Panic Attacks Support Group

Hey everyone! Okay, so today I have just felt horrible. I'm in a funk that I just can not shake. It's really start to get to my head and trip me up. I feel like I am in a dream or that I am not really here. I feel like I am not living my life and it is just passing me by. These past few months I have done nothing but take vacations, so I should'nt be depressed, but for some reason I just feel so lonely and ughh like absolute crap. I tell myself if I had a boyfriend I wouldn't feel like this but I don't want to start a relationship with this daze going on. I am worried that maybe I have suffered a stroke or maybe am even dying. I can't really expalin the feeling. I have also considered what if I am bi-polar???? I don't want to be known as bi-polar! I am already on zoloft because I suffer from panic attacks. Could this just be a panic attack at the extreme? I am about to move out and be on my own in a new city 12 hours away from home. I am EXCITED about this but maybe some underlying stress is contributing to this problem. Idk I'm really sad and confused anyone know what it could be?

Side note: Last night I got a little drunk and smoked a little bit but that was more than 24 hours ago. Could I still be "high" from then?????

Post edited by: Poodles1990, at: 02/11/2012 09:27 PM

Post edited by: Poodles1990, at: 02/11/2012 09:28 PM

Poodles - i know when I used to drink and smoke, it would definitely stay in my system the next day - the length of time would vary - but I'd feel exactly like you described - in a dream, the world and life passing me by. Perhaps you can be really good to yourself the next few days, eating healthy, taking a multivitamin, and drinking healthy juices or just cold water with lemon. Take a few minutes to take short walks and breathe in the air. You are SO RIGHT not to get into a relationship at this point. And p.s., in my opinion boyfriends and even husbands dont make things better, sometimes they just complicate things, so I hope you'll put that on a back burner for a while. I so glad you are excited about your move to a new city and being on your own. Some nervousness about that is certainly expected. But you are young and beginning another chapter in your life that will hopefully only hold good things for you. I remember when I went out on my own, moved from the suburbs of Queens and to Manhattan to go to school and to live there. It was the best time of my life and in retrospect, I should have stayed there. Im 58 now, too old to do stuff like that but honey, I hope you are truly able to embrace this new life and get the most out of it. Best of luck and please keep us posted.

HI Poodles. When I read this it brought back memories for me big time. I was on Zoloft for 8 months. I got the same feeling you are having right now. I literally woke up one day and just felt so weird. I looked around and everything I knew was mine but it just didn't feel right. I started to kinda freak out. I felt like I was not really here and that I was in a dream or that in real life I was in a mental hospital and that nothing not even my family was a reality that it was all my imagination. Not a good feeling at all. Depersonalization is what this is called. I never knew back then what it was but now that I have seen the group on here I now know.

I was on 150mgs of zoloft back then. So when I told my doctor he said sometimes too much seratonin can cause this so he tapered me slowly down. I decided shortly after this to just come off the zoloft for I was pretty confident I could do it without the meds anyway. SO I slowly weened myself down.

I would tell your doctor and mayve he/she can adjust you dosage. Hope this helps.