Ben

Hi gmo , at first the weed was giving me panic attacks so I gave up, it never did make me trip like on hallucinogens just sent my body into panick mode . After about a two years I tried ganja again and it was fine , I find that it does flare my visuals a little bit but I am so used to them now that it doesn't bother me anymore . I also get a heavy head feeling sometimes when sober and weed can help make it feel comfortable . I only tried it once I felt comfortable within myself again . But what may work for some , won't work for others .

I found that as time goes by you just adapt to the visual symptoms and it slowly becomes normal . Even though it can still bug me sometimes it's more of a passing thought now

I found this symptom one of the hardest to deal with . And deal with It i must . I have found that when I accepted it as a part of my new reality I became no longer scared of them . Still this the hardest symptom Iv had to deal with. If anybody else experiences the same please talk about it . I have found this helps a lot .

I have not noticed any improvement in symptoms , i find it more of accepting them as they are and this has helped a lot . To your question gmo . I do smoke pot still and at first I was taking other substances aswell but now days it's only pot and alcohol . I find cannabis helps with dealing withthe visuals , it me less aware of them, without adding to paranoia . At first though pot was givingme panicattacks and I stoppedforthe good part of two years . To anybody that is new to this world , try to remember that it can't hurt u no matter how strange it is !!! Thelast year or so I have hada real breakthrough with being able to handle this , the paranoia has reduced significantly and I feel a hell of a lot better within my self , even though a lot of the visual symptoms are still the same .

I get similar symptoms . Every times go to bed as soon as I turn the lights off my visuals get worse, electric colours run across the walls mainly red green and blue i also see eyes in the dark and faces in the darkness . It's really rather strange but I have learnt to deal with them but still this is my worst symptom .

I get what I can only describe as a shaking in my pheripherial vision , for example if I'm walking up a road and am looking straight ahead as say a lamp post is in the right side of my vision it will looking as if it's shaking back and forth and it also looks like it get bigger and smaller in a strange way that I find difficult to explain . Does any of this sound like ur visual shakes ??

Hello I am nearly 21 and have had hppd for nearly four years now . I first remember it starting after a few LSD trips . At first it made more anxious then I thought possible ,my body going into panic attacks on a regular basis , my vision so reminiscent of a low dose of psilocybin mushrooms ( which I also have taken ) also there is a constant shaking of objects in my pheripherial vision .All in all it was a strange few years . I still have most the symptoms that it started with but I now have a better understanding of them , I am no longer afraid of them . I think this forum is a wonderful idea , I have never met another person with hppd and would love to hear from people who have had similar experiences as me . Much love Ben