So to start: Have you ever experienced a bout of depersonalization before? Do you personally deal with Depersonalization Disorder on a day-to-day basis? If you have ever dealt with depersonalization for any extended period of time, how did you manage to overcome it?
To my own story:
I'm now going on almost two years of depersonalization. It happened to me after a bad combination of bad psychedelic trips, with 2c-e being the primary culprit. For whatever reason or another, 2c-e annihilated my mind--where for others it's relatively mild cognition-wise. My days are filled with obsessive rumination, complete feelings of disconnection, and no emotion. Not always, but most days. I try to combat this through mindfulness meditation and ever-changing supplements. My regimen has been anything from tianeptine (exclusively) to Pramiracetam+other stuff (less important), to Armodafinil+other stuff, to my current blend of Ashwagandha+5htp+tongkat ali+Zinc+other stuff. All have had the occasional tianeptine mixed in, as the occasional tianeptine--especially in combination with ashwagandha, so far--seems very good at combating this depersonalization.
The only problem, is that no matter what stack I use or how I switch it up, the supplement therapy only seems to work for a few days at most--then I overthink it and fall right back into full-blown depersonalization. Like tonight, which served as the inspiration for this post.
But that leads me back to my most important initial question: To those of you who have undergone this terrible, terrible, debilitating experience, how have you found your way out?
I've just tonight fully come to terms with it, and started looking on DP/DR forums for advice. Will probably see a psychiatrist very soon about it, and a therapist.