What Do You Do When Anxiety Makes You Feel Unreal?

I'm 16 and have been suffering very similar symptoms. The feeling like iv'e been drugged, constantly tired after nights where i've had 10-13 hour sleeps, yet wake up still as tired as I was the day before. Nothing feels real, trouble speaking - can't get the words out properly, concentrating on anything is hard, reading and writing is difficult (including typing this), etc etc, this only started 4 days ago which doesn't seem that long but it's the WORST experience ever! I've suffered anxiety for a few years now and it has never taken this kind of affect on me and i've pinned it down to anxiety as this is what my gp has assured me it is. My gp has given me a few options to try out, 1 being medication, 1 being professional help (already had councillors, hypnotherapy etc) and the other option was both professional help and meds together. I have made the decision with my dad to try some more experienced professions to try help my situation first, before resorting to meds, not that, that would be a bad thing, however i'm only 16 and do not want to have to rely on such drugs at this stage. HOWEVER, if anyone has any suggestions for a faster recovery (I have exams coming up which I need to be able to concentrate for) then that would be very highly appreciated! Thank you!

I'm a fretting teenager who has been having a rather mediocre time of it. For the past month and a half, I've been feeling depressed, anxious and unreal. Who knows whether I'm anxious because I'm depressed, or I'm depressed because I'm anxious, or I'm depressed because I feel unreal and I'm anxious that I won't get better. It's extremely jumbled.
However, for the first time in a week or two, I get to feel like I'm finally 'me' again. No need to search through my past memories trying to piece together what is 'me' and inevitably ending up with the conclusion that 'my mind is completely fucked.'
Do you have a map of the world in your head? A way things are meant to 'feel' when you look at them; like no matter what happens, reality can't change, so it's all okay? Well, I felt like that at some point. Certainly not during this month. It doesn't feel like I'm a different person. For me, someone who became obsessed with computers and games from a young age, it feels like I'm behind the screen and I can't get away. That's the definition of 'unreal' we're dealing with here.
Everything feels like it's spinning, nothing feels the same, everything feels completely weird and different, or rather, I feel completely different.
Yesterday, I had a very annoying experience. Mind fog - that thing that prevents you from thinking clearly - overwhelmed me. I didn't know how to think, my thoughts were lost, but I was still fundamentally rational; somewhere inside. Like I was constantly asleep, or constantly not real, that my thoughts are completely mismatched with reality. That last one is the one truth. It's the worst feeling ever. There's nothing worse. It's the absolute worst I've ever felt, and I know it's the absolute worst I'll ever feel.
Disassociation. When nothing feels the same, nothing feels familiar, and you can't calm down know matter what. That's how it was for me. That chronic feeling of pointlessness shows up as well. No real 'sense' of anything; completely out of it; completely out of whack. So afraid to let go of my now-fragmented understanding of the world that I can't get better. The feeling that I'm awake when I'm asleep and I'm asleep when I'm awake.
But at any rate, I feel much, much better right now. Fog has cleared up 75%. Mental faculties still there. It was never like they were disabled, after all.
The wonderful bit of irony is that it is, of course, entirely my own fault. I didn't want to lose whatever fragmented sense of self I had left, so I became inactive, and the only thing I tried to do was 'remember how things were'.
But, of course, that didn't work too well. All I succeeded in doing was consciously crippling myself, slowly shrinking the things that I can do while anxiety slowly erodes my consciousness. I won't say that 'depression is a victim-less crime' or anything of the sort, but in my case, it was entirely my fault for responding in completely the wrong way.
The constant mental discomfort I felt is alleviated somewhat now, and I can at least accept the depressive feelings currently attempting to topple me. Well, it's anyone's guess whether I can return to the way I was before, but since I like to think of myself as a person who has been pretty well-linked to reality, I'm sure "I'm" out there somewhere. I've recovered my ability to feel positive feelings, so there's a step in the right direction. Concentration still incredibly low. Still pretty depressed, though. Still feel like a complete shell of myself. Can only hope that I'll improve after sleep.
Yep, I'm venting. Meh.

