I would have been bed bound and unable to function. Overall I would advise if people were to be prescribed amitriptyline as a fourm of treatment for dpd then I would advise them to try it out, but, it can easily become a way of life so they should be extremely careful, as it was hard to come off.
 
I had DPD from weed and I just wish someone told me this, if you cant handle weed dont move on to anything else, someone once told me some people just shouldnt use drugs and I am one of those people yet I did anyway and I am drug fucked because of it and trying to recover.

The DPD I would guess like with me is from an underlying issue and avoiding hallucinagens isnt the way to deal with it, you should avoid stimulants too. You are probably prone to anxiety, paranoia and depression which all feed each other.
 
A friend of mine also has dpd and he has taken stimulants whilst having it (methylphenidate and speed) and he's said everything has been fine with him whenever he has had it, although he says the sleep deprivation sometimes seems to make it worse.
 
Amphetamine doesnt exacerbate DPD in me but they worsened my BPD once I came off.
I suspect DPD is a symptom of an underlying condition such as BPD in my case or maybe even latent schizophrenia but I have not come across any studies about this.
 
Any hallucinogen, including marijuana, MDA on the comedown. I dont have DPD anymore though but what I have now is worse, cyclothymia and a confirmation of a personality disorder.
 
Cyan-illumination said:
Hey SixBuckets, I completed my course of amitriptyline and for the most part I found it helpful, I was able to sleep, I was able to control the anxiety, it stopped me from having depersonalisation in the most of it but there's a bad side to everything, it basically turned me into a zombie, it made me extremely 'gormy' and to be honest a shell of a person, but it was a vital step I needed to take on the road to recovery, if I didn't take that step I would have been bed bound and unable to function. Overall I would advise if people were to be prescribed amitriptyline as a fourm of treatment for dpd then I would advise them to try it out, but, it can easily become a way of life so they should be extremely careful, as it was hard to come off.
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I'm not sure what 'gormy' means? Sorry, I'm Australian, we have our own made up language and don't often understand other people's slang.

I'm glad amitryptyline helped you. And don't worry - it's completely legit to take a medication for a short period of time and still benefit from it.
 
It means like staring off into space and not even knowing your doing it, and taking slower to think about stuff, it turned me into a bit of a simpleton if that's better language lol
 
Thanks for the reply, any idea if mdma effects it at all? Or is it generally just hallucinogens? Sorry to hear about the cyclothymia, what country do you live in and what line of treatment did you go down for your dpd? (if you don't mind me asking)
 
I am unsure about MDMA but i would avoid it with DPD.

The treatment that worked was surprisingly just exercise and proper sleep. A psychologist will tell you that whenever you start to derealize to spot 3 objects, hear 3 sounds and feel 3 things.
 
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