Jay1

Only the psychedelic part..... You can still practise meditation. I'm not into that stuff, but I know some people who say that it is far more revealing than tripping, once you perfect it. As for taking more psychedelics.... Alot of us here had the pre-hppd / mild hppd symptoms you described and carried on, with very bad results. Whatver you have now... multiply by 100 and change the 2 weeks to 20 years.. or the rest of your life. Do you want to have to pop 3mg of Klonopin to get through your wedding day or feel uncomfortable even sitting with your friends and family, wishing the walls would stop moving and you didn't feel like you were spiked with half a tab? Worth the risk? and please.... don't start taking brain altering drugs like Sinemet at this early stage... They are powerful medications... You absolutely do not need them and hopefully never will. Just stay sober, rest, exercise and eat well for 3 months... Good luck... Please learn from our mistakes.

sorry to hear that mate... the treatment will be rough, especially if she goes for chemotherapy.... But it worked well for my Uncle and they caught his cancer quite late on. Good luck

haha yea... bad day to get locked in a room with wizards and dragons on the wall.

can't see it affecting hppd.... but it is a sorry state of affairs. Drives me crazy what people are doing to this planet

Found it, Drugs Inc. The cop comes up about 1 minute in... talks about the aftermath about 5 mins in: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7F6ZlA3E_c

I watched a show last night on tv, made by Discovery, about hallucinogens and they had a cop on there that had been exposed to 1000 hits of lsd. He described how his life had changed since... that he could no longer read, that he would find himself places and could not remember how to get back etc. Sounds like he has some hppd symptoms, certainly very severe "brain fog". I'm trying to find the name of the show... translated from Portuguese it is called "the business of drugs". But searching online doesn't show much. any ideas? Unfortunately... the undercover cop remained anonymous, but perhaps contacting Discovery network could help us in our search for knowledge.

Klonopin makes me so depressed these days... if i take it more than 3 days in a row, i'm a mess. I hope a good substitute is found, one day.

There is no evidence to suggest that hppd is brain damage.

well, maybe in a month, you will be healed... but yea, a benzo will help you relax.... but you might not remember much of it if you are not used to benzos. maybe try 0.5mg next time you have something stressful to do, see how you react to the small dose. and make sure not to mix benzos and booze, you'll almost definitely black out.

I've never heard of anything like this with hppd. I think you should get a 2nd opinion from another doctor... I really don't think that has anything to do with hppd

I'm the same.... the visuals go up, but I feel more normal as I have a reason to be feeling shitty

I generally try to limit myself to one per week (sunday, after i have a few drinks on a saturday), I take one midweek if it is a particularly stressful week or i have to do something like a video conference with clients. I make sure I have 1 week completely benzo free, each month. There is no evidence to suggest it helps or hinders recovery.... it just helps for the time you are on it. If you can handle normal life pretty well, then I wouldn't bother with them..... If you are getting very stressed, it might help.

I remember this topic coming up on the old board and someone said the technology has come on alot now and it is "fairly" safe. Obviously, you'd want to research the hell out of this before doing it.

it's all about taking your mind off it as much as possible. A good book, film, game, a walk in nature, sport etc etc if you are suffering badly, then the occasional klonopin is probably best.... but be careful, it is easy to start taking them all the time.

sport and sex ....... careful not to merge the two though... unless you can find some hottie into baby oil wrestling.

mate, Hawaii has been my dream since i first rode a wave when i was 8, on a cold beach in Wales, UK. I'll definitely make it there some day. Get me a spear ready

Mate, i'd be all over that.... We lived in a tent when we first moved here.... Just surfing all day, a bit of bread and sardine paté and a box of wine.... Not quite living off the land.... But still a sweet way to live.... about 20 other surfers camping near a lake by the reef, so a bit of a party vibe at night around the campfire.... My wife likes her creature comforts too much nowadays though!

He doesn't access the board too much... He's a busy man. Really, i don't see how it's urgent.... We get about one spammer per week and maybe an argument every few months. Of all the forums I go on, this is by far the most relaxed. But if anyone wants to put themselves forward as an admin, i'll email David.

Thanks Hope... I think it would be really beneficial is you wrote a small overview of the subject and how it might help hppd, each time you post these links. Alot of us are very clueless when it comes to medical talk.

my friend goes spearfishing here in portugal.... looks amazing. Could you make a living from that?

It shouldn't make a huge difference it terms of spam... As I work online, so i pretty much moderate as soon as I see the warning emails. But it would be good to have another moderator, as I sometimes need moderating too

I think I hit a wall after my breakdown in 1995-1996.... from then on, it hasn't got better or worse, even if I take MDMA, LSD etc. But who knows what damage it did in terms of whether I would ever recover. Alcohol became I big problem though.... When I was young, It didn't affect my hppd much.... But from about 20 years onwards, the hangovers turned into full on bad trips. As i've said many times though, I don't think blowing off a bit of steam with a few beers is that bad... for me anyway.

Melatonin helped me sleep.... Can't get it in Europe anymore though.

Just remember that it definitely does get so bad that you would prefer to be blind, have cancer etc... So take this as a huge warning not to do drugs again.

Always puts me in a good mood