whats going on? i cannot explain

Hi people hows it going. I find it really hard for me to explain what im going through at the moment. it all started I think friday or sat. I have a feeling that im drunk and at the same time lightheaded. but I havent had any drinks at all. I feel so lost, My house looks diffrent to me, well not really but i ask my self, where is this. I find that i can function just as i would normally, mentally. as in i remember everyone i can talk to everyone I know. i remember everything too. I just dont know. here lets put it this way. you know when you stand up all of a sudden then you get ligh headed? and you ask your self... where am i? thats the case with me but im not dizzy at all, well atleast i dont think so. Honestly i think im lacking something... maybe vitamins?

Thank you

Do you have any anxiety, depression or stress in your life right now?

The first thing that popped into my head was "derealization"; a dissociative experience which is usually caused by stress and anxiety.

Dissociation is like a coping mechanism. When something becames too hard for your brain to handle, your mind finds an escape through "alting" out.

What else it might be is poor nutrition and even dehydration.

Medications can often make dissociation worse, as well as cause more vitamin and liguid defficiency. So my advice would be to regulate your sleeping patterns, eat plenty of good foods and drink enough water.

If then you still feel this way, contact your primary care doctor to see if there is any health problems relating to this symptom.

Panic

Thanks alot for your quick respose my friend!

Depression came to my mind at first too, though i still do what i love doing. and im a happy person inside. i wouldnt worry about depressions.

i forgot to mention that only place that i can get away from all this and be normal is when im about to fall asleep and when im sleeping

Well I dont believe it is just depression, but rather a possible symptom: dissociation.

Have you looked into Derealization at all?

And to just repeat, you have to take in account physical health like dehydration and malnutrition.

I hope yo find something that can help.

No problem on the response! It's what I like to do :) Goodluck.

Panic

can you explain what Derealization is?

as far as dehydration goes, i havent ever had problems wit that and malnutrition, not sure what it is.

can you please explain?

oh and one more thing i find it so wired that when in class, i can completely focus on what the teacher is saying and i wouldnt have the problem that i talked about above but, the class enviorment feels so diffrent and i have been going there for a couple months now and it feels so akward.

Just forgot to mention, im just such a happy person both inside of my self and to others, I cannot stand being like this. I really hope this goes away.

anyone els?

123 wrote:can you explain what Derealization is?

Here are some basic facts about Depersonalization and Derealization

Depersonalization:
A change in an individuals self-awareness such that they feel detached from their own experience, with the self, the body and mind seeming alien.

Terms commonly used to describe the symptoms & sensations of depersonalisation: unreal, disembodied, divorced from oneself, apart from everything, unattached, alone, strange, weird, foreign, unfamiliar, dead, puppet-like, robot-like, acting a part, 'like a lifeless, two dimensional, 'cardboard' figure', made of cotton-wool, having mechanical actions, remote, automated, a spectator, witnessing ones own actions as if in a film or on a TV program, not doing ones own thinking, observing the flow of ideas in the mind as independent.
Derealization:A change in an individual's experience of the environment, where the world around him/her feels unreal and unfamiliar.

Terms commonly used to describe the symptoms and sensations of derealization: spaciness, like looking through a grey veil, a sensory fog, spaced-out, being trapped in a glass bell jar, in a goldfish bowl, behind glass, in a Disney-world dream state, withdrawn, feeling cut off or distant from the immediate surroundings, like being a spectator at some strange and meaningless game, objects appear diminished in size, flat, dream-like, cartoon-like, artificial; objects appear to be unsolid, to breathe, or to shimmer; 'as if my head were inside a Coke bottle and I'm viewing the world through the thick glass at the bottom'.

123 wrote:as far as dehydration goes, i havent ever had problems wit that and malnutrition, not sure what it is.

can you please explain?

Sometimes, a person can't even feel the affects of dehydration. But generally, symptoms can include "fogginess" and tiredness.

Malnutrition just when a person's body is not getting enough nutrients. When a body doesn't get those nutrients, the body can work slower and sometimes shut down slowly and cause some of the symptoms your describe.

Both above takes food and drinks that can fulfill back the nutrients you are missing.

123 wrote:oh and one more thing i find it so wired that when in class, i can completely focus on what the teacher is saying and i wouldnt have the problem that i talked about above but, the class enviorment feels so diffrent and i have been going there for a couple months now and it feels so akward.

Derealization can keep a normal mood and even concentration while you are in that state. Everything around you can feel "unreal" and "different". And at times, people and things can seem further away than they appear. Like you're not looking at the same thing, or that what you are looking at is like a dream

Panic

Panic what you described in Depersonalizationis exactly what im going through.wow i just feel so good that someone understands what im going through. is there anyway i can end this? what can i do?

oh and i forgot to ask. is that a permenant thing or is it going to go away? I really hope it does because i cannot live this way