Derealization and depersonalization are two of the most common terms that are oftentimes interchanged in meaning and sometimes even in usage.
But how can you actually know if its a derealization or depersonalization already?
Basically, derealization is a change in an individual’s experience of the environment, where the world around him/her feels or seems unfamiliar and unreal.
Normally, the terms commonly used to describe derealization are: spaciness, a sensory fog, spaced-out, being trapped in a glass bell jar, in a Disney-world or fancy dream state, withdrawn, or sometimes in a world with a thick glass as walls.
Depersonalization on the other hand is a change in a person’s self-awareness such as feeling of detachment from his own experience, with the self, the body and mind. Oftentimes, the terms commonly used to describe depersonalization are: divorced from oneself, unreal, disembodied, apart from everything, robot-like, acting a part, and not doing ones own thinking.
Causes of Derealization and Depersonalization
At present, derealization and depersonalization are said to have emerged because of some factors like: lack of sleep, sensory deprivation, stress, different psychiatric and organic disorders, meditative techniques, as well as acute ingestion of hallucinogens.
Derealization and Depersonalization Against Reboxetine
According to some studies and research, there are actually been a high variety of factors that have contributed in the emergence of depersonalization and derealization episodes, such as the various drugs that were developed.
In fact, there was a reported case of two applications of reboxetine (a selective and specific norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor) to a 50-year old woman treated for a major depressive episode that instead to lessen her discomfort have actually worsen the situation or condition leading to some unreal or unattached feeling.
What more, after the discontinuation of reboxetine, the woman’s condition have become much better. Thus implying that reboxetine can actually sometimes worsen somebody’s condition.
i have suffered with these feelings since i was 15 i have anxciety and deression some times thesefeelings seem to be worsr than others i feel very strange un real i think its worse when i am despressed when i first had these feeling i was very frightend but i have had to live with these i am now 52 going thro the menapause thses last few weeks have been the worst i have had any tips or ideas about this ithink when you caqn to tlk to someone who has had these feelings you feel a lot better sometimrs i feel iam in a strange place but im in my own house
Hi Mandy, I am sorry you have experienced this for so long. I, too, have had bouts of those kinds of feelings but didn’t know what it was. Then, after 23 yrs of marriage to an adulterous, abusive man, I escaped and the it really hit. Of course, I went through depression, post traumatic stress disorder, etc. Although I am very happily remarried and blessed, I still have those moments, although much fewer and farther apart. I could write a book (maybe I will!), but not here
What I want to say here is that I understand what you are experiencing, and it can get better. A few months ago I told my husband that our first year together was a blurr, a non-existing feeling period of time for me and it was hard for him to believe or understand. But I always felt like I was just watching myself go through the motions of existing, nothing seemed real. The point is – I am better, and I believe you will be too. I am near your age, so perhaps that will help you to feel that I understand. I will try to share some things of what helped me when I see that you have seen this comment.
I have suffered with this for just 2 months now but it has been continuous. The world seems at arms length and i feel like i am on the edge looking through a window and not connecting with anyone. I’m scared this is me forever. Do you ever get through this and get your life back? And if so, how? I just want to wake up now and be myself again!
I may have been depersonalised/derealised before I tried reboxetine (Edronax), but the condition was markedly intensified soon after the initiation of reboxetine.
Moreover, the reboxetine-induced worsening of depersonalisation/derealisation have lasted more than 5 years after the cessation of the drug.
I would be interested in hearing from others who have experienced either the de-novo onset of symptoms of depersonalisation/derealisation, or an aggravation of existing symptoms, as a result of taking reboxetine (Edronax).
I’m also interested in hearing from doctors who have had reports of depersonalisation/derealisation from patients taking reboxetine.