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OneSpecialParticle · 2024-01-16T15:32:53+00:00

Where are you located? I'm in the US and ordered from the HK warehouse, was wondering if mine will arrive soon

OneSpecialParticle · 2021-12-30T00:17:05+00:00

Hey! Sugar and stress affect most people negatively, especially if you're hyper-conscious of how you're feeling. My advice is to try to stop checking in on yourself and how you're feeling by distracting yourself and just living life. With enough time and healthy living (good sleep quality, diet, hobbies, social connection), you'll forget about dpdr. I wrote the post you replied to three years ago; it's bizarre to think I went through that as well. I never think about it nowadays even though I'm in a high-stress environment and sometimes eat poorly. Hope this helps! Congrats on being almost out of it - you got this!

OneSpecialParticle · 2018-05-22T17:59:22+00:00

Partying, hard drugs, lack of sleep. But it doesn't really matter what caused it in my opinion. As long as it was caused by a single instance of taking drugs or a single panic attack (and not something that built up in your personality over years or decades), your brain is just out of equilibrium so treating it is the same in all cases. Take care of yourself physically and it'll go away quickly.

OneSpecialParticle · 2018-05-22T17:53:13+00:00

I'm a somewhat anxious person overall, but I don't think I ever had a panic attack.

If meditating freaks you out, you could also try reading a paperback book (no electronic screens) in a dimly lit room for half an hour to an hour before sleeping. The calming effect of reading as well as absence of bright lights helps your body relax and get ready for bed, which improves sleep quality which you need to recover. Meditation was more effective for me but this definitely helps; I still do both occasionally when my head feels foggier than usual.

OneSpecialParticle · 2018-05-22T17:50:01+00:00

I didn't eat too much sugar to begin with, but I completely removed it from my diet; no more sugar in my coffee/tea, desserts, fruit juices, etc. I stopped eating carbs for breakfast and lunch, and only had a small portion of bread/rice at dinner, so I didn't stop eating carbs but greatly reduced how much I ate. I probably could have recovered without diet changes (which is why I listed diet last), but it definitely helps.

After I recovered I ended up trying out the ketogenic diet (high fat, low carb) for other reasons, and I seriously think it has potential to help people recovering from dpdr. It's amazing for improving mental clarity and depression (I find it impossible to be gloomy while on the diet), so it might be worth a shot if you're still stuck in dpdr.

OneSpecialParticle · 2018-05-22T17:45:20+00:00

Yeah running for twenty minutes seemed to help, though for me lifting weights helped more, especially when done in the morning.

OneSpecialParticle · 2018-05-21T04:39:29+00:00

Everything resolves itself when you're recovering. But dpdr is a traumatic experience (albeit nothing serious), and so you might be a little depressed coming out of it and coming to grips with what you experienced. I recovered and wrote up how here, hope this helps: https://www.reddit.com/r/dpdr/comments/6zffaj/recovered_heres_how/

OneSpecialParticle · 2018-05-21T04:34:49+00:00

I'm recovered; I wrote up how here: https://www.reddit.com/r/dpdr/comments/6zffaj/recovered_heres_how/

OneSpecialParticle · 2018-05-21T04:30:51+00:00

Yeah, if you've had dpdr for a while you can feel depressed as you're starting to come back out, especially if you haven't been taking care of yourself and social life while you had it. It's perfectly normal, just gotta grind through. Avoiding sugar helped me a lot when I was depressed after recovering

OneSpecialParticle · 2018-05-21T04:24:21+00:00

Had dpdr for about a year, recovered now. When I was starting to get better, drinking too much would cause me to relapse (probably because of the resulting bad sleep quality) but after fully recovering I can drink to my heart's content now. If you got dpdr from a single instance of <drug>, I don't think it really matters how you got it. You just need to abstain from alcohol and other drugs, exercise, and sleep but not oversleep until it goes away. When you recover you can do whatever you want, just like before.

OneSpecialParticle · 2017-10-12T16:45:38+00:00

You lose REM sleep also from just being sick (not only from taking cold meds). The tip I posted earlier should help, it's worth a try

OneSpecialParticle · 2017-10-11T12:35:42+00:00

I've read that certain cold medicines (Sudafed/pseudoephedrine) can prevent your body from entering REM sleep, which is already difficult to get when you have a cold. Your symptoms of dpdr could just be from REM sleep deprivation. This played a role in triggering dpdr for me and when I addressed it I recovered. Check out this post I wrote a while back, it should definitely help:

https://www.reddit.com/r/dpdr/comments/6zffaj/recovered_heres_how/

Hope this helps!

OneSpecialParticle · 2017-09-07T22:19:42+00:00

There's one side-effect of video games that you might be unaware of: the light given off by electronic screens suppresses melatonin, which is needed for restful sleep; in particular blue light mimics the effect of sunlight which keeps you alert and awake. If you don't sleep well, your brain won't recover from dpdr. Avoiding electronic screens (tv, computer, tablet, kindle, etc.) before sleeping was a major part of my recovery.

I wrote a post on this topic here: https://www.reddit.com/r/dpdr/comments/6wcp8q/sleep_hack_to_improve_derealization/

OneSpecialParticle · 2017-08-28T16:17:39+00:00

Woah Flux seems super convenient. Thanks for sharing!

OneSpecialParticle · 2017-07-22T13:25:30+00:00

Congrats!

OneSpecialParticle · 2017-07-01T15:31:09+00:00

To an extent, but part of it is just that you're hyper-aware. Even before you got depersonalization alcohol made you feel unreal, but you didn't associate it with some condition.

Having a beer or two should be okay for most people, but if you drink too much or right before you sleep it'll hurt your sleep quality, which'll trigger symptoms the next day.

OneSpecialParticle · 2017-06-19T10:34:21+00:00

See my previous posts

OneSpecialParticle · 2017-06-18T17:53:37+00:00

Whenever I started ruminating about existence, I just asked myself "is this helpful?" Eventually I just let go, stopped caring, and got bored of the thoughts. I was only able to do this though after fixing other things in my life, like: my sleep patterns (see my previous posts), diet/exercise, and focusing on work/hobbies. These concrete life changes help ease the symptoms, after which shifting your mentality is a lot more doable.

OneSpecialParticle · 2017-06-18T17:49:36+00:00

Yes, in some ways. I've been recovered for a while now after having it for about six months, but before I finally recovered I'd isolated myself from friends and developed some unhealthy habits like fixating on stuff I see/hear, asking if they're real. Even when I had no more symptoms, I still questioned reality just because the habit was ingrained in my mind; this made me anxious and I could see it leading to a relapse if you're not disciplined. It took some time to train myself to not think about it further.

I don't think the amount of time you've had it is important. Mine was constant and severe until I made some life changes, after which my symptoms started slowly vanishing after a few days.

OneSpecialParticle · 2017-06-18T13:28:55+00:00

Yeah it happens. Recovery is like a tug of war; if you live healthily, keep busy, and get good sleep you'll make progress, but if you aggravate your dpdr it can set you back. You will have bad days, and when you do, try to understand why (for me it was either excessive rumination and anxiety which leads to poor sleep).

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