Posted by LLurpsieNoodle on September 17, 2007, at 14:59:26
In reply to feeling unreal, posted by B2chica on September 17, 2007, at 14:35:52
I feel like that a lot B2. It's a kind of dissociative reaction. The "out of body" feeling is called depersonalization and makes you feel like your body is far away, or you may not recognize sensations. I sometimes feel like there are these "ghost hands" doing things for me. I've posted plenty of posts under the influence of depersonalization.
At the time, I wonder if I'm crazy, but when I talk about it in T, we try to figure out what the trigger is. For me, the trigger is always something that happens RIGHT before the dissociation/depersonalization.
I've gone into "la la land" plenty of times in T. If I were more clever, I'd try to figure out exactly what T said that made me feel that way (but the conversation happens too fast for me to say "TIME OUT")
Life doesn't pause, but sometimes these feelings are a way to force us to pause.
Med-wise, I have found that the antipsychotics (neuroleptics) help a lot. My neuroleptic right now is abilify. I've had no side effects to speak of, and have been feeling pretty damned good lately. With an exception of Friday/Saturday...
I hope you feel yourself soon
-Ll
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