Hey JC It sounds to me like your looking for answer to get rid of the anxious feelings instantly. I dont know thats just what I kind of got from your message. I think on the rare occasion you can kind of get rid of the anxious feelings instantly, but you cant look at it in the way of Im going to completly get rid of these anxious feelings instantly. Because anxiety just does'nt work that way. Adrenaline is pumping through your body and adrenaline never just goes away like that, it takes time. If you think about just wanting to have it go away instantly your just gonna bring on more anxious feelings because its not going to happen right away. If you are thinking this way I hope this helps you out a little. Take care JC

HI, I can't tell you how comforting it is to read what you all have written. When I was in college I spent a year in a state of de-realization. I went to doctor after doctor who diagnosed me with psychosis, schizophrenia, depression. They tried me on every medication in the book, until finally a doctor realized that I was in a constant state of panic. The problem was that I couldn't get out of it because I was so convinced that I wasn't a part of the world. He put me on a drug called Luvox that is generally prescribed for OCD, but it worked for me because I was obsessing on my de-realization. I just found out that I am pregnant and am starting to experience some of the same sensations again because I am feeling anxious about the baby.I would love some tips for dealing with it.

Hi Shannon, What type of medication is this SSRI and did it stop the derealisation feeling? Thanks Dash :)

I know what you're saing that this is the worst feeling in the world, I've been experiencing it for over 20 years now! In childhood they could come on out of the blue and would not be so frequent but by conditioning my mind, just by thinking about it I can bring it on. I have to stop this process of thinking, but how? I have only recently decided to seek help as I have been getting very anxious nad panicky even at night which waking up feeling anxious which I didn't experience before. I have been prescribed Citalopram, which is an antidepressant, but I have not start taking it yet as I am a bit dubbious about taking meds. I have never ever met anybody who experiences this and until this day I though I was the only "weird" person in the world. Things can only get better, hey?

Oh do I relate, The worst part of this anxiety stuff for me is the derealization/depersonalization feelings. I have felt it pretty much consistently for one month and have felt for certain I was going insane at times. It's the worst feeling in the world to me. I honestly think I'd chose a physical pain over this (but that's easy to say since I'm not in physical pain, huh?). I am just at a point right now that I am believing God to heal me from this. I am wondering if mine was drug induced, I had a reaction to a medicine right before this started but nonetheless, need God to heal me quickly!

Hi! This is also my main symptom. The only thing that helped me was medication. I know a lot of people hate the thought of taking meds but they can be a lifesaver and greatly improve the quality of your life if you truly need them. Medicine should NOT be you're first alternative! I want to make that clear! I just know for me that it was the only thing that was going to bring me out of the worst part of it, from past experience. About 9 years ago is when I had my first bad episode of anxiety/depression. I didn't, and don't now, have classic panic attacks. I have had a couple of what I would consider panic attacks, but they are not an ongoing problem. I just have a constant anxious feeling, stomach problems, racing thoughts and the derealization. (I have more symptoms than those, but those are the main ones). Back then I had no idea what was happening to me. It never entered my mind that it was anxiety. When I did come to that conclusion, finally, it made me spiral down that much ****her. I had always thought that people should be able to 'snap out' of things like that. Now that it was ME dealing with it I realized that wasn't the case. I just thought that I was weak, or that I was going crazy, or that my faith in God wasn't strong enough, because I couldn't 'snap out of it instantly'. I truly believe that if I would have been honest with myself, back when I first started having problems, and been more educated on the symptoms of depression/anxiety I could have turned things around on my own with stress reduction, yoga, etc. I was in such denial though, that the only thing I focused on was how bad I felt and WHY CAN'T I JUST SNAP OUT OF THIS!!!!!!! I would try not to think of how bad I felt hoping that I would just forget about it and that it would just go away, but of course that just made me think about it more, and I spiraled ****her down. I think about it now as if I were in a sinking boat. If you get a small hole in the boat you can usually manage to fix it without much trouble and scoop out any water that gets in. That's if you realize what's happening and take action to fix it. If you ignore it and then bump into something and get another hole, and then another, you're eventually going to get to the point were you have too many holes to repair at one

Have you tried yoga? I have been doing it for nealy 3 weeks now and it does wonders for you. It is amazing for focus and it sounds like your problem, which I have been familar with in the past, can be helped with it. Yoga takes a lot of concentration and physical exertion. I recommend it highly. Good luck, David

This is the main symptom of my Anxiety. It's truly debilitating. I've had this problem for almost 18 years non-stop. I know that it can be overcome because it happened to me one time as a teenager and I overcame it. I stared at one object in my room for 45 minutes straight. I did this to intentionally try to concentrate on something else besides my Anxiety. It actually worked. I calmed right down to a normal state of mind. The Derealization and Dizziness went away in an instant as if someone flicked a switch. I've tried it since but have not had the patience to do it for as long. I also feel in the back of my mind that it would not work twice. But in all reality I may be wrong. If it worked once... then I should be trying non-stop to get it to work again. Maybe I've just got so used to the feeling that I have given up on it ever going away. I realize that's not the attitude to have though. I think I'm going to keep trying. The trick is to focus on something else besides yourself. When focusing inward our anxiety gets worse. But focusing outward on something else will help. Good Luck to us all. I know first hand that we CAN get better... INSTANTLY! John