Feeling off and spaced out

I figured out what this is. If it isn't side effects from cit you can also get this feeling from being too anxious. A lot of times it will make you spced out and feel very weird. The best way I can describe it is like you are in a dream. Or in your own bubble. Things don't feel real. A lot of times it only makes my anxiety worse but supposedly it's your brains reaction to too much stress or anxiety. Kinda just blocks out the world. You won't notice it till you think about it but when you are obviously going to think about it with anxiety. It didn't stop for almost 2 years for me but when I found this out it calmed me down and I stopped thinking of it I use it to my advantage and just relax when it happens. Sometimes it's nice I can bring back the feeling whenever I sorta figured out how to control it unless I'm in a stressful situation like a speech or anything of that sort. 

Hello  yadeed i wanted to know if you are better now my sister is feeling the same way spaced out and like if she is dreaming and she feels like if its not her😔

Here's hoping my story can help some...I started suffering from anxiety in my early 20s...the scariest symptom for me was the depersonalization, or feeling detached from reality, this was in the late 80s and there was no google or internet, I read books on anxiety and suffered for many many years.  What keeps anxiety and all the other symptoms that come with it alive is fear...the more we fear what we are feeling, the more we feel it...obviously, it's so much easier said than done.  I had to quit two jobs because of anxiety, and that dreaded feeling of being in a dream sort of state where nothing seems real.  I can assure you, it is all a part of anxiety, it is not dangerous or harmful, but the more you fear it the longer it will linger.  Personally my life changed when I started on anti-depressants, first it was prozac, it literally changed my life.  Thankfully I am well now, after a long long struggle of many years.  I will probably be on anti-depressants for the rest of my life, but I'll take that anytime over the agony of what I felt then.  On a different note but very related, all my life I lived in fear of what would happen to me, in 2009 my oldest son died in a car accident, he was 19...the one thing I didn't fear happened...all those years worrying in vain about myself, and the worst of the worst had nothing to do with me.  I think that day, I lost all my fears, because the worst thing that could happen to me already has...the only thing I fear now is something happening to my other son.  I am now in my 50s and could probably write a book about my experiences.  My advise, stop fearing your symptoms, they are harmless and all stem from anxiety, the more you fear them the more sensitize you become...it's a vicious cycle.  Don't hesitate to see a doctor and take meds...anxiety is a medical condition that can be treated.  Remember, the only thing to fear is fear itself...best of luck to all of you!

Hi I been feeling the same exact way it all started when I was drinking real heavy one night on my birthday weekend i woke up with a really bad hangover and felt so uncomfortable (I never drink if I do it’s really  occasionally  And just a few ) I ended up feeling like I was getting sick after a couple days my throat and ears were hurting then I started feeling so weird as I call it like in a dream state of mind like fog and it never went away I been feeling this way for a month in a half now I never had anxiety and I started to feel that along with depression it has been the most hardest month in a half of my life I feel so lost like just stuck I have 2 little ones also so that makes it even harder I’m 26 by the way I am seeing a

Doctor at the moment they are running test on me so hoping to find out what it is or if thier is even something wrong that they can even figure out . It’s just been so tuff after a month I started getting dizziness that makes it even harder but that comes and goes but the foggy head never leaves i feel so mentally confused all the time slow minded . I just want answers because it’s so scary feeling lost and not feeling your

Self it’s taking a big toll on my life 😢 just hoping to find answers on anyone else going through this . I never know this was a thing . Please Help!! 

Yes I'm feeling exact the same. It has been like this for 1 week, I don't Want to do anything, I just lay on the couch and spacing out. Did your symptoms get better? Im also going thru some mental issues, depersonalization, racing thoughts, insomnia, etc..... I want to be back to myself really bad, but I know I need to be patient..

You should really try exercise instead of medication. Anxiety/depression medications only masks the problem- they do not resolve it and they certainly will not make it go away. If you go off the meds, symptoms will come back- I PROMISE YOU. Excercise allows the same hormones to be released that those pills are packed with- but it is the synthetic man made version that are in the pills. Google "how exercise releases dopamine and endorphines. " please do not rely on meds...it will create an on onging and evil cycle. EXERCISE!!!

Have you tried exercise since you posted this?

exercise actually helps my anxiety the most. pills are only a mask.