derealisation help- does it go away?

[loouise82]

I posted a quesion a while ago basically explaining some of the symptoms that I felt and I didn't know what was wrong with me, recently I've realised that I have derealisation. I've had it probably for about just under a year now. I'm 16 and I've got my major exams coming up real soon and I'm worried that its going to mess up all my studies and it worries me. I had a really bad spell of anxiety a few months ago but I'm better at dealing with it now and the panic attacks don't affect me as much, but I still have dr/dp and it still affects me just as much. Its not as if its an on/off thing, I always have it and I never feel like I'm in the real world. I just want any advice from people that are going/gone through dp and come out the other side, and how you did this? Discovering that derealisation was a real thing actually did give me hope, I thought that my anxiety was making me go mad or something, but any help/cures that people found would literally save me.
Thanks

[Livinglife12]

Did it go away? Did it happen after weed? Thats how it happened to me after smoking once. Been there 7 years. Minds fried it seems. Better now than the start. Slower mind. I dont feel as smart as i was

[specialmom]

Are you depressed or anxious? I ask because that can make you feel this way too. This is a weird question but do you by any chance have autism? it can be subtle if you've never been diagnosed. Autistic burn out can cause people to lose skills for a while or permanently. But this is hard. I hope you are doing alright. Seven years? That's a long time.

[JohnHkskjdioc]

Here is the link:

http://apt.rcpsych.org/content/11/2/92.full

[JohnHkskjdioc]

I have derealisation myself and have read a lot about it. I recommend the following article which is very good and written by a few of the foremost experts in the world on the subejct. It's written for doctors so it's pretty complex and some parts are not possible (or necessary) to understand for the layman. However, I think it's the best information you will ever find on the subject.

[dizzychar89]

Have you spoke to anyone about the way you feel? Anxiety is a terrible thing, your bound to be anxious about exams coming up but try not to worry to much x