this morning i had the wierest feeling. more like anxiety causing i guess. when i would move my arms it was like i was watching myself but not really moveing my arms myself. very fuzzy and dizzy foggy feeling. i felt like i was floating. sometimes i could not even feel the ground. is this more anxiety related or panic related. i felt like i was on virge of panic attack but did not really feel alot of anxiety. can our body or mind be more anxious then we realize?

I'm not sure why it happens. Maybe the stress/anxiety is too much, so the brain dissociates you to compensate/help you get through the hard moments. The brain has lots of (neat) ways of repairing and protecting itself.

About three months ago, I began waking up feeling very numb. From head to toe, everything felt 'weird' - Putting my hands in my pocket, putting clothes on, pressing the gas pedal, etc. It felt like my nerves were over stimulated or as if I was being electrocuted.

I went from physician to physician and they all said the same thing. There's no medical reason you should be numb, so it's probably psychological. It felt in no way like anxiety, but that's what it was.

I felt completely dissociated, as if my skin turned to padding. I became very introverted and constantly zoned out. This would last for a week and then go away for a few months, and happen again.

It was then that I decided to get medicated. After I began taking benzos (klonopin), I stopped having these attacks. It happened once on Zoloft, when I began taking it. It was the worst episode.

I felt fine. Took a 2 hour nap, and woke up VERY confused. Had no idea why exactly. Felt like I was in a dream, but I knew I wasn't. I was very numb and VERY scared for some reason. As if my impending doom is moments away.

After a few hours I couldn't stand it and took crushed up klonopin (about 1.5mg) and I began feeling fine pretty quick.

Anyway, yes the body can be WAY more anxious than we realize. Especially for people like me who've had anxiety undiagnosed for 10 years - being anxious is my baseline, my normal, since I don't recall ever not having anxiety except when I was a child.

Zoloft (and probably other SSRIs) is known to cause this side effect. There are a few threads about it on this forum.

thank you for repyling. you sound so much like me. i really don't know what it is like either to not have anxiety. my therapist says possibly i am attached to it and hard to let it go. i have tried zoloft and it was horrible. it gave me bad hallucinations and it was awful. your stories sound alot like me and it was good to hear from someone else that they are going through same thing. thanks again for writing back