Well, I'm here on this forum because I noticed 3 days after taking LSD that I had floaters in my field of vision. At first I had no idea what to think, for the first few days after noticing these floaters, I did some research as to why I might have these floaters out of nowhere, but nothing really substantial came about that, except to get my eyes checked. It then hit me that because of taking LSD so recently, that might be a cause of the floaters. I look up 'LSD floaters' on google and I find all sorts of information and testimony regarding noticing floaters after LSD use. Once I saw this happened to a lot of other people, I thought immediately LSD was the cause of the sudden floaters. Upon further research, I came across HPPD, that's when everything took a turn for the worse. After looking up the symptoms of HPPD, I started to notice things that I previously never thought of/noticed until after I looked up HPPD. I started to notice visual snow in the dark, auras around light objects in the dark and I'm just not sure what to think, honestly. It's been nearly a month since I've taken the LSD and nothing has gone away, if anything I've just noticed more phenomenon. After smoking weed to see if anything would get worse, nothing got worse while I was high, but the day after I saw a trail from moving my hand fast or shutting a cabinet fast and it freaked me out. I'm starting to question what normal trails are now, what's normal in general and what I perceived before noticing the floaters. I don't know if I have HPPD, pre/mild HPPD or if my anxiety is making everything worse after finding HPPD on the internet.
Relevant Information
- I noticed the floaters my third trip and on one tab of LSD. Each time I have tripped it has only been one tab. LSD is the only psychedelic drug that I have taken.
- I don't know what to call my third trip, it was good, bad and strange all in one, it seems. For the first 8 hours of the trip, everything was great. I was with people I trusted, there were around 30 people all tripping and everything was fun. It wasn't until about 8 hours after ingesting the LSD that everyone seemed to go their own way and try to go to sleep and I could not sleep for the life of me. In fact no one could sleep at all. Because of my inability to sleep, being alone and concerned about the things I needed to accomplish the following day, I started to get really bad anxiety and found it difficult to relax. This lasted for about 4 hours before I went to go find the other people who were tripping. Turns out none of them could sleep either. We all stayed up throughout the day and some of the night, the majority of us went to sleep about 24 hours after ingesting the LSD.
- I've taken MDMA about 6 times total and once after noticing the floaters (did not know anything about HPPD at the time). Nothing was visually worse from taking the MDMA after noticing the floaters.
- Nearsighted (if it has anything to do with floaters).
- The floaters have become increasingly easier to ignore, and perhaps they are even less prevalent. But, maybe my mind is just playing tricks on me.
- I went and got my eyes checked, the ophthalmologist acknowledged the presence of floaters and said that my eyes were essentially in perfect condition.
tl;dr: Noticed floaters after a strange/bad acid trip, found HPPD, things got worse, not sure if I have HPPD or if I'm just becoming a victim of my fear and anxiety.
I appreciate any help and insight anyone has to offer.