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Yes. Sometimes I feel like my brain is "vibrating" in my head, or I had a pressure behind my eyes, sometimes eye vibration as well. does anyone else get that? they're kind of minor, but it's different than a headache definitely

I think my symptoms are slightly more minor than most people's, particularly because I've never taken any type of hallucinogen before in my life. I've become a reasonably regular weed smoker, however, and tend to experience more intense symptoms from getting high the most people around me. My vision tends to change quite a lot when I smoke, and I've noticed, especially within the last few months, that my symptoms drastically increase in the most recent days after smoking, which is why I'm attempting to cut back. I first noticed something off about 2 months ago, and this is the first time I've read anything about HPPD, which, honestly, was a huge relief to hear about. I thought I was going insane, possible developing schizophrenia or a brain tumor. Now that I have a better idea about what it is, at least I won't be stressed out all the time that something is seriously wrong with me. Anyway, my symptoms: the most prevalent, definitely, is the visual snow. Basically it looks like blank space is constantly moving, like I can see the particles jumping around everywehre. If I look at an object, particularly one dark and patterned, I can see the lines of the pattern moving around, probably most comparably to tv static. in general, I feel kind of like I'm standing behind a layer from the rest of the world. if i stare at objects for an extended period of time, it's as if I can make them twitch. When it's particularly bad, I can "make" the walls breathe or look like they're moving closer to me. when it's dark, everything gets a lot worse. it's like i overwork my imagination in the dark and everything looks like it's moving. i see a lot of random white lights, especially when i look at a white background, kind of like afterimages, i guess. when i try to read, it's hard to focus on the words. i feel like the white on the page is moving around, and the words are slightly moving too i also get some body sensations as well. sometimes i get a hard pressure on my chest, normally towards the right side, and sometimes on my shoulder. sometimes if i'm not moving my arm it's like i can't even sense that it's there. i don't really feel depersonalization, but can't really feel parts of my body occasionally. sometimes i feel a certain pressure behind my eyes as well, like they're vibrating, consistent to my vision kind of vibrating too oh, and sometimes i have extremely vivid dreams. I have no idea if these are real or not, because when it happens I normally dream I'm in the bed in the room I'm sleeping in. but i'll wake up and not be able to move at all, or i'll touch my arm with the other and it will be completely numb. (this has happened a few time, but, like i said, they could just be vivid dreams) a lot of these symptoms, especially the body symptoms, are consistent to when i smoke weed, to a lesser extreme. i was pretty detailed with these, but i really want to know if other people are experiencing these too. Even though these symptoms are really uncomfortable, and I just wish they would go away, it's nice to know they aren't life threatening and possibly not permanent. As for how I deal with them, I tried at first to completely ignore them. They started getting worse, however, which was when I actually started considering something was seriously wrong with me. I tried smoking and drinking more because, even though they increased the symptoms, they made me feel better because at least something was supposed to be "wrong" at the time. i also tried to force myself to be around people as much as possible because it helped distract me from the symptoms for the most part. Also, watching tv or focusing on a screen, normally decreases the symptoms as well. Once I noticed that the symptoms would be worse in the days after smoking, I decreased my use a little, and noticed that if I didn't for about 2 weeks they started to lessen in intensity (that's the longest I've gone but I may completely quit now after reading about this). In general, I don't have many problems with anxiety, so I've been able to keep a pretty good handle on acting normal for the most part since I started noticing them