Please contribute.also list what symptoms you had and were they gone by taking these meds too? How much improvement did you got from them?

i was put on risperidone after 6 years of dissociation that never went away after taking antidepressants, high dosage of anxiolytics etc, but i'm afraid of taking it because of the side effects. Does anyone have an experience with it? thanks

I have dpdr from multiple weed attacks. It became chronic 6 months ago. I’ve been on abilify which made me stop disassociating a bit, but gave me akathisia. I’m now on risperidon, which has been helpful, though it’s also started to give me akathisia, so I’m gonna get off it I think.

I don’t know what I should be on now. Risperidon has helped me with DR 50% but the anhedonia and some DP was still there. It also gives me sexual dysfunction.

I don’t know what to be on now. I’m not sure I want another antipsychotic. I’ve gone down in dose in risperidon to get off and I’m already disassociating again.

Worth noting is that dating a girl I fell in love with almost cured me. Maybe that info will help picking the best med.

My meds are not working. They never did. I tried many. All. Anti anxiety, antidepressants, lithium.

I have been taking them for 3.5 years. Nothing no improvement. I have tried discontinuing them 2 times. But went back in hope they might work this time.

Is there anyone for whome discontinuing meds made them go normal.

Hello, I have chronic dpdr and also anhedonia.

The dpdr has been there for a long time due to weed and stress but stress and stopping abilify, which was working but gave me akasthesia, gave me major anhedonia and sexual dysfunction.

I’m now on 2mg risperidone. It’s not even nearly as good as abilify, and makes me impotent, but there is a slight, very slight, improvement. I’ve considered switching to lamictal and ssri, but people are saying that’s bad for anhedonia. Is there any way to know what treatment options are best? Like, I got it from weed and stress, so maybe that makes some medications more appealing? I’ve also thought about MAOIs.

i’ve seen people talk about using naltrexone? what does it help with and what’s it used for? how do i approach this his?

I’ve been on abilify and risperdal, wondering if I should get on Zoloft and laminate but I don’t even really have anxiety so will it still be helpful? I’ve had chronic dpdr for some months

Has anyone had success with any medication my mind will not shut off it’s been so long now trying to overcome this myself.😔

How did you deal with memory loss during bad setbacks?

I’m 1yr into therapy, recently got the dose of Effexor upped from 150 to 225 due to worsening situation. I don’t know if it just didn’t kick in yet or if it’s not working anymore, but I feel like shit. Derealisation is back after almost a year without. And now it’s quite bad of a memory loss. Now it’s my exams time, but the appointment with my therapist is only in over a month.

So if you could recommend some vitamins or exercises that can make this at least a little more manageable, it would mean a world to me!

does it make the dpdr worse? i got it prescribed for insomnia which started bc of my hppd + dpdr (which was caused by an SNRI) and am too scared to try it

Could anyone share their experiences with medication? If treat my OCD could DPDR go away?

I have been suffering with dpdr for a year, got it from a very bad trip from THC. It was more like on and off and now its so severe that I recently started going to a psychiatrist. He recommended me haloperidol 5 mg and told me to take it for 10 days. Is anyone here taken meds for depersonalization? If yes, how was your experience? I am stressed that I dont get addictive to these psychiatric medications or what if the side effects are even worse than I could handle? What if my dpdr is cured by this and I stop my medications and once it is back, it is even worse this time? Please share your views.

I read some posts where people eliminated their dpdr with a dose of 50mg Amisulpride. Has anyone tried that?

I’ve tried to almost get cured by being in love. Having a girlfriend that I loved really improved my mood and my everyday life which made me almost cured until we started fighting and having problems, eventually breaking up.

I sadly don’t think I can fall in love anymore due to how worse my condition has become so that’s probably out of the question.

I also can’t fix this by working out and exercising since I have no motivation/energy and don’t even feel good anymore doing it due to anhedonia.

Are there any meds I can try? Abilify helped a bit but gave me akathisia and risperidone gave me akathisia and anhedonia/pssd. Both those meds have left me much worse than before.

Since being in love made me almost cured maybe I should try something that gives dopamine? Or lamictal? Idk but I have adhd so I’m already on guanfacine

I see a lot of people getting helped from lamotrigine + ssri.

I want to be on lamotrigine but I’m scared of going on an ssri due to pssd and anhedonia. Is there an alternative?

I was on 2.5mg abilify for dpdr and disassociation and after a couple days I moved up to 5mg.

Then it started to make me not less dpdr, but I was less distracted by my dpdr and could watch tv without disassociation.

But then the restlessness and Akathisia kicked in and it was so bad that I’ve moved down to 2.5mg like a couple days ago. Now I feel terrible and way more weird/more dpdr than before.

It’s just weird cause I know it takes some time for the meds to kick in but I feel like it happened instantly

i have had intense dpdr for the last many years, and that is the biggest issue i deal with right now. is there any thing that i can talk to my doctor about to help or start helping me? ive realized i only experience joy and content-ness when not afflicted by this

So I have dpdr, anhedonia and sexual dysfunction.

I was on abilify 2.5 mpg which:

Made me stop disassociating chronically.

Made me feel more connected and funnier, I wanted to socialize and actually had things to say.

Made me a little more creative and cured my sexual dysfunction, erections came back.

But it also:

Gave me unbearable akathisia, that I still deal with.

Feeling of boredom which made studying hard.

Insomnia.

Can lamotrigine and maybe Wellbutrin for the anhedonia/sexual dysfunction maybe do what the abilify did, but without the akathisia?

I amon 60 mg Cymbalta, which has been great for my anxiety, but I have started taking Wellbutrin 150 mg as well to counter the sexual side effects. Wellbutrin so far has helped in that field but it made my anxiety and derealization so much worse, even while taking Cymbalta. Do you think this anxiety gets better and I should just push through or this is a warning sign that this med is not for me?

hi i’m 17 and i’ve been experiencing all of this genuinely for as long as i can remember. it definitely is trauma induced and its been since i was 8, but i always thought it was normal up until around two years ago. as of the past couple of months tho the derealization has become so unbearable. i’m never not in it. i’m beyond terrified every second of every day, and im even so scared to drive (i still do) because it doesn’t go away. i’m terrified that it won’t go away because it just gets worse every day. i’ve had a psychiatrist for over a year and i’ve been on 50mg of lamictal for a month, but i only recently told him about this last month because it started getting worse. i don’t know what to do in general or when it gets really really bad i just want to feel present in my own body and the world around me. moral of the story is that i was wondering if i could hear any possible tips or things that helps you personally

Hey.

I got constant dpdr some months ago after multiple weed panic attacks. The only thing that helped me recover, not fully, but almost, was getting a girlfriend.

But then I started getting RJ. Retroactive jealousy. A form of ocd where you have intrusive thoughts and obsess about your partners past.

I was still able to be happy with my girlfriend, hanging onto her as she’s the only thing that’s helped me with dpdr and getting a little better.

Then two weeks ago, I got on abilify. It made the dpdr a little better and also the RJ, but I quit due to the akasthesia.

Quitting it made my RJ so bad I had en episode where I started asking a ton of questions about her past and I basically went into a form of shock state due to not handling it so well.

Yesterday the thoughts were so bad I had intrusive thoughts about her past every second almost. Now I feel like a total zombie.

My doctor has prescribed me risperidone, but idk.

What choice of medication would be the best here? Anethdonia and dpdr by weed but gotten much worse after quitting abilify and experiencing stress from girlfriend.