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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25392249 The full version of this article is not free. I think it's interesting that many of the patients with schizophrenia and HPPD can differentiate between their psychotic symptoms and HPPD symptoms.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24933532?dopt=Abstract Unfortunately I do not have the full article.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4202580/

So I tried the astragalus tincture from terra firma botanicals (http://www.terrafirmabotanicals.com/astragalus-tincture). I took 8 drops and after about an hour or two it increased my visual snow, tinnitus (which I rarely get), intrusive thoughts, intrusive images, and depression. I felt really cold and just generally bad until I took a nap. When I woke up from the nap my shirt was soaked in my sweat. I felt an increase in vitality and blood flow. Throughout the next couple of days I would either feel vitalized or weak and more depressed than usual. After 4 days I took 6 drops of a gingko, gotu kola, and rosemary tincture from the same site (http://www.terrafirmabotanicals.com/page_20_12/organic-brain-tonic). It made me feel sedated but the next day I felt great. Ever since that day I feel good and my vision has never been better (since onset of HPPD) - still not cured though. I'm not sure if that's the astragalus or the gotu kola or both or just time doing it's thing. I'm not sure if I'm going to take astragalus anymore though because I didn't like how it made me feel. It might be one of those suffer now to gain more later type of things though.

http://www.the-scientist.com//?articles.view/articleNo/41290/title/Brain-Massage/

Please let me know how this goes and good luck! I did two 48 hour water fasts before and felt better after them. Although I am not completely recovered (would consider myself around 60% recovered) I'm sure the fasts had something to do with that.

This is just one but do a search yourself and you will find many more: http://hppdonline.com/index.php?/topic/3633-antibiotics-making-my-hppd-worse/?fromsearch=1

Antibiotics have affected some people`s HPPD so I wanted to make sure. I just finished taking these and I`m fine.

Maybe it is the left temporal lobe: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2643016/Name-tune-Scientists-brain-lets-recognise-music.html If that area is damaged you can do the following things to recover: http://www.livestrong.com/article/277791-ways-to-exercise-the-temporal-lobe/#page=5

Has anyone taken this antibiotic? Any bad side effects? I`ve taken Amoxicillin 2 times before without any adverse effects so I hope I should be fine with this one also.

I doubt the acupuncture would make it permanently worse. In the beginning everything seems like it has the potential of making it permanently worse but that goes away for most people.

http://www.iflscience.com/brain/magic-mushroom-chemical-hyper-connects-brain

Definitely can relate to being more clumsy. Also have some short term memory problems like trouble remembering names, words, details, thing I want to do, things I`m supposed to do at the split second I try to recall those things. Do cognitive problems get better for most people? They have a new form of therapy for people suffering from Alzheimer's that has shown improvements. Maybe it can work us? http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news/complex-therapy-reverses-alzheimers-memory-loss-100214.html

The first few months I had blobs and after images in my field of vision that were creating burning sensations in my brain. This subsided over time. I credit time and staying away from drugs for this. I still have after images after 17 months of HPPD but they are nowhere near as intense as they were the first 6 months.

I quit coffee but not caffeine since tea has caffeine in it. I read somewhere that caffeine evolved separately in tea and coffee so maybe that`s why it feels different. There is also less caffeine in tea plus the L-Theanine in green tea balances it out. I`ll PM you all the details.

Exercise: Cardio and/or working out a muscle group or two, never to the point of exhaustion but more than just getting the heart pumping. Diet: Cut out all sodas, energy drinks, candies, cakes, and coffee. Don't add sugar to tea except for raw honey. Stay away from food like products and just try to eat or drink the real thing. Eat whole grains instead of refined ones. This didn't make all of my symptoms go away but definitely helped with DR and DP.

Exercise and changing my diet cured me of DR/DP. Keep it up!

I`m going to try a lithium supplement as well this month. I`ll let you know how it goes. Happy to hear it`s working for you. Which symptoms did it help alleviate for you?

I try to stay away from all artificial sweeteners and added sugars as much as possible. Two days after my second fast I ate half a pint of organic ice cream (I rarely eat ice cream now) that had agave syrup and I experienced a sugar rush which increased my after images, visual snow, head pressure, and auras around objects. My heart was beating faster as well. The spike in visuals went away after sleep. I would consider myself about 70% healed right now compared to the first 6 months and I`m sure cutting down on sugar and sweeteners has helped me.

I've been constantly drinking white and green teas for over a year now. Sometimes I add lemon, raw honey, saffron, turmeric, or ginger root to my teas. This has definitely replaced coffee, sodas, and energy drinks for me.

Well you still went over 48 hours which is good enough to jump start your dormant stem cells into regenerating new white blood cells.

Yes this time I will cut out all sugars, breads, and fruits for 3 days before the actual fast. I don`t think I will be able to do the 72 hour one anytime soon because I need energy to do my job so I`ll just do a 48 hour one again during the weekend but start it while I`m already in a state of ketosis.

Nice. 15 days? That`s tough! Good luck man!

What kind of fast did you do? I`m thinking about doing a 72 hour water fast for my next one.

I feel like I'm experiencing more benefits from the fast a few days after. I feel cleaner and renewed. My vision keeps on getting better. Last night I drank a lot for my friend's birthday and my visuals did not get worse today (they always did after a night of drinking). I'm 16 months in and I think if I keep on staying away from drugs I should heal to at least 90% "back to normal". I am definitely planning on doing another water fast in the near future again.