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Ryukyra · 03-10-2017, 04:07 PM

Hi HopeRises, thanks for the reply.

Yes, I am still in therapy, in fact, I had a session today and I have another one in 2 weeks. It is helping a great deal (although it is very expensive); my psychologist feels like a true professional and he's very knowledgeable on the subject (thankfully). I was skeptic in the beginning, both because of the price and because I had no idea how this could have helped me, but I come out of that office a bit more relaxed each time, as if he really did pull a weight off of my chest.

When I notice the symptoms building up, I was told by my psychologist to use a technique that we improved on as the sessions went by, where I stare at a fixed point (in my case, my watch) and I think about all of the biggest fears that I am going through in that exact moment, which counterintuitively is supposed to deflate the anxious feelings and the overall fear of what one has to go through.

I was a bit perplexed when I found out they actually worked when it came to the anxiety (it took me a while to trust the guy), but the symptoms of heavy headedness and other random little twitches that my body makes would not go away, I'd just not be scared of it and kinda 'welcome' it if you will.

I've been able to go on with this technique for a while, until I started reducing the Xanax and things started getting a bit confusing again, but I bet it's just because of me being accustomed to the way I'd feel on Xanax and slowly taking away from that kind of feeling has me derealizing in a stronger way, so I decided with the suggestion of my therapist to stabilise the medication at half of what I'd get until the next session, which seems reasonable, it would have been a very quick descent otherwise.

I'm still happy that I got around to reduce it by half anyway, it's already quite something.

I don't do any meditation.. I'd initially often go to the pool and swim a bit, so that I could feel better, but I was in a far worse mood and situation mentally, so much so that I needed to do stuff like that in order to properly wake up from this depression that had taken over. I still try to exercise regularly though. It doesn't always work out, but once or twice a week I force myself to try and run and I usually do for about 20-25 minutes, before I start either getting scared or "tired" (it's more of a head thing, not body).

I hope your tests are going to come out fine as well :)

Thanks for your interest, have a great day!

03-10-2017, 04:07 PM	#5
Ryukyra Join Date: Oct 2017	Hi HopeRises, thanks for the reply. Yes, I am still in therapy, in fact, I had a session today and I have another one in 2 weeks. It is helping a great deal (although it is very expensive); my psychologist feels like a true professional and he's very knowledgeable on the subject (thankfully). I was skeptic in the beginning, both because of the price and because I had no idea how this could have helped me, but I come out of that office a bit more relaxed each time, as if he really did pull a weight off of my chest. When I notice the symptoms building up, I was told by my psychologist to use a technique that we improved on as the sessions went by, where I stare at a fixed point (in my case, my watch) and I think about all of the biggest fears that I am going through in that exact moment, which counterintuitively is supposed to deflate the anxious feelings and the overall fear of what one has to go through. I was a bit perplexed when I found out they actually worked when it came to the anxiety (it took me a while to trust the guy), but the symptoms of heavy headedness and other random little twitches that my body makes would not go away, I'd just not be scared of it and kinda 'welcome' it if you will. I've been able to go on with this technique for a while, until I started reducing the Xanax and things started getting a bit confusing again, but I bet it's just because of me being accustomed to the way I'd feel on Xanax and slowly taking away from that kind of feeling has me derealizing in a stronger way, so I decided with the suggestion of my therapist to stabilise the medication at half of what I'd get until the next session, which seems reasonable, it would have been a very quick descent otherwise. I'm still happy that I got around to reduce it by half anyway, it's already quite something. I don't do any meditation.. I'd initially often go to the pool and swim a bit, so that I could feel better, but I was in a far worse mood and situation mentally, so much so that I needed to do stuff like that in order to properly wake up from this depression that had taken over. I still try to exercise regularly though. It doesn't always work out, but once or twice a week I force myself to try and run and I usually do for about 20-25 minutes, before I start either getting scared or "tired" (it's more of a head thing, not body). I hope your tests are going to come out fine as well :) Thanks for your interest, have a great day!
Ryukyra Join Date: Oct 2017