Jay1

Huge spike in symptoms for about 2 months. I had gone up to 2g a day, then lost my pills and went cold turkey for 2 weeks, it brought about some severe panic attacks and very strange electrical pulses in my brain... I tried going slowly back up and down (on my doctor's advice), and the spike slowly subsided. Was like being on a full acid trip ever day though. If you taper down, you should have no problems though.... and you can taper pretty quickly, after getting back up to 2g a day, i tapered 250mg a week without any additional issues.

Hi, as it sounds like anxiety is your main problem, i would target that. Thankfully, there are a number of well established and quite safe options. Maybe chat to your doctor about Gabapentin: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabapentin Your doctor will probably try to put you on an SSRI anti depressant, but that is generally considered a bad move, for hppd. Good luck, Jay

While on the meds, it didn't have any bad effects, but when i stopped abruptly (due to losing meds on a flight to usa)... It was hellish, so be very careful when tapering down.

I still think there are alot more sufferers than ever find this board. If you are in a big city, i'm sure you can find group for support of the recreational drug scene problems and find like minded people, even if they don't have hppd, or don't know what hppd is yet

Maybe have options for "mildly affect/aggravate"?

sounds good, thanks for sharing the link.

Yep, there is every chance the the stress, worry and guilt are causing this, not the weed itself. The best 1st step is to accept that you might fall off the wagon occasionally and not beat yourself up over it. You WILL return to baseline, so just keep calm and it will level back out.

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Why not just move to the countryside, where you can buy up some land and know you have somewhere 100% safe to enjoy. I wonder if the stress caused worrying about the 2nd hand smoke actually cause your relapse... and not the pot itself. everyone is different, of course, but i've smoked pot after getting hppd, it does make me much worse, but only for an hour or so. Once it is out of my system, it doesn't affect me.

I do seem to remember having a slight improvement in mood and anxiety. Not sure why i stopped, don't think it was anything bad, just maybe price. Need to start making a log of all my medication/supplement tests.

I might take a look at Buspar to try and lower my anxiety. Other than that, just the usual suspects... klono, keppra and sinemet (?)

Anyone tried this, for anxiety? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buspirone

I've taken Zopiclone as a sleep aid. Certainly works.... and it affects my visuals too..... it takes away alot of the snow and flashing, but replaces it with these cobweb like structures. It is nicer than the snow though. As with all these benzos/non benzos though, very addictive, so use only occasionally.

My only concern about the article was the mention of the person who thought they saw leaves moving when walking past certain trees. While i empathise with the person (sorry, forgot who it was).... It is a one off symptom and just gave the article a bit of an "i thought i could fly" twist.... rather than concentrating on the symptoms that we all deal with and are relatable to the reader.

Great work... A very big step for the community. I see, in the comments, they have already attracted one moron claiming that we are just weak minded. What a joke! We are some of the strongest minded people in the world... Most folk would have jumped off a cliff or grabbed their shotgun, by now.

it's one time i actually kind of enjoy the visuals and dp/dr.... just lay back, turn the lights off a chill for 20 minutes with some music... A bit like a nice opium high. Probably lack of sleep.... If not, you are gonna have to become a monk

pre/mild hppd - 1993 full hppd - 1995 found this site - summer 2008, if my memory is correct

I was angry at the world (and myself) for several years, but it faded after time. Just try to keep in mind that, although we are unlucky and this shit is very bad, we can still go on to have a decent enough life.... unlike many others who get afflicted with terrible illnesses. As for the bi-polar.... I have two friends with bi-polar ..... I'd say the easiest way to spot it is when they are on the up, manic and hyper. You can tell they are out of control and unpredictable. Everyone has lows, alot of people have heavy lows.... But not many have those hyper, manic episodes. I also heard somewhere that if you are worried about hearing voices... if you hear the voices in your head... you don't have bi-polar or schizophrenia, but if you hear the voices with your ears (ie, in the outside world) then you likely have an illness.

While i salute him for trying.... Kids just don't want to educate themselve,s if it means stopping doing something fun. How long have we known that smoking causes cancer?.... that unprotected sex can lead to aids or stds? I did my first E a week after the first reported death from E, in the UK. I couldn't have cared less about the risks. Maybe the youth of today are more information savvy though?

Get down the gym.... Sounds odd, but the more you work out, the more energy you seem to have.

just learn from it and move on.... Dwelling on mistakes does you no good

i'm into all sorts.... motown, soul, funk, rock, dance, indie i have a bit of a scandanavian obsession at the moment though.... Sigur Ros, Jonsi, Sea Bear, Kings of Convenience, Rokkurro and some of the darker stuff by the cardigans

Just getting into a routine has helped me alot. Wake at 8am every day.... Breakfast, dinner and tea at the same time each day.... Make sure the tv is off after midnight, regardless of how awake i feel. Sticking to this routine has improved my insomnia so much

loving Boardwalk Empire..... It is quite slow moving, but top quality

Yea, i tried Sinemet.... No joy for me. Only benzos have any real effect on my hppd (though Barbiturates help my panic attacks) .. I'd be 70% or so cured if i could stay on 2mg of Klono forever coke doesn't affect my visual or dp/dr in any way... but i do get high from it, so it must be doing something. like i've always said... in my opinion, hppd is not an illness... but a collection of illnesses. If that is even close to true, it makes sense that we all react wildly differently to various meds.