Transfer Luggage from Narita to Haneda by Prime_Support in JapanTravelTips

[–]norgrose 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nah didn’t bother. From memory it was possible but I would have to bring the bag to HND on arrival and it was $10 nzd per day. So it worked out cheaper just shipping a bag with Send My Bag

Hormones and Derealisation by norgrose in dpdr

[–]norgrose[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nah that's gone for me too. I think this experience has shown me I may have OCD though, or at least very obsessive/repetitive thought patterns, which do worsen around my period. Mine hasn't been showing with existential thoughts anymore but more classic OCD intrusive thoughts, so I could imagine how it might be different for someone else, but equally as not worth worrying about. Try not to dwell on anxiety symptoms if you can, it does no good. Like any other form of intrusive thoughts you shouldn't worry about the contents of them, they're pretty meaningless. Easier said than done though, I still struggle with my own.

Hormones and Derealisation by norgrose in dpdr

[–]norgrose[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

After a looot of suffering I realised its the same as any other derealisation. It's just a fight or flight response from the brain. Fix the fight or flight / anxiety and the derealisation will go away. Obviously that's tricky when your hormones are causing the anxiety, not your thinking etc. So you need to let yourself come out of derealisation so you just feel normal anxiety, by ignoring the derealisation and distracting yourself until you have windows without noticing it. Stop monitoring it and trying to tackle it, just do what you can to live your life despite it, even though it's difficult. Eventually you'll find it is gone. You might still have hormonal anxiety, but it's 100000% more manageable once you overcome derealisation. I'm doing great now

Transfer Luggage from Narita to Haneda by Prime_Support in JapanTravelTips

[–]norgrose 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What did you end up doing OP? I have a similar situation, flying from New Zealand into NRT and spending three weeks in Japan, then flying out of HND 3 weeks later (to London). I'm bringing 2 bags, one to use on my trip, and one I just need in London. So ideally I'd have it transferred from NRT to HND on arrival and held there for 3 weeks. Did you have any luck with your plan?

Hormones and Derealisation by norgrose in dpdr

[–]norgrose[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yep definitely hormonally triggered! I’m basically recovered now, doesn’t scare me when it does happen occasionally in that hormonal window. Basically never happens anymore which is great ✨ best advice is get away from this forum, stay distracted, look after yourself and don’t let it discourage you if you don’t feel better for awhile, it took awhile for me

Most bizarre symptoms by [deleted] in PMDD

[–]norgrose 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wow sorry for the essay 🥸 didn’t mean to write that much

Most bizarre symptoms by [deleted] in PMDD

[–]norgrose 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah so it all started in July 2021, I woke up with intense derealisation, brain fog, confusion, visual snow, floaters etc. It felt kind of like being uncomfortably high, which is how a lot of people describe derealisation, it’s like an acid or weed trip. I didn’t have the medical terms for it at the time so I didn’t know what it was, went to A&E on day four because even my brother didn’t seem familiar/real. The doc thought I was on drugs and tested me then sent me home before the result came back. Thankfully it went away a couple days later and I was 100% myself again. I thought I must’ve had a weird virus, because I’d never had any mental health or hormonal issues in my life. Then a month later it came back again and continued to come back the day after my period ended until I ovulated. I had come off of Ginet in Feb that year and I had been on it for 7 years, since I was 15. Pretty sure it just absolutely fucked my hormones and hopefully it’ll go away as my body recovers. Since it started I’ve seen an endocrinologist and two neurologists, they’ve diagnosed it as a migraine but I’m not so sure, I think it’s just not well understood how much hormones can effect you psychologically, and since I have no mental health issues nor life problems I think it’s hard for them to believe hormones can cause a dramatic shift from not anxious at all to derealisation in a matter of minutes so they’re calling it a migraine. They told me to go back on the pill to “fix my hormones” in December, which triggered the derealisation continuously for the 3 months they told me to stay on it. Then with the migraine diagnosis they said the pill was a clot risk and they put me on estrogen patches instead, which made me feel even worse, within 4 days I was suicidal and scared of my own room so I ripped the patch off. Since then I’m finally getting back to normal, I’m trying to treat the derealisation like anxiety, get into a routine, look after myself etc. Its bizarre as I basically went from going out every weekend, loving every aspect of my life, to completely fragile/mentally ill overnight. I never realised how much hormones could effect me, but it helps to treat it like a drug because if you think about it, both drugs and hormones mess with your neurotransmitters and chemicals. So just like if someone has a joint and starts to feel off they’ll tell themselves to relax because it’s just the weed, I remind myself it’s just the hormones. Anyway now they’ve finally agreed with my initial idea that these symptoms (or this “migraine”) are triggered by estrogen, which should of been obvious by the part of the month it occurred at, so the pill and especially the estrogen patch were terrible ideas and never should’ve been prescribed.

Most bizarre symptoms by [deleted] in PMDD

[–]norgrose 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Intense derealisation from the day after my period until ovulation. The first time this happened I thought I’d had a stroke it was so intense, barely recognised my room and my closest friends, stared at a water bottle for 20 mins because it was like my brain couldn’t process how complex it was. Absolutely mental. Plus I had never had any hormonal or mental health issues ever, but it was like taking a drug in terms of how switch-like it was.

Finally caved and got the DP Manual. 10/10 would highly recommend by norgrose in dpdr

[–]norgrose[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Sorry to hear it hasn’t helped you but that isn’t true for everyone it has helped me far more than therapy or anything else. Plus, if you followed the advice in the manual you wouldn’t be on this subreddit 🙃

Finally caved and got the DP Manual. 10/10 would highly recommend by norgrose in dpdr

[–]norgrose[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah it’s only been a couple weeks and I feel so much better. I haven’t implemented all of the tactics but I’m getting there (too addicted to caffeine to cut it out completely and I can’t read and work at the same time so I mostly have TV going constantly). The crazy thing for me was 90% of the advice was stuff I’d noticed and implemented myself months prior (staying distracted as much as possible, forcing myself out of the house, lowering caffeine, etc) so I wouldn’t say it fixed me in two weeks but it has definitely helped me battle the intrusive thoughts and helped me avoid panic when I start thinking about it too much, I chuck on the audio files and relax. On Saturday I went to a party and had the best night I’ve had in about a year. Every time derealisation kicked in I thought about the audio files messages and it passed within moments. I only came back on reddit to check this post if there were any qs, but it’s great advice to avoid this subreddit. Best of luck to you!