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what is this im feeling??

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MissTired · 15/11/2010 21:55

im pretty sure i am bipolar, the gp has referred me for a psychaitric assessment etc as he thinks this too, it really does fit with everything. im on sertraline 50mg, ive recently been having these strange feeling kind of things i dont know what they are or how to describe them its like im floating and not quite in my body, almost i guess like the feeling when oure going to faint (only its definately not that!), its like i feel like my arms etc are not in my control a little, not much but just that almost drunk/almost fainting type feeling!?!? at the same time i can hear things as normal in some ways ie hear all the words but its like a bit muffled i guess kind of like im not properly hear and can only just hear it (even though when this feeling type thing doesnt happen its normal volume etc), my head feels kind of heavy but floaty, im not tired, well no more than normal i had a nap earlier today and dont feel tired.

could this be a side effect of the sertraline (i think i had these first before i started them though not sure)?? or could it be almost like a hallucination?? could it be just another aspect of my possible bipolar?! could it be entirely unrelated?!?

anyone any ideas?? dunno if my description makes any sense!?

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Blef1974 · 15/11/2010 23:34

It sounds a lot like dissociation to me.

tutu100 · 15/11/2010 23:36

I'd say it sounds like disassociation as well. I get what you are desribing when I have a panic attack and the pysch told me it's call disassociation.

BookcaseFullofBooks · 15/11/2010 23:44

I agree about dissociation. More specifically, depersonalisation. It is possible that the meds are causing it. There is an excellent forum here.

MissTired · 16/11/2010 08:03

thanks everyone, ill investigate the forum once my son is in school, hes running riot at the moment!! ive never known what dissociation is like so now it seems i know!!

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Lilxa89 · 24/07/2025 15:55

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