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cherub96

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  1. What was your treatment protocol so far? I had Lyme disease (long AFTER I got HPPD) and it went away after a week of Rocephin i.v. I didn't have neuroborreliosis, though. Check this out: http://lymemd.blogspot.com/2009/06/life-after-rocephin.html
  2. This IS a psychological symptom. Stress and anxiety tend to be bad for erections. When you get psychologically adjusted to the situation, the problem should go away. Psychosomatic stress can sometimes produce much more extreme reactions - even blindness. Personally, when I was studying for my exams, I got so stressed out that I couldn't READ anymore. I kid you not. I wasn't able to put together complex sentences in my mind that were in front of me on the paper! That problem faded after a few months, thankfully. Of course there's also a lot of medications that will make you partly or wholly impotent, and it's not necessarily documented. Many antidepressants have that effect, and for me Ritalin does it. Are you taking any medication? Get some Viagra, if the problem bothers you. Don't freak out if it alters your vision - it makes me see everything slightly blue and mildly surreal, but hasn't had any lasting HPPD effect.
  3. I have HPPD consisting of marihuana-like derealization, LSD-like movements of surfaces, and optical noise. The LSD-like movements had gotten much better over the course of 7 years until they were barely noticeable, until I took Ritalin. Within two weeks, the LSD effects were almost as bad as in the beginning. The rest of my visual effects were not affected. I discontinued Ritalin. The LSD effects remained unchanged (other than going through their usual cyclical fluctuation over 5 days (IIRC) for the next few weeks. Then I started taking low-dose Risperidone (2mg, I think). For the first two days, nothing happened. On day 3, the LSD effects were basically turned off, back to barely noticeable. It was like flipping a switch. In the morning they were there, in the afternoon they were almost gone. I continued taking Risperidone for a few weeks, even increased the dosage, but nothing else happened. There was no effect on my other visuals. After discontinuing Risperidone, the LSD effects did not return, even when I started taking Ritalin again (strange, huh?). I've been taking Ritalin for a few years now. The HPPD symptoms are stable. Caffeine never affected my symptoms.
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