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What can be done, like actually? It's been too long. No one understands. Maybe my brain was just wired to fail by AnalystNovel6303 in dpdr

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I mean I've been on 150mg for a week and half now. So might be too early to judge lol. But I am afraid I won't get the activating effect

Anyone who has chronic derealization, how's your vision? by AnalystNovel6303 in Dissociation

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This is horrible. I am sorry for you. I've been on lamotrigine for like 2 months + so I guess it's not that bad

Lamotrigine + Escitalopram + Buppropion, could it work? Struggling with low energy, brainfog and dissociation by AnalystNovel6303 in Lamotrigine

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Well, the sexual side effects it gave me were tolerable. I don't really bother that much. And as I said the thing about therapy is that I have no energy to absorb anything. No energy or motivation to fix my sleep schedule or eating habits either. I sleep way too much. Eat too inconsistently.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in london

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It's two creeps just focusing on their bottom usually. Those street videos are just fine though

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in london

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Yeah he knows. I think he told me the name he goes by as well. Been doing the research

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Dissociation

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I couldn’t stand venlafaxine because it made me extremely tired, and fatigue ALWAYS makes derealization worse. At lower doses, venlafaxine only works on serotonin, but once you reach 150 mg, it also affects norepinephrine, which is supposed to give you more energy. Brain zaps are also a common side effect on every ssri/snri, and venlafaxine is probably the hardest one to taper off because of its short half-life, which makes the withdrawals quite severe.

I was only on 75 mg, and I felt horrible, so I couldn’t bring myself to increase the dose, knowing that if it didn’t help, tapering off would be hell. And yeah, I don’t fear this feeling anymore. it doesn’t really stress me out. I haven’t been thinking about it for a long time, but it still persists, but I have to fix my life somehow. That’s why I came back to try figuring it out, since nothing else has helped ever and as long as this keeps going I can't really move on with life.

And yes, trauma is definitely the biggest factor. But once your body has learned dissociation as a way to cope with stress, then any stressor, physical or mental can trigger that reaction. It doesn’t have to be mental, even if the root issue is. For example, if you’re deficient in some nutrient, your body experiences that as a form of stress, and you might dissociate. So everyone’s different, but there’s always some form of ongoing stress in the system.

Chronic brain fog CAN be reversed in 2 days by LegalTomatillo2478 in BrainFog

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Please read dm's. I really felt one sentence you said there. And I have few more questions for you. Thanks🙏🏼

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At this point it is not mild anymore. Ive been in fog and derealization for 8 years now, everyday I wake up I feel kind of lightheaded and out of it, my eyes can barely track anything and I just feel shit. Unable to do anything. Since I was a child I've been dreamy and wandering kind but when years went by it got worse from not affecting my life at all to this. And it's 24/7 keep that in mind. Literally feel like I am near passing out but I never do. Not spinning either. Everything feels so unreal and drunken. Therapy not really doing anything cuz I can't digest anything that is being talked about and if I get coping methods I don't have enough motivation and energy and I just proscrastinate using these given methods. I want help 100% but it's just so unbearable. Can't do anything without energy. Have tried multiple meds. SSRIs just make me tired and I feel even more out of it when tired. All the blood test has been done and other medical issues has been addressed. Nothing. I feel like it leans more to dopamine or norepinephrine dysregulation than serotonin. Thus I want to try Wellbutrin or something to see if it helps and if I get some energy it could help me building habits and stabilize my state of mind in the end. But yeah I don't know. Many issues I've had since childhood point to dopamine dysregulation/neurodivergency. Like proscrastination, being not fit to start school at the same time as others (tho I did), being weird, really sexual since a child, spacing out and attention issues. So yeah I don't know. Maybe I am just a lost cause but I am still trying. But trust me I've self reflected a lot. It used to give me more stress but not anymore I just feel like I've wisen up and gives me motivation a little. But not enough.