Question:
- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Is panic disorder always associated with depersonalisation. For me i generally dissociate before having a panic attack; the dissassociation generally cues the panic. Does this mean I have depersonalization disorder?
no the sense of depresonalization and dis-association can be caused as a predromal type of biological response to the cascading mechanisms the occur right before panic-some actually get painless migraines which have similar symptoms plus a few more I won’t mention so that you don’t "get" those as well. Another thing about depresonalization is that if you think of your brain like a car or any machine with a transmission, as you rev up the rpms or get the thing racing like mad, in gear, with your foot on the brake, it starts to really stress out, overheat, strain, so on it’s own it goes into neutral-it starts to shut down, it startrs to "stall" your brain is overworked and is trying to shut down non essential parts of consciousness. Sometimes these symptoms actually act as a distraction from the things we are more anxious about. So there are many protective reasons to have them. If you fuel the sensation with anxiety about the sensation you will ad secondary anxiety to your existing level of primary anxiety and literally create more symptoms of all kinds some meds, primarily higher potency benzos seem to alleviate the acuity of dp. LM
Response:
Is panic disorder always associated with depersonalisation. For me i generally dissociate before having a panic attack; the dissassociation generally cues the panic. Does this mean I have depersonalization disorder?
Hi, Here’s a link that might answer your question. If you’re only having feelings of depersonalization before/during a panic attack, it’s not a diagnosis of depersonalization disorder, its only part of the the PA, according to this website. http://www.mhsource.com/expert/exp1052697b.html Sara
Response:
Is panic disorder always associated with depersonalisation. For me i generally dissociate before having a panic attack; the dissassociation generally cues the panic. Does this mean I have depersonalization disorder?
No, IMO it means you have Panic Disorder with depersonalization/derealization as one of its symptoms. Most of my panic starts with derealization. I find a benzo helps me. Philip
Response:
Is panic disorder always associated with depersonalisation. For me i generally dissociate before having a panic attack; the dissassociation generally cues the panic. Does this mean I have depersonalization disorder?
Response:
Na, I wouln’t worry about labeling things. I have depersonalization/derealization before my panic attacks too. I only get them once in a while so it’s ok. The feelings I can get are so weird and abstract, if I were to worry about them, id be crazy right now. Someone once said you could write an encyclopedia of all the anxiety related symptoms. The best thing to do is try not to worry about it and just put it down to anxiety. (unless you are feeling detached *all* the time) 
.
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Is panic disorder always associated with depersonalisation. For me i generally dissociate before having a panic attack; the dissassociation generally cues the panic. Does this mean I have depersonalization disorder?
Response:
somebody tell me what depersonalization feels like please
Response:
Mom schreef: somebody tell me what depersonalization feels like please
You have depersonalization when you wonder: "Are these my hands?", "How come my feet move?" etc. IOW: when you feel detached from your own body, when it seems strange and not yours. Derealization, dep’s counterpart, is when you feel detached from reality, from the objects around you, from the voices of other people etc.etc. Some say dep/der is a separate disorder, probably because they can be experienced without anxiety. They are often part of an anxiety disorder though. Philip (who? Is this me?)
If you like this post and would like to receive updates from this blog, please subscribe our feed.