SPACEY FEELINGS ARE KILLING ME!

Valeria83 · Post by **Valeria83** » Tue Jul 28, 2009 11:56 am

HI, HAS ANYBODY HAD THESE SPACEY FEELINGS FOR MONTHS, I FEEL SO DETACHED FROM MY OLD SELF AND THIS IS VERY SCARING. I KNOW EVERYTHING I AM DOING LIKE DURING THE DAY, BUT IT DOES NOT SEEM TO BE REAL. AND I AM SO SELF COUNSIOUS OF IT, I FEEL LIKE I AM LOOSING IT. PLEASE HELP, DOES THIS EVER GO AWAY?

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue Jul 28, 2009 11:50 pm

I know how youy feel plus my vision is burred alot nopw not sure if its my meds or anxiety doing it. I hate this feeling so much i keep having panuc attacks when i leave the house and it feeel like nothing is realat times i know how u feel. this is the worse feeling ever but we have to learn not to be scared of it. and its suppose to go away i hear. just another way anxiety rears its ugly head my doc put me on antio pyscotic meds in the hospital they seem to work a little

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sun Aug 02, 2009 1:25 am

Valeria,
Sometimes the detachment is your body's way of controlling stress. If I may offer some advice, go back to the program and start with the relaxation exercises. It sounds like you are overwhelmed and you're scaring yourself silly. Go back and find the sessions that helped you most before. And try not to feel self-conscious. You deserve credit for facing your fears!

You'll have good days along with the bad ones, and that helps you keep going. And then you'll have days that really suck, but they will pass. It's all part of the process. It's like being on a diet and expecting to go back to how you used to eat once you lose the weight. You have to change your emotional diet from now on.

I've been scared because I realized how much I worry and feel guilty. I've done this for so long I don't know who I am without them, and I feel weird that I want so much to get better and yet am terrified to let go of the old behaviors because things will change and I'm scared of change.

Lots of people feel spacey and out of sorts. Keep talking to people here. You'll find that you can't find a symptom that someone hasn't already experienced. Hope that helps. Hang in there. It can get better. Honest!

Les

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Aug 06, 2009 6:41 pm

Thank you bees4me, for those comforting words, I know I am scaring my self, but thats the problem that I feel like I am obssesed with the way I feel...and I can't get it out of my mind, I am so scared to go crazy or something..

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sat Aug 08, 2009 2:32 pm

I barely am on session 2 and somedays I'm good and then some days I'm spacey as well. I am scared of going crazy but my therapist said that no matter how hard anyone tries they will not go crazy. So that helped me and once I start feeling that way I breathe and it helped. I'm on also on Lexapro 10mg and Klonopin 1mg. The Klonopin works great for my anxiety. I have been on those meds for 5 yrs and I was doing great until last month. Is it possible that your body can grow resistant to the meds?

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue Aug 11, 2009 2:06 am

Valeria83, the spacey feelings do eventually go, but only when you stop having the panic attacks.

I experienced the spacey feelings for 10 months and then it went away. It only went away after not having a panic attack for 10 months.

So I view the experience of spacey feelings like this: - 1 panic attack = spacey feelings for 8-10 months. So each panic attack you have you will have to put up with the spacey feelings for another 8-10 months.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue Aug 11, 2009 4:03 pm

The spacey feelings are the pits. They do make you feel like you are crazy but someone pointed out to me that crazy people don't ask if they are crazy.

I was anxiety free for a long time. I am going through menopause and it kicked back in again. Some days are better than others but I just know how I used to feel and have faith that I will return there again soon.