Derealization - I feel like im high!(Completly Sober)

[newportttttttt]

Everyday for the past week ive been dealing with derealization...It started out subtle and now I feel like im high and unaware of my sorroundings...Everything is a blur and I feel really limp like everything is in slow motion...Im really scared, my anxiety has never been this bad...I almost called 911 the past few nights cuz I cant sleep and I tend to dwell on my symptoms...Somebody plz tell me im ok I feel like im losing it...Im waiting for my DSHS interview for government aid but frankly im losing my patience I can't continue like this...I need help, ever since my first panic attack last January life has been a nightmare for me...I hope this goes away...Anyone else feel the same way on a daily basis

[amatutehour]

I smoked marijuana for a few months and started feeling similarly and was super freaked out.  The thing that got me out of it honestly was when something happened in my family (I've been living on my own for ~15 or so) and I had to take care of my little sister who was still in middle school for a few weeks.  Just having that purpose and knowing I just needed to make it through the day to take care of her eventually just made me forget about my derealization problems.   I think it was just the sense of purpose I got from helping her, and since then I've been sure to try to volunteer and keep busy.

[Irishgeneral24]

Thank God I found this! I've always been too afraid to find out why this is happening to me and why I feel the way I do. I have no medical insurance and I cant afford to see someone. If it weren't for my children at times i wonder if i would even want to live anymore. I cant control it and i hope that one day i will be able to and/or be able to accept the feeling. But as of right now it feels like my whole world is imploding. Is a sick, scary, and hopeless uncontrollable feeling. The worst is when I'm driving with my kids in the car especially at night and everything gets darker, and the sounds get muffled and there's a warm pressure around my throat and ears and BAM I'm in my own cartoon/movie. I can almost feel like I could drive the car right off the road with no repercussions. But I have to sit there and keep telling myself that this is all real and I'm a father of 2 beautiful children and I literally have to walk myself step by step through every single move i make. And the ringing in the ears when its "quiet"... i dont even know what quiet is, that sound is maddening. I want to thank everybody hear for sharing their stories because I feel a little less alone and crazy, honestly brings me to tears knowing that we all have to live like this. Thank you again so much

[eman313]

Hi i recently quit smoking marijuana and i feel the same way it’s as if nothing feels real i just recently moved into a new house as well and i’ve very on edge and uncomfortable, could this be stress/anxiety or is it depersonalization

[Paxiled]

Depersonalization isn't a disease, it's a symptom of other problems.  It can be caused by anxiety or depression or medication or stress or lots of things.  Sometimes it lasts a short time, sometimes a long time if you have a chronic untreated problem.  I don't think this has anything to do with you stopping the pot, it isn't addictive and there isn't evidence it's a drug with physiological withdrawals.  The biggest problem with stopping it is usually missing it because if you used it a lot you're probably going to take some time to learn how to enjoy things without being high.  Most problems with pot happen when you're high, and if you smoke it when you're too young and your brain isn't developed yet there is some possibility it might affect brain development, but that wouldn't manifest itself as derealization, which is what I think you're Googling.  So, two things are more likely:  your new circumstances are affecting you for some reason, maybe even the age you're at and what that age represents for you, or you're missing what you left behind, or you were using pot not for fun but self-medicating and now you're not so you have to learn to cope without it.  I'm guessing you stopped for a reason.  If your anxiety is chronic, and is spreading, then it might just be you aged into the age when these things break out and it's time to go see a psychologist and try to get over it.

[eman313]

thank you for the comment! i actually quit recently because i’m enlisting into the army in june. but anyways i believe it’s anxiety at this point because as i did more research and read more things i have most if not all symptoms of anxiety, ive always had anxiety but it’s recently got worse these past couple of weeks is all but i will be working on that and speaking to my mother about a psychologist.

[abazan1]

My husband has been going through something like this for 5 months, he used to smoke every day n would mske batches of weed butter, n get high of his meals. He eventually stopped n two weeks later he started feeling like he was high, kept asking me if it was possible to get high of the THC stored in his fat. He feels it the most when he wakes up, he says he feels hungover. Weak n nauseous. He feels it the most when he gets anxiety. Theres days when its not so bad. Im just glad that hes not alone, it brakes my heart knowing that he feels this way i cant even imagine what it feels like.

[Paxiled]

It's not stored in his liver.  He might have been self-medicating a problem and now he's not medicating it anymore, even without realizing it.  Anyone who feels a need to get high every day and not just on occasion for fun has developed a need to get high and not so much a desire anymore.  Even though pot isn't addictive, today's pot is very very much stronger than what grows naturally, and when you stop it you're going to feel different for awhile.  But again, he might have had this anxiety problem and was mediating it with the pot and now he's not and it's more noticeable.  If he's suffering from anxiety, he might want to focus on that.

[LINDENpope]

. My name linden. I’m 14 years old and I have had the exact same issues. It’s  parnoi and anxiety. It all started after i stopped the use of pot. Also right after my anxiety attack too. Trust me you will be okay. The feeling doesn’t last super long. It only happens when u think or Talk about it. Just take w deep breathe and curl you’re tongue and breathe through it . It lowers your blood pressure. This feeling is almost like PTSD. Good luck and it’s okay and it all I your head

[Colitis123]

Every day brother ! Hang in there

[newpske]

ive been going through this for about 2 months now. the first time i only felt it for about an hour and had a mild panic attack cause of it(i was at work too how great)and it went away. but then a few days later it came back and its been 24/7 ever since. it got a little better after a month but then i started to feel it more.. its awful but you just gotta fight it with your mind and not let it get to you, keep yourself busy and dont let it control you. its very comforting knowing other people are going through the same thing i thought iwas the only one! I also saw a doctor but had trouble explaining exactly what it was and he just prescribed me xanax. i only take it when im on the verge of a panic attack and it does help but i try not to take it a lot cause i have a very addictive personality.