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How to get out of emotional detachment?

Postby dude0611 » Tue May 12, 2015 12:54 pm

I got diagnosed with depersonalization disorder an year back due to anxiety.

I didn't take any medicines and have now been able to fix my anxiety, which was basically due to my ADHD. I didnt know i had ADHD and was constantly thinking as if i had no common sense.

I have no anxiety now but i still feel the emotional detachment. How do i get out of this emotional detachment? Any medicines you guys can recommend?
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Re: How to get out of emotional detachment?

Postby Geeky_of_Borg » Sat May 23, 2015 7:11 am

Well, my psychiatrist recently prescribed Deplin, which is some sort of thing that's supposed to work with an anti-depressant. She says it will help me feel less confused (which is how I describe detachment/depersonalization). I've also had buspar (anti-anxiety) and lamictal (mood stabilizer) suggested to me.

Back in the day, they used to have herbal supplements of kava kava, which I found to be a good anti-anxiety drug, but I seem to recall they pulled it because it turned out to be dangerous somehow. Valerian is still on the market, I think, although it will make you sleepy. Ditto with chamomile--although chamomile is awfully mild. You can find it in "Sleepytime tea."
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Re: How to get out of emotional detachment?

Postby SamGabor » Mon Jun 01, 2015 8:30 am

Well since I believe my mental health is becoming worse and worse, I may be not the right person to answer. But right now I'm in a mood where I have a little hope that I'm improving (coming out of dissociation), I tell you my opinion.

I believe that emotional detachment is there as long as it has to be there. I don't believe in "grounding" techniques or any other kind of tricks because our mind detaches from parts of itself for a good reason.

If some emotions or memories or parts of our past are so painful that we would literally couldn't function while being aware of it, it makes no sense to our brain to let us access those parts.

It just makes sense to me. So I think get on with life, do the best as you can, and those "materials" locked insied will come to the surface when you are ready to face them. It will feel utterly terrible and you will suffer beyond words but I believe there is peace at the end.
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