[scutofwump]

Because of side effects i have completely stopped my medication for over a week now, my regimine was saphris and xanax. I have been on medication for roughly 5 years . I have GAD, depression, ptsd, and borderline. I feel like a different person, and am thinking despite my bad history with side effects from meds, i am thinking i should probably be put back on meds asap. My number one problem is i am starting to hate my bf? I have been controlling myself but I am really bothered by him at the moment. My second problem is it seems like everything that is natural is wierd, peole smiling, my body , pregnant women, the way a persons voice sounds. Has anyone else ever experienced this, like just an overall uncomfortable mental state and like nothing feels quite right? Any suggestions...will this go away in time..is the answer to start on meds again...my doctor suggested Latuda and said it has low metabolic side effects ( weight gain, akathasia).

[spondiferous]

Hey scutofwump...you posted this awhile ago but I am going to respond anyway, in the hopes that you will see this. Probably the most regularly occurring symptom for me is the near-constant distortion in reality that I experience. It's very similar to what you've described: things I have encountered all my life are foreign to me, to the point sometimes where they're frightening. The only suggestion I can give you - because meds do not work for me when it's happening - is to ride it out. It does go away, and I experience periods where it's not there at all and I feel more or less 'normal' (my version of normal, anyway), but sometimes it comes back and it'll last anywhere from a few hours to a few days, occasionally a few weeks or months. That said, if you feel like you're better being on meds, it might be worth paying attention to that feeling. Hopefully this is helpful, and you've been finding ways to manage better.

[metamorphosis12]

I am sure your doc or pdoc lowered your dose slowly. When you came off of the Xanax. I don't know how much you were taking but you did mention being on meds for 5 yrs. Coming off a benzodiazepine slowly is almost always a must but it can still cause side effects. Some that you are describing may be from the brain trying to adapt with the neurotransmitters involved. It sounds like you are having; What they term as derealization and depersonalization effects. Possibly side effects from coming of your medications

I have had both and wikis. definitions are pretty spot on, imo!

Derealization or derealisation (sometimes abbreviated as DR) is an alteration in the perception or experience of the external world so that it seems unreal. Other symptoms include feeling as though one's environment is lacking in spontaneity, emotional coloring and depth.[1] It is a dissociative symptom of many conditions, such as psychiatric and neurological disorders, and not a standalone disorder.

Derealization is a subjective experience of unreality of the outside world, while depersonalization is unreality in one's sense of self. Although most authors currently regard derealization (surroundings) and depersonalization (self) as independent constructs, many do not want to separate derealization from depersonalization.[2] The main reason for this is nosological, because these symptoms often co-occur, but there is another, more philosophical reason: the idea that the phenomenological experience of self, others, and world is one continuous whole. Thus, feelings of unreality may blend in and the person may puzzle over deciding whether it is the self or the world that feels unreal to them.

Derealization - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This describes how it felt to this individual.
http://fearless-learning.com/2013/03...ngest-symptom/

[chlo-bo19]

Well done for taking the first step!