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This isn't anxiety, it's probably worse.
Ok I posted a question on here talking about anxiety. Well it's definitely not anxiety. So here's what happened I was at lunch and I had just finished my whole sandwich and my whole water bottle when it happened again. I was sitting down and there was nothing to be nervous about. What "it" is, is that it feels like I'm in a dream. I don't feel pain. I can read, talk, write, and hear perfectly fine. I know no one on here are doctors but does anyone know what this could possibly be? It's positively not anxiety. I asked my parents to make an appointment to a bigger hospital but my grandpa is in a hospital with cancer so my mom doesn't want to worry my other family members more while my dad thinks I should go. I also think I need to go because what if this is really serious? I'm not old enough to go to any doctors by myself yet because I'm still only 13. I really think I need to go to new York city as soon as they can fit in an appointment. If this happens again I swear I dont know what I will do. I need help!!!
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I looked up "Depersonalization Disorder"; Doctors feel there are several reasons for this disorder. As I suspected among them is depression. While I was suffering from depression and being treated for depression I too experienced what you wrote about. Now I have a name for it, at the time I felt it was more of a day dream.
With your grandfather in the hospital being treated for cancer and some of the normal stressors today's teenagers are under add to that early stages of puberty. It is possible you tripped the bar for clinical depression. Clinical depression is actually the bodies inability to manufacture enough of one or two hormones or both of them to control moods.
I don't know why you feel you need to go to NYC for treatment, though you and your dad are correct you do need treatment. The best doctor(s) to treat this are a Board Certified Psychiatrist for medication; as the hormones are secreted into the brain, and a clinical psychologist for talk therapy to help relieve the stress.
Your not crazy, a board certified psychiatrist is an MD with training and a fellowship in psychiatry. Since the chemicals involved secrete into the brain a psychiatrist is better credentialed to treat you than a GP.
If you need to go into NYC to find one then do so. Having lived on long Island for many years before moving to my present residence I know there are many good doctors available in the 5 boroughs and tri-state area that can treat you without having to go into the city.
Finding doctors to treat you close to home is a plus in this case and there are plenty of good hospital in these areas in which to find these doctors if need be.
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I'm not a doctor, but I'm a psychology major and what it sounds like to me is an episode of depersonalization. (Feeling in a dream is the most common way it's described.)
Depersonalization can occur for a number of reasons- tiredness, anxiety, medications, mental illness drug use, or people can be born with a disorder. Around one-third of people will experience an episode sometime in their lives- I can remember having 2 or 3 as a kid when really tired. However, if it is recurrent and becoming a problem, you need to see a psychologist or psychiatrist asap. (It doesn't mean you're 'crazy' or mentally ill.)
You may want to do some research before you go. Tell he/she exactly what you're experiencing (making sure you mention feeling like you're in a dream) and that you think it may be an episode of depersonalization.
It may not be serious, sometimes it just happens. But it doesn't hurt to double-check, as Depersonalization Disorder can really ruin a life.
-Krista, 21/f
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