I feel terrible today...am so spaced out...like am in some kind of dream. This along with all the obsessive thoughts I have(OCD) are making me feel like I am going crazy. Am so scared that I am go mad,become pyschotic or that I have Schizophenia or some terrible mental illness....Just wanted some reassurance that the dream like feeling is only Anxiety...feels so scary.
We have never met anyone on here with DP who was diagnosed schizo...
It makes me feel like I am gunna go crazy it is awful...do u suffer from it Jen?
Yup. Been told by several psychologists that it is NOT schizo 
Me too trouble is I struggle to believe that it can just be Anxiety lol
Me too haha
I'd been really good for a few days and had a bad episode yesterday, so now of course I think I'll never feel good again. So annoying!!!
Me too! I had two great weeks now its back. I think the same but if ur crazy u just do it u don't think it or control ur actions x
I dont seem to get good days at the moment...well that not true had a few days where it was better and could cope with it better...now seems to have returned so bad...I keep getting panicky cos of it as well which I am trying hard to control.
U on meds ?
Are you Rachel?
Yeah I started Escitalapram 2 and a half weeks ago and felt a little bit better until yesterday..I thought they were working now I have it in my head that they are making it worse...which is probably stupid because I been taking for nearly 3 weeks and i was feeling a bit better. What about u and if so how long did they take to work?
Yes five yrs ago sertraline worked great and saved me from pnd and anxiety. After this baby I got it again and was on fluoxetine 12weeks worked good after 6weeks but it started again so they upped my dose and I went totally crazy so was rushed off it onto sertraline again in was going so well very quickly but now at 4weeks in my anxiety is back and panic all day and night 
hoping I can ride it through without trying a increase. I'm not helping myself though but its so so hard. I can't b alone if alone I'm a mess
Hi clairebear
It is so sad that DP/DR are symptoms of anxiety....as if there isn't enough to cope with. But you must believe that these symptoms are truly caused by the nervous system being overloaded. Feeling as if in a dreamlike state, things seeming unreal, are in my opinion (having been there several times) the brain trying to take a rest from reality because of the strees it has been under. Does that seem logical to you. Sometimes medication takes quite a while to kick in, and remember that your body/and mind is still under stress from anxiety. There is a light at the end of the tunnel....keep faith, try to rest/relax....your body/mind needs to recuperate.
Good Luck. Keep Posting..if that helps.
Rachel weirdly that is how that my Anxiety started as well....I had my daugter 18 years ago and developed Postnatal depression/OCD/Anxiety...it did go away then got it a second time after I had a misscarrige. I was like that then...well am now as well but the constant panic and thoughts were terrible. This is the 3rd time I have been like this and I know how you feeling it is awful...very hard to believe that Anxiety can make you feel this bad.
Thanks CruisLady..i suppose most of the time I do know it is just Anxiety...it just so hard to get my head round sometimes because for me the Depersonalisation is what sets off the Anxiety even if I am not aware of feeling Anxious...it makes you feel like you are losing the plot but have been feeling that for weeks and am still here lol
Just let it happen and keep doing your daily stuff, infact keep yourself focused on a task/activity , whether you like it or not. Everything is in a state of slosh right now and give it time to settle down. Keep taking your medicines and do some physical activity/ yoga/ breathing techniques so you can recover quickly. I have had DP with severe anxiety just few months back and now I am feeling normal. So be assured and give your system some space to settle down.
It's refreshing to see somebody in the same boat as me. I am right there with you with every emotion here. I have had bouts of depersonalisation/derealisation as well and I am just absolutely terrified it is something worse than anxiety.. although I do know that is the case. Sometimes I dont notice it at all.. sometimes for months nothing happens. But then it's those months of feeling fine catch up to me in one giant attack. Just the other day at work, all of a sudden a huge wave of dream like/disconnected feeling hit me so hard that it caused a panic attack because I suddently felt so out of it and it caused my heart to start pounding and for me to just shake crazily. I hadn't felt anything even close to that in so long that it really messed with me. For the past week or so, I have been feeling quite a bit spaced out and cannot concentrate for the life of me. I wish I had advice to offer but I was just looking for someone who could relate so I hope it's helpful for you to know you're not at all alone and it most definitely is anxiety. I once asked a friend, "Aren't you ever terrified you'll just go crazy one day?" she replied, "not at all." I said, "wow, that's one of my biggest fears. How can you not be afraid of losing control of your mind?" she said "well, if it ever happens, I'll be too crazy to care." Good point! You know you're not crazy if you're aware and concerned about it! But that doesn't help shake these feelings. I certainly hope time does it for us.
I hope I cab recover soon its awful ! Feel so disconnected like I'm a ghost nearly x
Did u get better the second time ? Sorry to hear u lost a baby. Been pregnant plays with my head greatly . I will not be doing it ever again! I love my children dearly but this is hell and I feel I'll never be better again