Please help...Life feels like a dream.
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Speaking as a pure layman, I would think you are suffering from depression probably brought on by the stress of your current situation and the very heavy drinks binge.
Drink is a depressant in itself but affects some people more acutely than others. I don't normally drink on any sort of regular basis. The last time I had a very heavy night I was extremely down for several days and seriously thought of walking away from my job, life and everything. Anyone who knows me would appreciate that this is totally out of character for me as i'm normally a very happy person and don't let things get on top of me.
Since that time I have suffered with stress and anxiety on various occasions, resulting in me having time off work and medication from my Doctor. These helped relieve the feelings and get my head around the situations which caused the stress to escalate. I now feel much better but could not call myself cured.
It might be that the drinks binge has released the feelings which were present before but unrecognised/unrealised.
Are you sleeping at night? My partner suffers with depression and after going acute 4 years ago spent several weeks in the Priory getting things straight. He has similar symptoms to you and still finds it hard to express his feelings or laugh at jokes. The medication does numb these things but at least he can now cope with day to day issues such as eating and sleeping. Part of his problem was a lack of sleep caused by anxiety and stress.
I would suggest speaking with your doctor again about these feelings and see if you can talk to a counsellor to help you deal with things. Whatever advice we give over the net is unlikely to help much but may help you realise that you are not alone with this problem. Millions of other people suffer in silence and you would never know unless they told you.
Try to deal with your issues first. Speak to both your dad and your brother and put things right with them first. This may help your stress/anxiety levels to ease and give you back more control of your feelings.
Drink is a depressant in itself but affects some people more acutely than others. I don't normally drink on any sort of regular basis. The last time I had a very heavy night I was extremely down for several days and seriously thought of walking away from my job, life and everything. Anyone who knows me would appreciate that this is totally out of character for me as i'm normally a very happy person and don't let things get on top of me.
Since that time I have suffered with stress and anxiety on various occasions, resulting in me having time off work and medication from my Doctor. These helped relieve the feelings and get my head around the situations which caused the stress to escalate. I now feel much better but could not call myself cured.
It might be that the drinks binge has released the feelings which were present before but unrecognised/unrealised.
Are you sleeping at night? My partner suffers with depression and after going acute 4 years ago spent several weeks in the Priory getting things straight. He has similar symptoms to you and still finds it hard to express his feelings or laugh at jokes. The medication does numb these things but at least he can now cope with day to day issues such as eating and sleeping. Part of his problem was a lack of sleep caused by anxiety and stress.
I would suggest speaking with your doctor again about these feelings and see if you can talk to a counsellor to help you deal with things. Whatever advice we give over the net is unlikely to help much but may help you realise that you are not alone with this problem. Millions of other people suffer in silence and you would never know unless they told you.
Try to deal with your issues first. Speak to both your dad and your brother and put things right with them first. This may help your stress/anxiety levels to ease and give you back more control of your feelings.
Yes, definitely go and see another doctor. You can ask to see any GP in your practice you wish, or change practices if you're not happy.
What you describe is all in a day's work for a good GP, and they will know what to do. Most GP's are interested and sympathetic to the type of mental health issues you're having - give them another go.
What you describe is all in a day's work for a good GP, and they will know what to do. Most GP's are interested and sympathetic to the type of mental health issues you're having - give them another go.
Z4monster said:
*snip*
I don't have any issues with sleep or eating/drinking at the moment, but I do sometimes have the odd night where it can take me hours to get to sleep, and as a result, I only get in a couple of hours sleep.Since that night, I have not touched a drink at all and like I said, I'm don't drink that much in the first place.
Thanks for the replies everyone. I will book another appointment with a different GP asap and post here with the results.
OP, you have just described a textbook case of de-realisation.
See here ---> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derealisation
Have a read, then go back and see your GP.
See here ---> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derealisation
Have a read, then go back and see your GP.
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