i've been experiencing attacks for several years. they started after i quit smoking pot...(that was 7 years ago). i start freaking out about reality. i start screaming, or pacing and ripping the skin off my arms, tearing my hair out....i have an incredible urge to 'get out of my body'. i also experience full on de ja vu feelings constantly. i sometimes can't determine whether i am alive or dead. i also experience lucid dreams (have done all my life). sometimes i wake from these, and they are so real that i have trouble determining if i am awake or asleep.
i know this sounds incredibly screwed up.... i don't have any idea what is wrong with me, and there seems to be no apparent triggers to my attacks.....i don't believe it could be related to smoking pot, as i haven't smoked in years. these symptoms only feel real when i am having an attack...and it can strike anywhere. what in god's name is going on in my brain? can anyone help me?
i know this sounds incredibly screwed up.... i don't have any idea what is wrong with me, and there seems to be no apparent triggers to my attacks.....i don't believe it could be related to smoking pot, as i haven't smoked in years. these symptoms only feel real when i am having an attack...and it can strike anywhere. what in god's name is going on in my brain? can anyone help me?
Dear friend,
I hope you found some help with what you've been experiencing. I really empathize with you and will keep you in my prayers.
I hope you found some help with what you've been experiencing. I really empathize with you and will keep you in my prayers.
I don't know if I can help you or not, but maybe if I tell you, your not alone you can feel a little better, I have expierenced anxiety for a year straight now.. I always feel that WEIRD de ja vu feeling constantly. ANd also that I am dreaming, like a dream like state or just plain weird feeling. I really feel like i am going insane!!!!!! I started zoneing out which is not like me at all and I just can't seem to concentrate! I was a heavy drinker since age 13 (I am 22) and the anxiety attacks I recently found out are most likely triggered by alcohol withdrawls. DO you drink excessively? Have you ever blacked out from alcohol? these may be triggers. I take xanax to relieve the intense panic attacks, the first time I took a xanax I experienced a HUGE weight lifted from my sholders... I was in tears because I finally felt NORMAL again!! the problem is im scared to take it daily because of the increase risk of dependency, but you may want to look in to it and ask your doctor. Because it is really the only thing that works for me. I hope some of this info may be helpful. Candi
I was first diagnosed with an anxiety disorder January of 2007. I went from doctor to doctor swearing to God that something had to be wrong with me. I was having at least 3 or 4 panic attacks per week and I needed relief. Unfortunately not one of the 5 anti depressants I was on last year helped. Most of them put me in the hospital with a great deal of depression. The only pill that has ever worked for me is Xanax. I would suggest you take it, because a few people in my family do and it is a total relief. When it comes to the crazy dreaming and thinking that you're totally crazy, you aren't alone. I used to feel like that all the time. You have to remind yourself that you are fine and that nothing is wrong with you. Every single doctor I've been to says that I am perfectly healthy, and I'm sure you are too. However I don't understand how you smoked weed for so many years and didn't have adverse reactions. I have 2 times within the past year and expected some relief from anxiety, and that is far from what I've gotten. I have panic attacks while high, along with hallucinations and severe mood swings, worst feeling of my life. Ever since the first time I smoked weed, I have a tendency to blank out and it can trigger panic attacks. You need to remember, you aren't REALLY blanking out, you are completely in touch with yourself and reality now matter how many times you feel the "out of body experience". And yes it is very common to not want to be in your body while your having an attack. Panic attacks are the worst feeling a person can have. You swear that at that time, for however long they last, you would swear on the Bible or whatever religious book that the end is near. However for me I realize that it is such a crazy idea. The end is not near, I am perfectly healthy, as is almost every single person who has panic attacks. Anyway I wish you the best of luck with dealing with your attacks. I want you to remember, no matter how many times you have an attack and think you are dieing, you aren't. For me it helps to constantly repeat the words "There is nothing wrong with me. I am fine." It is very reassuring when you are freaking out with an attack. Anyway good luck!!
Yes, I have a Anxiety disorder too.
I have the trouble of not knowing if i'm awake or asleep.
Sometimes i feel i'm going insane, or i'm just in a coma and dreaming my whole life away.
That was until i came across a man named Joe Barry.
A complete expert in Anxiety and completely cured me of Anxiety.
His methods are simple and seem like they would never work but believe me they do.
I'll send you a link, i hope this helps mate.
panicportal.com/indextq4com_e.htm
I have the trouble of not knowing if i'm awake or asleep.
Sometimes i feel i'm going insane, or i'm just in a coma and dreaming my whole life away.
That was until i came across a man named Joe Barry.
A complete expert in Anxiety and completely cured me of Anxiety.
His methods are simple and seem like they would never work but believe me they do.
I'll send you a link, i hope this helps mate.
panicportal.com/indextq4com_e.htm
I seriously have felt the same and thought the EXACT same thing you did.. I mean I get into these states of mind that make me think I'm in a coma because I'm so disconnected from reality. I'm relieved I wasn't the only one thinking I thought I was in a coma. It's all from anxiety though. And I've learned to control that a bit. :-)
Don't have anything to say that will really help. Just wanted to say that I smoke marijuana on a regular basis (about once a week) and I have really bad Deja Vu when I do. It's really bad and lasts for minutes at a time. Very Unnerving. Earlier in my life I huffed gasoline to get high (Very stupid Don't reccomend it) and when I did I would get bad Deja Vu and I would hear certain sounds again and again everytime I did it. Before I did that When I smoked The effects would be a change in visual perception and mild body high. But ever since my bad time with huffing whenever I get high I experience nothing but Deja Vu which always includes those same sounds over and over again. In time I have come to believe in GOD. It is the only way I can explain it. My highs always feel like I'm being shown how much I'm being tricked. How much I've done the same thing over and over again. I'm not completely convinced of course so I keep smoking only to try and grasp what I'm experiencing. Not a good reason to but I'm sorry your going through what your going through. If you have no objections to religion try praying and seeking the lord. He may be calling out to you.