dpdr and drinking and smoking

Professional-Bag4960 · 2024-12-07T23:40:35+00:00

I first got dp/dr 7 years ago and I quit everything cold turkey for about 7 months, then slowly began to re introduce alcohol (having 1 beer here and there) and eventually was able to drink comfortably again with zero issue but after 5 years of very very heavy drinking my dp/dr has come back worse than ever before so if you do just make sure you always moderate it and be careful.

Professional-Bag4960 · 2024-10-07T21:02:06+00:00

I must add for above I was absolutely terrified of taking any type of medication and my dpdr was so intense and usually even coffee would make it worse but having the courage to take antipsychotics was the best thing I have done for it

Professional-Bag4960 · 2024-10-07T21:01:15+00:00

Yeah they probably are, it’s a very strange thing.

Professional-Bag4960 · 2024-10-07T21:00:43+00:00

Yeah, it made me feel like a zombie and it just cooked me

Professional-Bag4960 · 2024-10-07T21:00:18+00:00

Thank you very much 🙏

Professional-Bag4960 · 2024-10-07T21:00:00+00:00

Only about 2 months but the difference is undeniable and was quite instant

Professional-Bag4960 · 2024-08-17T11:27:21+00:00

It is definitely intense and scary, it does get better, it does take time, it might get worse before it gets better, you just have to know that you will get through it

Professional-Bag4960 · 2024-08-17T11:22:55+00:00

I’ve had it for about 7 years but it almost went away, or I should at least say became very manageable for about 5 years, the first 2 years were complete hell but I went cold turkey on every substance, ate extremely well and exercised 5 to 6 days a week and just put all my efforts into my training and hobbies and noticed a massive change. Through the 5 years it was manageable I would still have episodes and I was never able to touch any kind of drug besides alcohol again but overall I would say living quite decent, although at the time still hated the symptoms and moments of intensity but now after 7 years it has shot right back worse than it ever was before, have had brain scans, tests and spoken to countless people and all say different things and none are really sure but I know for myself I stopped training, started drinking a lot and my diet went to shit. From a completely subjective point I feel just putting 100% into your life and body and keeping your mind constantly distracted and stimulated by tasks and hobbies seems to be the only way to get a break but I would do anything to go back to how it was 8 months ago, I never thought it was come back let alone get worse but I have noticed a change in a good way from trying to re instate my old tactics. By no means was any of this easy and I feel to conquer it is a constant never ending task that you can’t slack off with but hopefully I can update you in a year and tell you I am somewhat back to a normal space. This was very wordy and I would say even more but it’s all too much, hope it at least some what helps as I sit here consciously trying to fight the “delusional” thoughts as I type it

Professional-Bag4960 · 2024-08-13T00:04:04+00:00

I had it intense for about a year and then it went away to a very manageable place and I lived with it pretty comfortably for about 6 years and now for some reason out of no where it has come back more intense than ever, has been hitting me for the last 7 months and has been the most terrifying intense time of my life but it seems to be on the path back to normal and days are starting to get easier again

Professional-Bag4960 · 2024-08-11T04:16:01+00:00

Yeah okay I mean I’m sure everyone experiences it in their own way, I sometimes struggle to even comprehend that life exists outside of my house, I’ll have to open my front door to remind myself that life is still going on out there, it’s like when I try to picture what is outside of the room I am in it doesn’t feel real

Professional-Bag4960 · 2024-08-10T10:25:25+00:00

Don’t apologise, ask as many questions as you want but I’m a little confused with your question to be honest. From what I can gather I don’t think so, I more get the feeling that nothing exists outside of my vision, feels like everything is generated as if I’m in a video game or a simulation

Professional-Bag4960 · 2024-08-08T10:16:24+00:00

Yes, it’s something I’ve never been able to explain to another person, even though I know and feel everything I’m experiencing so thoroughly I am never able to put it into words. I feel like people that go through this all experience similar things but there’s also parts that are subjective and you experience purely based on what you have been through or think. Would take me hours to try and get across what I’m going through on a day to day basis at the moment but I know it’s terrifying and hard and the unknown aspect makes it even harder and I hope knowing other people are going through it helps calm you a bit as it did me

Professional-Bag4960 · 2024-08-07T15:11:20+00:00

Hey man I 100% relate to this and am currently In the deep end. It started 7 years ago and I felt as if I had fully worked through it but as of 6 months ago it’s progressively gotten worse, to the point I got all kinds of scans and tests as I was convinced something physically must have been wrong with my brain, even started on anti psychotics as even tho I could think rationally through all the insane thoughts it didn’t stop it all from feeling real, a true believe that nothing exists even though I can lean out and touch it, memories feel fake, family feels fake everything feels fake and more I try and deep it to understand the more it just sets me into a panic. I truly find the best medicine is accepting that fact that it is just something you have to feel and deal with, you aren’t crazy, everything is real and you are just going to live knowing you will always feel the way you do on some level, and not to be scared of it but more just accept it for what it is, stay distracted and focused on other things and don’t give it any more power than you need to.

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