hi does anyone else get this? it all started 5months ago i started to get this feeling if iam not here t's a feeling that I'm not here (like I'm asleep) while my body is doing things and my mind is processing most of the information around me (though I can't remember any of it as an actual memory? it's like my eyes are not sync with my brain? i used to get this feeling the day after i had a drink but it only lasted 5mins.now i have it 24/7 has it got something to do with ch? my GPdoctor said he thinks its Anxiety and gave me bedranol but it has not helped me at all now he's going to send me to see a Psychiatrist :D i go back to see the neurologist in 2month should i tell him about this feeling?

No I have not experienced this and YES you should tell your Neuro about it, I'd call him to let him know and see if you can get in to see him earlier!!

JustNotRight wrote on Sep 23^rd, 2010 at 6:44am:

No I have not experienced this and YES you should tell your Neuro about it, I'd call him to let him know and see if you can get in to see him earlier!!

DITTO!!!!!

What you are describing could be a kind of mild dissociation called depersonalization. In the normal population mild dissociative experiences are highly prevalent, with 60% to 65% of the respondents indicating that they have had some dissociative experiences. (Waller, Putnam and Carson, 1996)

A common experience of dissociation is "daydreaming", or the experience of having driven home, but not remembering the journey.

Dissociation is used as a defence mechanism when traumatic events occur. It prevents the fear and panic response in the trauma situation from generalising to the rest of life.

People who have anxiety disorders, such as panic attacks, often have dissociative symptoms when the panic attacks come on.

It is possible you are experiencing such dissociation as a result of CH, the development of a panic disorder, or for some other reason. Yes, by all means, speak to a psychiatrist. Blessings! lance

thanks i go back on november to see the neurologist and iwill say to him about it and am going to see a Psychiatris and see what he says  :( :(

I felt something similar tothat sometimes when I was taking verapamil, made it hard to do my job.  I was just constantly "out of it" and not connected to what was going on around me. 

I had some weird experiences with Topomax, but nothing like that. I'd definately call the Neuro.

Red

Ahhh... this take me back 20years, before i was treated for acute Anxiety/Depression and a bit of Obsessive compulsive. I was one messed up 20 y.o.  :D!! Tried a million different medications and shrinks, but finally started taking Aropax (which was new back then) and the world turned good mostly. i take one a day, every day and those demons are mostly kept a bay  :). It was not CH. Im not convinced all these things are not related in some weird neurological way with Seritonin..... however, what you describe sound like depression/anxiety, not directly CH related.

As others mentioned, get yourself of to the shrink + neorologist asap

Cheers
Steve