I suffer from Anxiety and Depression. I went cold turkey off my meds which I know is very stupid. I am back on them now for 3 weeks so far but not seeing an improvement yet. I was wondering if anyone has a feeling that I am feeling. I wake up every morning with severe anxiety and feeling like I am very spaced out and not in my body. It is almost as if I am just a body taking up space. I feel like I will never get better. I have read about Depersonalization so perhaps it's that. It tends to last all day unless I don't think about it which is not very often. Could it be s brain tumor that is causing this? Is it the anxiety or Depression? How long will it take until my meds kick in. if anyone else could explain there experience if they have this that would be great. I feel like people get this but not all day.
My daughter felt the same as you do, she is now into her third week of anti depressants and they are just starting to take effect. What on earth made you think that you had a brain tumour. it is all just part of your anxiety. Try to focus on something else apart from the way you feel, you say there are times when you dont think about it. She used to feel very spaced out, and it is all part of the illness unfortuantely, but give your medication time to kick in and i am sure the feelings you have will go.
Hi at the moment I am feeling the same, been like this for a few weeks from no where, took 3 weeks worth of sertraline and felt worse now been on seroxat 2 days, I can't wait for 3 weeks to pass to see any welcomed improvement! What tablets are you on? Hope you get some relief soon x
Thanks Jean. I have always worried about my health so this feeling makes me think there is something wrong in my brain. It is just a very scary thing to be dealing with. I can't leave the house because I feel so spaced out and that I sm just living in a dream. I panic when I first wake up because I think I am finally gone crazy and will never get better. It's hard not to think about it because I am so worried.
It's such a scary feeling. No idea why it happens. I don't feel like I am having a panic attack but still have the feeling. I am on Citalopram.
Yes I'm exactly the same I just feel like I'm on the edge of one but I keep talking myself out of it, trying to float past it, trying to say positive things! It's so hard isn't it x
It's so hard. I always think there is no way this can be anxiety. It makes me just want to sit in my house and not move as I think everyone will look at me and think I am crazy. I believe my meds are finally starting to kick in those because I can see the light at the end of the tunnel. Though I am not all the way out of it I don't see myself thinking about it as much which helps me forget about it. Now just to get up off the couch.
I would give it a bit more time your body is just still trying to adjust to the sudden disruption of quiting.
anti anxiety / depressants take weeks before you feel any improvements and in the begining can even cause more anxiety it is a side effect.
Thanks Tinamn. I think that is the important thing to wait and let the meds do their job. I did a pretty rough thing to my body after being on them for 7 years or so and then just stopping. Going to take some time to get them back in my systems. Has been 3 weeks but hoping it happens sooner then later.
It will, I know I have been through the same thing.
What kind of symptoms did you have? Anything weird in your head or always feeling very spaced out and not in your body?
Both and am currently because I am weening myself off of them after years of taking.
I have a constant anxiety attack every night for about an hour before I can go to sleep but I have been through this before and know it will eventually pass I just need to ride it out.
It is a bit worse because I am now haveing hormone changes due to menopause.
So as soon as I can I will get my herbs and I am confident I will feel better.
Hi yadeed I use to suffer from anxiety and depression when I was younger.i was a single mother working a hard job and I would have panic attaches because mostly I think I had a fear of death and I know that also with anxiety it cause a chemical imbalance In the brain which will make us have run away thoughts.i was scared of everything because I did not want to die because I did not know where I would go.i don't know your religion But it was when I got my spiritual Life correct that I did not worry anymore for death.i am not preaching to you just letting you know how I over came my anxiety and depression.most of the time when we are checking our Necks to feel is my heart beating Normal or not it's because we have a fear that something is wrong and we might Die from something.i know that sometimes we do need the medicine to help get our chemicals under control but we also need to have healthy thinking to keep our fears under control.I went to a little old lady one day when I was having a very bad panic attack And I knew she was a Christian.i told I feel like God was giving up on me and my fear was so strong that I Felt As if I could die at that very moment And go to hell.the little lady told me in a sweet voice that God had not given up on me and would I like to take him in my heart to be saved and I told her yes in my most desperate Voice because I did not want to fear death anymore I was so tired.she opened the Bible to Romans chapter 10 verses 9-13 and we payed for Jesus to come into my heart and I got saved that day.i continued My learning from reading and going to church and I Concord
That is very beautiful.
I am happy for you on that.
Did you ever find out what is was Yadeed.
i have suffered from anxiety in the past andthen got off meds and was fine for 2 years and i recently just started getting anxiety , depression and everything, something triggered it all to come upon and build up i guess. but i panicked this morning when i woke up cause i felt the same thing u are feeling about spaced out and dream feeling, it is a really weird and scarry feeling , ive had it all day today but i tend to try to cope with it myself even though its hard and isnt completely gone but i try to be positive and calm , i tell myself everything is fine , im ok , im healthy , try to keep positive and happy things on my mind even though its hard to do that. but the more the worry thoughts and other stuff is away from u or out of your mind you will feel a little better. its a terrible feeling and terrible what anxiety , depression and stress can do do the body , unbelievible amount of things but its all mental and phsycological , so u gotta remind yourself and tell yourself everythings ok its all in my head and its not really happening.. medicine does help and yes it could take a couple weeks to kick in . rate now im dealing with it with nothing or at least trying to . and trying to stay busy and get out and do things and push threw it .
kinda feels though as if im in a fog/daze , the spaced out , not real and in a dream feel .absolutely weird feeling and it really sucks. also it has been messing up my sleeping scheduel like crazy .
same here , i dont go into a panic attack, i just feel anxious about it when i think about it and feel like that, but even though you feel like your not thinking about it , your thoughts and feeling and worrys dont just go away easily, your bodys nerves and other function all get messed uo and go into diff modes when under alot of stress, anxiety, depression. it happens to me and i wont literally be thinking about anything or worrying but it kinda just sticks and takes time and teqniques and meds if needed to get rid of or feel normal . does alot to your nervouse sysytem and seratonin levels, and mental stress.
im pushing through it too.: ) how are u so far?
HI, I can't tell you how relieved I am to see there is someine else out there that thinks like me even tho I'm so so sorry that you do I feel a little better and I hope you do to. I suffer from Sevier anxiety and I'm always scared there is something major medically wrong with me. 5 months ago my Lexapro just up and quit working my head felt so weird and it's something I can't explain right. I felt I was going crazy. Since then I have been on a journey to finding a medication to actually work again. It's the worst feeling when you have tried numerous medications and nothing is working you can't get any peace. I am now on effexor 37.5 MG and going into my 3rd week I feel it helping a little bit as I don't wake up extremely nervous like I was but then it comes. They want me to go up on the MG but when I tried to it made my anxiety worse. I feel hopeless and like I am never going to get my life back. I lost my job and I just sit around the house cause I'm scared of going anywhere now. Anywaus I will be praying for you and just know I still feel exactly how you feel and I'm so sorry you feel this way.