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It got worse for me during the first few months, probably because it needs to settle down and you also tend to think about it all the time which doesn't help. After I'd say around 6 months it baselined and got better during the following years. 5 years in, it got much better and barely notice it now unless I think about it. I still think about it now and then but not as much as before. The condition probably doesn't get much better with time, you just notice it less in my opinion. Changing the way you perceive this disorder is the easiest thing to do to make yourself feel better. Stay off meds if you can. Don't hesitate to ask questions.

Mild visual snow and photophobia. I think what made a huge difference is the moment I stopped caring about HPPD so much.

My symptoms did worsen for maybe 2-3 months after last intake, then stabilized and stayed the same for about 2 years. Then it started to decrease gradually.

I'd say it's better not to take anything at all but since there's a good chance you will end up high on something, I will rank these following drugs from least triggering to most triggering when it comes to HPPD. Mind you that this is how it affects ME, drugs don't affect everyone in the same way. - Coke = just some low increase in Visual Snow - Speed = a bit more VS than with coke - MDMA = general increase in all symptoms. Symptoms return to baseline after a few weeks - Weed = Huge no no. Huge increase in all symptoms, lots of anxiety. Returns to baseline after a few weeks but regular smoking will significantly postpone the baseline it's supposed to return to. - LSD / Shrooms = You have to be crazy to do these will knowingly being affected by HPPD. LSD is the one drug I have never touched again after HPPD. Again, this is how I experience things. Some people will be more affected by coke and less by weed. HPPD is a very random disorder, no two people react the same. I don't know if you already went to your rave but I thought answering might still help others take a decision. BUT IF YOU CAN AVOID TAKING THESE DRUGS, AVOID. All of us here wish someone would have told us not to take them, but here we are.

I had that too, it took a few years but went away. You just have to give it time. If that's your only symptom stay far away from any kind of meds. And drugs.

As rlopes said, it didn't make it worse at all, might as well give it a shot.

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I took CoQ10 for a few months but no effect. The only things that helped me get better are good sleep, good food and good experiences in life. Meet new people, or just do anything that distracts you from Hppd.

*Your. I don't see how insulting me proves your point. I'm sorry, I'm too lazy to argue with you today. Maybe another time. Or maybe reread the thread.

As a Jeep mechanic, I can say with confidence that your car was indeed an issue.

What's weird is that I started getting GERD again when my stress related to HPPD went away. Well, my workplace is a big source of stress already, that sure can't help.

Never. I did have terrible GERD around 6 months old but subsided. Came back probably a year after HPPD kicked in.

Very interesting information. I'll do some research as well in the next few days. However I'm also 75% sure we have a genetic, maybe not defect, but weakness at the very least if you know what I mean. We have a history of vision issues in the family, both with the brain and eyes.

You are yourself saying it's a mystery, so why do you keep saying that the only solution pretty much is linked to anxiety ? What makes you say that ? Research suggests that bad trips could make HPPD more likely to appear, but again, it's just speculation. Many people have HPPD without any anxiety or caused by a traumatic event. This sentence applies to you as well. Your answers make it look like you are the one with the solution. Mean-fucking-while, there are people who have looked into every single possible explanation, anxiety, neuronal, immune etc etc etc, dasitmane and others are no exception. Trust me, we are open to all ideas, even the weirdest ones, but being so stubborn to say that the only way out of this mess is by focusing on anxiety and anxiety only is stupid imo. Even actual research, people who know what they are talking about, found no proof of anxiety triggering HPPD. It can worsen it, but not cause it.

A lot of HPPD sufferers do NOT have anxiety, I myself barely had any anxiety during this whole HPPD experience. I am now completely anxiety free, the visual disturbances are still here and might actually be a bit worse than they used to be when the symtpoms first kicked in. Considering the overwhelming number of reports which put anxiety out of the question, I don't understand how you can hang on this theory so much. Now, I think we can all agree that anxiety can exacerbate visual/cognitive disturbances, however I cannot see how this would be the cause of such disturbances. Many people have seen HPPD emerge months or even years after the last psychedelic dose, and it wasn't related to events in life or other things which would cause anxiety. As I said, anxiety and HPPD can and very well do mix, but I do not think anxiety causes HPPD. I myself am very strong mentally and it really takes a lot for me to be afraid of something. I don't see how I cannot be afraid of most things but have anxiety about HPPD which by the way I don't even feel. I might add as well that, as I said in one of my posts on your first thread, if your logic is that HPPD is just anxiety, benzodiazepenes or other anxiolytic medication should be very effective against visual/cognitive disturbances, since these drugs are very effective at removing anxiety temporarily.