I have been feeling like this for a while.. could be around 6 years I am not sure. But i have really noticed it more now the past couple months. I am 30 yrs old. Married, have a 2 yr old. Stressful job. Lost my son 6 years ago. So.... i have never been diagnosed with any thing like anxiety or whatever... but now starting to think something going on. This hazey/fog feeling, derealization, is driving me nuts and I dont know where ro start. Its been "noticeable" the past couple months. Every day, 24/7. Whats going on? Where do I start? Do i go to a doctor or therapist? I even thought It might be my eyesight going real bad... cant deal with this emotionless, worrying state. Arg.

Have been feeling unreal since I had my first panic attack,am on medication for the anxiety but still feeling unreal almost all the time.How do I overcome this scary feeling?

I don't know what is going on, it's feels like on weed or something. I just feel so strange at times even my own hands don't feel like mine.This feeling comes and goes but when it comes its really scary, I feel like I may die or something. I was having serious issues concentrating and sleeping. The doctor diagnosed depression but sometimes it doesn't feel like it.I'm scared.Please help me

I’ve been feeling this a lot lately. My main concern is, of it is anxiety in my case, because it has been happening for months, and sometimes it lasts a few days. Is it possible for anxiety to cause a symptom to stay a long time? Great blog by the way. Thank you for writing it.

Hey i been feeling unreal with shortness of breath,cramps all over my body and blur vision. i went to the doctor 5 times they told me my lungs are clean, my blood is also clean. actually nothing wrong with me. i was asking what could be wrong with me

Hi im struggling with anxiety and I'm scared it's real because it feels real it's really uncomfortable I get chest tightness is this just anxiety it's making me doubt everything and I'm scared it's real.

My first panic attack was at age 8 or 9. I felt an unexplainable rush of doom and I couldn’t breathe. I never experienced anything like that again until I smoked weed for the first time when I was 16. Being high was the most terrifying experience in my life. The lack of control I had over my mind felt like I was losing grip on reality. I ended up in the hospital. Ever since that day I have been dealing with depersonalization, and it’s been almost 3 years. Sometimes I feel like I can ground myself, but mostly I just learn to cope with it. This last summer I was sexually assaulted which has completely taken a toll on my mental health. I suppress the memory so much, and now can hardly recall details but I still get triggered by minor things. I feel like I am living in two different realms. I am a straight A college student who has a job and can manage my time and organize myself, yet at the same time I feel so out of control. Some days I am outspoken and love to talk, other days I feel like I have never heard my voice before. I just want to feel normal. I haven’t been able to maintain a healthy relationship or friendship for three years due to my lack of coherency. Sometimes I feel so mentally incapable that I start to forget things that happened a few minutes ago. I hope that I can live a happy life. I hope that one day I will be better.

everything make me scare even if i see my friend,mom,sound like phone rings, sms notification rings....(i'm scare of the whole world and everything) even thinking make me scare,even looking at someone beautiful increase my heartbeat,i cant relax.my heart pounds like is going out of my chest.total complete loss of appetite,i can say even 200% loss of appetite,i don' t remember getting hungry or thirsty,chronic tiredness,total loss of weight,i feel like fire run in my body,i feel like a tube going into my stomach, i feel like the pain is everywhere ,it seems like i'm possessed, i feel like a stranger everywhere even in my own house, my head feels like is going to explode into pieces and my whole joints feel detached to each other, not interested in good life, short breathing, joints pain, tense muscles from toe to head,stiffness around the neck,jaw clacking like bones are broken.feeling like nobody loves me, i feel like i'm too ugly.i'm scare to talk to any girl.alternation of diarrhea and constipation, problem of concentration, vibration of my body,insomnia,feeling of a knot in throat and belly,feeling of going crazy, heartburn,teeth grinding,feel like i'm burning, everything irritate me, i criticize everything, feeling like my life has no meaning,feeling like people always mock at me because i'm skinny and my face has pimples since i was 14 and those pimples made me look very ugly and that really made hate going to school,public gatherings, chasing girls..etc.
i cannot explain because of other weird feelings.i prefer dying than living like this.
to sum it up i feel like my body is old and outdated.

PS: i hate myself, i feel guilty,i feel like i'm a looser,i don't like my name,i have difficulty swallowing,my heartbeat makes tremble, my nerves or vains pump up and they are visible all the way. i hate every place, i change even countries but still i hate every country i go.i feel like it's the country,lifestyle, people ,my work...which cause my suffering.my world is like black and white.