NickOfTime

About a month ago I suffered depersonalization after a bad panic attack and I'm slowly coming out of it. One thing that is lingering on me right now is my vision. My vision is not blurry and I can still read things from far really well. It's like faint dots in my vision or some sort of noise and sometimes feels like I can't focus on things right. Once I take my alprazolam these symptoms subside for the most part. I also feel like I get a little eye strain from trying to focus on everything 24/7. I have always had perfect vision till I got this depersonalization. I'm just curious if anyone can relate to this and if this passes in time? Or if their is anything I can do to help it? Seems like it's the worse in the morning but I think that because your eyes are always a little off when you first wake up but still puts me in a panic. If anyone has experienced this or has any advice please lmk. Thanks

Just had this happen to me a little over 2 weeks ago. I did exactly what you did and went into total panic mode. I even went to the ER because I didn't know what was happening. This also put me into a huge depression and made my anxiety sky rocket. I went to Dr and he put me on depression and anxiety meds. I'm hoping to get into therapy soon. You're are not alone and I'm glad I found someone with a similar experience. If you need someone to talk to just message me. I find it very relieving to just talk to people and just knowing you're not alone. Best of luck..like I said my message box is open if you just wanna chat.

Will I ever get out of this state of mind? It's a terrible feeling. I just want to get back to my normal self and feel the emotions I once felt and see the world as I once saw it.

Is it possible for my anxiety to make me feel like I'm suffering from depersonalizion? Like thinking you have it, can it make you feel like you have it? Hope that make sense.

I know I have to take this 1 day at a time. My fear is that their so many things out their where your vision is a symptom of something worse. I even cancelled my eye appt this morning because I was to afraid. It's so hard not to think about my eyes because I have to use them for everything. I can't do nothing it seems like. I can't watch TV because I concentrate on every motion instead of watching it as a whole. I know all this sounds stupid but I was living life normal just 2 weeks ago and now I feel like this. It's all so hard to wrap my head around.

Hi izzy, idk if this will help you at all right now but I'm going through the same exact thing you are right now except with my eyes. I had a huge panic attack about 2 weeks ago and it put me into a major depression and what feels like uncontrollable anxiety now. My doctor also told me I was having anxiety and depression and I still doubht him. You spend so much time thinking about your symptoms that it's locked in your brain. Same thing with me right now. I'm focusing so much on my eyes right now I'm seeing every little thing like shadows, reflections, glares, light streaks from lights which normaly your subconscious would block out but I'm focusing on it so much it's making it very hard to block out. I know how much you just want reassurance that it's just anxiety because that's all I want to. I can't sleep normal anymore either and wake up and panic is the first thing I do. I just want you to know you're not the only one going through this right now. If you just need someone to talk to and release you're thoughts just message me. Thats been helping me. Who knows maybe we can get through this together. It's always a good feeling when you know your not alone. Trust me when I say I'm going through the same thing you are right now. Everything you said is exactly how I feel right now. We're just having anxiety over different things.

Sorry to keep bugging you guys like this but I'm really scared. Ever since I went to the dr and he put me on anxiety and depression meds. My constant thing was to keep looking up things about depression and anxiety. My constant worry is that I was misdiagnosed and have something wrong with my tyroid. Its hard for me to even stay in the shower very long cause I think my hair will start falling out and I keep looking at my hat to see if I've lost hair. I notice hair strands in my hat and freak out some more. I don't know what other sympthoms are of tyroid problems cause I'm scared to look it up. I've been to my regular doctor twice and I even had him look in my eyes (which he said we're good) I didn't have any problem with my vision or lights before I had my big panic attack and before my big panic attack I didn't feel all that depressed so I'm in doubht depression could just hit me out of no where. If the doctor thought something was wrong with my tyroid he would of checked for it right? I'm just so scared and I don't know who else to go to. I go for an eye exam tomorrow and back to my Dr thursday. I'm worried he will tell me that I haven't made improvement on my medication so then he'll tell me he thinks I have something more wrong. I know my eyes were probably my fight or flight response when I had my panic attack but now they our all I concentrate on. Like was that light always that bright? I know I'm rambling on but I'm so scared idk what else to do but come on this sight.

Thank you guys for your words of wisdom. It helped me get through most of the day without hardly any anxiety. I totally forgot about my eyes and saw everything perfect all day. Now I'm stuck back on worrying about my eyes and feels like I can't see anything normal again. Is this just in my head. How do I get rid of this everytime I get a panic attack? I know deep down its just because of my anxiety but I can't help my self from worrying that it won't go away. I focus on my eyes so much I notice every light beam, shadow, reflection which then leads me to see double vision sometimes. Then I can't help but to think their is some illness that is causing this. Anyway of controlling this? It's taking over my life.

So here it goes. My name is nick and About 2 weeks ago, I was just relaxing on the couch looking at my phone and out of no where I was hit with a sudden panic attack. Like always it went away until I went over to a friends house to watch a football game. The minute I got there I started having a really bad panic attack again so I figured I would have a few drinks and it would go away. Unfortunately it never went away so I called my wife and had her come get me right away. I figured once I got home I would calm down but I couldn't so I went to the ER. I felt dumb because I didn't know what to tell them other then I didn't feel like myself. Even after I left the ER I did not feel any better. I started to feel like I was having a out of body experience and for some reason thought I was losing my eye sight. I was finally able to get to sleep that night but I woke up in a panic cause I still didn't feel like my self. So I got scheduled with my regular doctor and he gave me anti depressents and anxiety pills. I couldn't do anything for the first week like go into stores or anywhere other then home without feeling completely lost and just didn't feel like I was myself. On top of it all I thought I was losing my vision so I was constantly focusing on everything to see if I could read it or see things normaly. I had the dr check my eyes and he said they were very healthy. Also for the first week or so I lost complete emotion towards everything and felt like a robot. I didn't even wanna be around my kids cause all I could worry about was how I was feeling. I'm a very emotional person so losing my emotions was very scary to me. All I wanted was to go to sleep and wake up and be myself again. I also lost my concentration and one thing lead to another. First I thought I was feeling this way cause I had a brain tumor and now I think I have tyroid c****r because I read that it conects to depression. Now I can't do anything cause all I'm doing is worrying about so many things that could be wrong with me. I guess I'm just in doubht that major depression and anxiety could just hit me out of no where without any reasoning. Has anyone ever had a simular experience where they just didn't feel like them selves or feel like a robot. To much to explain, just need someone to talk about that's been through something simular. Any help is much appreciated.