![]() ![]() (Please note that if you are accessing these legal documents in this footer from The Withdrawal Project website, you will be taken to the Inner Compass Initiative website. To read our complete disclaimer, click here.īy using this Website, you acknowledge and agree to our Medical Disclaimer, Terms and Conditions, Privacy Policy, and Content Use Policy. The Content on the Website neither constitutes nor should be interpreted as the professional medical or clinical advice of a physician, pharmacist, therapist, counselor, prescriber of psychiatric medication, or any other kind of licensed practitioner, and should not be used or relied on to treat or diagnose any diseases, illnesses, or symptoms. Cope with stress Identify early warning signs that symptoms are getting worse Set goals and motivate yourself. ![]() Unless expressly stated otherwise, the authors, bloggers, and/or editors of the Website are laypeople who have direct personal experience taking, reducing, or tapering off psychiatric medication and/or supporting someone else who has taken, reduced, or tapered off psychiatric medication. Clinical methods used to diagnose depersonalization-derealization disorder can include: Psychiatric evaluation of your symptoms, thoughts, feelings and behaviors against criteria listed in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5-TR), published by the American Psychiatric Association. Any and all information, materials, and content (the “Content”) posted on the Website is provided for general educational and informational purposes only. Inner Compass Initiative, The Withdrawal Project, ICI Connect, and TWP Connect (collectively, the “Website”) are a web-based online information-sharing and connecting platform which seeks to provide opportunities for likeminded people to find each other, and to facilitate the sharing of information that improves the general public’s understanding of psychiatric drug withdrawal and of “mental health” diagnoses and treatments generally. In withdrawal circles, you’ll often hear people talk about “DP/DR”, as the experience of depersonalization often seems to go hand-in-hand with derealization. For some, the experience can be so dramatic that they report looking in the mirror and not recognizing themselves, or hearing their own voice as unrecognizable. Some people describe even feeling like “an actor performing my life”. You might feel like you’re watching yourself from a distance with no sense of control, or as if you’re a spectator of your own life without a connection to a real sense of self. Typically, it’s described as the experience of feeling disconnected or detached from yourself or your body. ![]() What is withdrawal-induced depersonalization?ĭepersonalization is a normal symptom of withdrawal from psychiatric drugs.
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