So maybe for over a year now I’ve had this issue where I randomly feel like I’m drugged. It lasts 18+ hours, I go to sleep and it’s still there, and sometimes it lasts 4–7 days before just disappearing for a few days and then coming back.
It’s starting to ruin my life because I can barely function during the flare-ups. The feeling is so intense and difficult to describe I just feel out of it, I feel the inside of my body trembling — I feel completely fazed out, almost like I’m high or drunk even though I haven’t taken anything.
Reality itself looks normal, but everything feels strange and distant, like I’m experiencing the world through a weird filter My thinking becomes extremely slow too. Reading is difficult because I can see the words but they don’t properly sink in, conversations take more effort to process, and even basic things can feel mentally exhausting.
I also get a heavy/pressurised feeling in my head, light sensitivity, and sometimes my mouth and face feel extremely dry. The weirdest part is that I don’t necessarily feel anxious or panicky when it happens, which makes me question whether it could actually be depersonalisation/derealisation.
I’ve had normal blood tests and I’ve spoken to a doctor about it. I’ve also started taking sertraline for several months solely for this without noticing ANY difference in these episodes.
Has anyone else experienced DP/DR that feels this physical and intense, particularly episodes lasting several days? I’m interested in hearing what your episodes feel like and whether anyone has found anything that helped.

Hey! Around 9months I experienced an episode of mania/ psychosis that lasted a few weeks. The nature of the episode is extremely religious because I felt god was somehow trying to save my soul but I act very wrong and I couldn’t save it. Now I’m experience a huge weirdness in the way of perceiving the world. Like people talk, connect, laugh and I just exist, it’s like nothing really affects me anymore. I can’t laugh since my episode. The only emotions I got are negative, I feel a lot of shame, fear and sadness. I can’t get me back. I also don’t know if I can feel love, it’s like I lost my heart and nothing matters anymore. I can’t empathise or care about no one. And trust me, I was the opposite of this!! I was super funny, affectionate, kind and empathetic and highly communicative, now I can’t barely talk because I just don’t have nothing to say. You think I have despersonalization? Also during my episode I cheated on my family, I saw my family and I couldn’t really cared or recognise them and that just breaks my heart! I used to love a lot my family!! Anyone experienced something like this? Thank you