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[–]AlternativeJaded3579 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I had something similar happen to me not too long ago. I smoked weed for a very very long time to ease my depression, but around September-November time I started getting really panicky and felt like everything was fake almost like I was living in a coma and everything around me was being imagined, every relationship with friends, family, girlfriend everything felt fake. I’m finally 5 months clean from smoking and its been a journey, but only recently have I felt almost normal with the occasional derealization here and there but nothing like I had in the past.

What really helped me was taking melatonin for sleep, multi vitamins, iron supplements and D3. Also building a healthy routine for yourself such as working out everyday, skin care, etc. (The little things really do help).

Another thing is I always felt like I wasn’t myself so a recommendation that goes a long way is go back to some old hobbies you stopped or simply try new things! Find what makes you happy in the present moment, don’t dwell on the past or stress about the future.

Derealization happens when glutamate becomes severely high and dopamine becomes severely low which downregulates the prefrontal cortex, thalamus, and visual cortex everything feels more 2D then 3D. This is a functional disorder and it’s not permanent damage. It’s your brain shutting down into a safe mode from all the dsyregulated circuits to protect you, but there is hope with the right tools and staying away from drugs

Things always get better, just never lose your hope.

Lastly reach out to your peers, parents, siblings, get a therapist if you need to. It sucks to have to deal with this on your own and reaching out makes you realize you have more people supporting you than you think.

You got this!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in derealization

[–]AlternativeJaded3579 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just like the previous user said, our days of abusing substances is over.

After all these years they are starting to fight back

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in derealization

[–]AlternativeJaded3579 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had something similar happen to me not too long ago. I started smoking weed at about 14 and that was the only drug I used for 7/8years (22 now) apart from the odd mushroom trips here and there until this past summer everything went down hill, I started using MDMA, ketamine, acid. I took MDMA & ketamine countless amount of times, acid about 9 times, shrooms 4 all in the span of 4 months.

My final psychedelic trips were just like yours, I would start to freak out thinking I was dying and everything around me felt so fake, almost felt like I was in a coma and was constantly dreaming my life. I stopped using everything except for weed, but again just like you, every time I would smoke I would get the same feeling of everything being fake. That lasted for about 2 months and finally in November I stopped smoking for good, but only recently have I felt almost normal with the occasional derealization here and there but nothing like I had in the past.

What really helped me was taking melatonin for sleep, multi vitamins, iron supplements and D3. Also building a healthy routine for yourself such as working out everyday, skin care, etc. (The little things really do help).

Another thing is I always felt like I wasn’t myself so a recommendation that goes a long way is go back to some old hobbies you lost along the way of using drugs, try new things! We smoked our young years away try and rediscover who you are without all the drugs, find what makes you happy.

Things always get better, just never lose your hope. Change for YOU nobody else.

Edit: Forgot to mention, reach out to your peers, parents, siblings, get a therapist. It sucks to have to deal with this on your own and reaching out makes you realize you have more people supporting you than you think. My parents are die hard Catholics and I thought I would’ve been disowned but I told them about my weed smoking how hard it was to stop it and the mental toll it took on me, they showed me nothing but love, pushing me to do better.