Hi everyone,
I have been dealing with something called dissociation for the past 6 months, but recently I'd say it's got gradually worse. I used to have alot more emotion towards everything that happened in my life, yes i used to have anxiety but i could cope with it alot more than i can now. It then slowly started turning into feeling depressed and disconnected from everything that was happening around me, like it's just me and my own thoughts. I now feel like I'm trapped inside my own head. So I decided to go to the doctors and they prescribed me with 50mg of sertraline anti-depressant. I have been taking them for around a week now and i have attended 2 my well being therapy sessions. I know these anti-depressants take 4-6 weeks usually to notice any change. But my questions are. Will anti-depressants help with dissociation? Will i ever overcome dissocation? Thankyou for taking the time to read.
Are you taking any drugs or alcohol that might be promoting your disassociative state? Some people find that pot promotes that type of sensation.
Hi phil, i used to smoke a bit of pot it's been about 6 months since i have really done it properly. I used to smoke it around 3/4 times a week for about 6-8 months and then eventually gave it up. I occasionally go out 1/2 times a month. I recently went to a festival and took some ketamine that was probably around a grams worth. Since smoking weed i have had 4/5 panic attacks, but I've felt dissociated for a long time now. I know that doing stuff like that won't help it at all and that was one of the only time I'd ever taken ketamine and will definitely be the last. Do you think it will have effected my brain permanently, will i recover from the feelings that I'm having? Going out and enjoying things is a really big challenge for me as i feel so zoned out when i do things. Like i said i began feeling really anxious, which then lead to feeling very dissociated and zoned out. And now that's leading on to depression as it's stopping me from enjoying the things that i love doing, and also making it very hard for me to get through a days work as I can't concentrate, remember important things that i should remember, overall just not on the ball. I was hoping that with the antidepressants and the therapy would overcome these feelings, but I guess time will tell as I've only been on the sertraline for 5 days now. But I can't really see how an antidepressant could help with dissociation?