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I heard about this drug propranolol for PTSD. Does anyone have any knowledge or experience with this drug for HPPD or flashbacks??

I would love to be involved with HPPD research. Though, I don't have a PhD or MD. ..... but I wonder if the few who are interested, like on this thread, could coordinate something.

Every drug that you do, I believe, will have some sort of psychological or physical cumulative effect, especially one that makes you somewhat dopey i.e. MJ. The tracks have already been laid out for HPPD; are you ready to keep riding the smokestack some more?

It could get much worse man. Just stay away from any drug not prescribed by an expert. Serious, you wanna end up like the rest of us.

What causes dissociation in a physiological sense?...........Well, in terms of HPPD, it's caused by changes in the chemicals and events that occur in the synapses but a lot of things are at play when you talk about dissociation. For example, if you were to take a large dose of PCP, you would also be feeling the anesthetizing effects of the drug as well as its hallucinogenic properties. If you have enough symptoms/side effects from these sorts of drugs, you will feel disoriented, panic, tunnel vision, can't catch your breath, and out-of-body feelings etc. It could be density of serotonin receptors, neurochemical depletion, changes in norepinepherine and dopamine, etc. I'm not totally sure, i'm not a neuro-chemist or a psychopharmacologist. lol I think if someone was 100% percent sure of the cumulative effects, as well as the immediate circumstantial effects, of every cigarette, joint, poison, virus, bacterium, hallucinogen, dissociative, opiate, allergen, antibiotic, etc, that you have every taken or accidentally caught or ingested, you would still have a hard time finding an objective answer as to why you are feeling dissociation and a hard time finding what is going on at the biological and neuro-chemical level, given the subjective nature of any individual (certainly considering the possibility of genetic and premorbid disorders that may be latent). That being said, while i don't know for myself, if the doctors knew for sure, they would have cures perhaps for HPPD. There are obviously shared anatomy between all (most) humans, and shared feelings, experiences, as well as shared neurobiological and neuro-chemical actions. Though, people have different sensitivities. It all has to do with where psychology meets biology: where mind and body meet: the central nervous system. What is consciousness and perception? The problem is, is that you are having problems with the definition of your perception. Reality is skewed and distorted and there seems to be some fog between you and the stars and you can't make it out. And you aren't feeling good. The biggest problem is that you aren't feeling good. And you are confused. I feel this stuff too. It should start going away at some point. Dissociation is something that needs time and professional guidance.

i wouldn't take bromo-anything: bromo-fly or what have you. While there may be a slim chance, some of these RC drugs or what have you may possibly have actual medical significance, for HPPD, this might be your last choice in finding the remedy.

Hi Dylan, I can relate. I have a similar story. I was on ADD meds and ended up being unable to take my meds when I started getting HPPD. I have actually had a collapsed lung (spontaneous pneumothorax), so i know how it feels. I had my true dose of panic disorder and HPPD, a few years after, when it felt like my lung was gonna collapse again. I was having a severe panic attack and ended up getting violent and had to be hospitalized. This HPPD disorder usually occurs with an overdose of one drug or a dangerous mix of several. PCP, DOB, Bath Salts, amphetamine, opiates, nightshade, and huge Benzo-withdrawal. This disorder can also be from LSD, similar analogues, 2c-x, Mescaline and jimson weed. There is also a thing called a K-hole; since ketamine is a dissociative. If you don't feel like you are schizophrenic then you will have a tremendous anxiety and panic. Not to mention the other paranoid ideations, quasi-delusions, the confusion and inability to concentrate. I understand i have basically had it for 5 years now. This issue here is that you have tremendous panic but you are on a massive dose of Xanax and Xanax, as you probably know, is very addictive and may cause seizures if you were to get off it too quickly. I mean it seems to me that you are on a very big dose. I would have been better had you been put on Klonopin or Ativan. Benzodiazapines will only make your life slightly more bearable but won't get you back to normal 100% in no time. I feel that at this point you probably have symtoms of PTSD. I believe both disorders can be very similar in terms of panic/anxiety disorder. Try some SSRI's or Wellbutrin, I think. Ask doctor what he/she thinks. Stay positive if you can.

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