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Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue Sep 02, 2008 8:21 am

It does feel good to hear other people share your same anxiety symptoms and no one understood really what I had till I came on this site last yr. Reading encouraging words people write on here about DR/DP is comforting. Sometimes getting too into it on google may scare you. I know that If you don't let this get to you it wont last as long. BUT its soooo hard to not let it get to you. I think with practice it gets better. I got over it for a while and when my anxiety flared up again this yr it came back. used to get it while driving. It was so scary I would ask people to drive me places. I also got over that too. But now I started taking a birth control pill for my PMDD and iv been on it for only days and basically the next day after taking it i felt DR. I think it is because I was so nervous to take this (still am) because i am waiting to see what side effects I get from it and now I think that DR is a side effect. I may have DR because I have so much anxiety from just taking it. Can anyone reassure me that its not the pill causing this.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue Sep 02, 2008 1:37 pm

I would be almost certain that it's just your anxiety causing the funny feelings, not the pill.
Keep reminding yourself that it's nothing dangerous and it's just anxiety. It's annoying, but nothing more. Less attention you give it, the less it will continue to bother you.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue Sep 02, 2008 2:17 pm

I agree i'm sure it's not the pill,it's the fear of taking the pill and the waiting on the side affects. You are going to be fine think of the postives your faining from the pill. Hope this helps.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue Sep 02, 2008 3:56 pm

Thanks, Hiram, for the info. I do have obsessive thoughts and over-analyze, but not the other symptoms you mentioned. Will be sure to let it go and not investigate since I don't think I'm dealing with it, but it's nice to have at least a knowledge of it in case I ever run into someone with the problem.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue Sep 02, 2008 4:06 pm

Thank you so much KDlady and Dawfai! !