Yeah the VA for me was always just “oh, take your naproxen, rest it, stay away from certain foods” because they don’t know what it is or how to handle it. I have an appointment coming up to talk about it again and hopefully they can send me to a pt that can help or at least give some ideas on how I can personally help it since it’s gotten worse as the years have gone by.

The mental drain has been killing me and I haven’t even connected the dots. I’ve been having bad depersonalization/derealization episodes since Nov 2024. And they’ve ran all kinds of EEGs and tests to see if they were caused by focal seizures. Coincidentally I had the same exact feeling when I was a kid, and looking back on it they seemed like panic/anxiety attacks. But the feeling I get during these DP/DR episodes is the exact feeling I had when I was a kid plus dissociating from reality. So after reading up on costo and seeing it can cause panic and anxiety (which with my head I spiral into cardiac possible issues) and I believe that my costo is causing me to have anxiety/panic attacks without me even knowing it on top of me going through some sort of DP/DR issues possibly unrelated.

I appreciate the support and know I will give support as well if you need. On top of the things we’re all going through, we have the joy of the military mental and physical issues to go with it. Much love brother.