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| Wed, 07-12-2006 - 10:33am |
does anyone else experience this? I have feelings of "unreality" where nothing quite feels solid or real.. and then, when looking at people i KNOW AND LOVE... all of a sudden.. its like im looking at a familiar stranger, but i know them! its scaring me. its been happening with my boyfriend, and im trying to tell myself.. this is the man you love. we have been together for two years. you KNOW him . quit being scared. yesterday, the same thing happened with my MOM.. I know who they are, I know who i am, but it feels very insecure. the same thing happened on july 4th with my brother as well. i really was looking at him and was thinking to myself.. man, hes gotten older! he has gray hair! and then that feeling hit me.. am i just losing it? it makes me panic.. feeling like i need to hide away because no one feels close right now.

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I get shocked alot also, in the winter. I too, am from Ohio! :)
I do not believe this is related to anxiety/stress because my boyfriend also gets the little shocks and he is very laid back, no anxiety whatsoever.
Wow - Small world! I live in the Dayton area.
Ya, I do not think it has anything to do with anxiety. My hubby is totally laid back and he has the shock sensations too.
I live about 3 hours south of Dayton ! :)
I'm sorry it took so long for me to get back to you, I've been sick :(
Yes, I've had that happen many, many times!
Sheri Ann
Hi & welcome to our board!
Sheri Ann
i know how you feel. when i first started having panic attacks, i didnt sleep for a week and i was vomiting up everthing i would try and eat because i knew i had to but i just couldnt hold anything down because of my stress. it happens to me when i cry over something i get naseous and loose my appetite. also whenever i get anxious or sad i loose my appetite all together, somtimes i would try and force myself to eat just because i knew i hadnt eaten in days. let me tell you, when i first started to have them, i could tell i was getting a little better when i started to eat. i felt so good when that happened because i knew i was going to make it through. i have been doing better for about a month now with barely any attacks. i have been on prozac for almost 3 months now, so its about time they start working. haha. and im also on trazodone for sleeping.sleep is such an important part of being able to relax because the less you sleep the more anxious you are the next day and i think that is what happened to me for a while. i dont use it that often though because i ususally have no problem falling asleep anymore like i did before. i have found also though that becoming this way with anxiety has made me more depressed. i was never like that before i always wanted to do things and go out and party with friends and my bf, but ever since then anytime i take a sip of beer or even finish like half of a drink i start to panic. im not sure if its because im not really supposed to drink alcohol while on these meds or what but it stinks because i want to be able to be young like everyone else and not have to have this problem over my head forvever. many of my friends have been through this also before and they are fine now so that also keeps me hopeful that i will be my normal self again.
when i started noticing i was shocking myself on everything i started to research it last night and i read about people with mental disorders having to go through some kind of shock therapy and then how its related to heart attacks in some way. i was serisouly freaking out. whenever i start to feel one coming though i just get up and distract myself with something that i know ill be fine. my bf is my greatest support system for me. he has helped me deal with so much. like i have a mother thats an alcoholic and doesnt realize it so refuses to get help and my dad is just not friendly at all barely and they are always fighting. its miserable at my house. we are trying so hard to save and find the perfect place for us to live right now.
Thanks!! :)
I went through a period (and still have my moments) when I was for sure I had a heart problem. I had several EKGs, a treadmill stress test, holter monitor and some other things done and they all came back w/ good results.
A little about me... I am 22 y/o from Ohio. I am starting back to college. I am getting married April 14 2007. I have a boston terrier named Coach and a kitty cat named Dooney.
Coach & Dooney!!
Sheri Ann
Thanks so much for sharing. I totally know what you mean about the drinking thing. I remember when I used to be able to drink some here and there with friends and be totally at ease. Now I start to drink 1 drink and panic about it. It sucks, I know. When I was on Zoloft it was easier, but ya, I feel like I have this ailment now like a disease and it holds me back and I want to be able to do what the others are doing too but sometimes it just feels like I can't. It is surely depressing, like an ever going struggle.
My dad is an alcoholic. I do not live with him but it is hard, I know how that can be. I hope you and your boyfriend can get a place soon. My husband is great and that sure does help. Glad you have someone. That is great.
That nausea is the pits isn't it? I'd like to get rid of that symptom all together!
Kim
Aw, thanks!!
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Angie
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