Gabriel S.D

Hello! I'm making this post mainly because I want to help people who just found out they have HPPD and are struggling to find hope, mainly because most people who recover don't remeber to come back to say so (like i did haha) But yeah here we go: I did mushrooms for the first and only time 5 years ago, when I was 16. I had never used any other drug besides weed twice. The trip was awesome, one of the best days of my life, but things started getting strange 4 days after that, when I started feeling extremely sad and depressed for no reason. Then in the next day, a strong head tingling came along with some tinnitus, photosensitivity, after images, visual snow and an extreme anxiety and panic which I have never felt in my life. Those were so strong that I couldn't concentrate in anything and I all did for two weeks was laying on the bed horrified of what the heck was happening and researching about it (when I found out about HPPD). In the thrid week, the head tingling and anxiety started going away, but on the other hand I started getting some DPDR and more intense visual snow, and the first month was basically it. Then, I wasn't thinking I could ever go back to normal and I just stood 100% sober, tried to stay as healthy as I could and things did not get better, but I kept doing it anyway. Three months after the beggining of the symptoms, they started diminishing to the point I could make through some days without thinking about them, and 4-5 months after I got it I still had the symptoms, less intense, and I was already living my life totally ignoring it, and they were still there but not affecting me at all. It is hard to tell when exactly the symptoms went away 100%, probably between 7-8 months after I got them, but it was so gradual that I wasn't paying attention to them anymore. But basically that's it, I was talking to some friends some days ago about drugs and I remembered about when I had HPPD and how this forum helped me to feel better in a way that I was not the only one suffering from this condition, and I really hope you all can get through it. And also, I know that my case was absolutely not a severe case, more like a mid case, but I think a really important step in my journey was to stop waiting for the symptoms to go away and try to accept them and keep living my life. It is not always possible, but if it is for you, its worth it trying. So yeah, just wanted to share my story and that it's totally possible to recover.

Hi Johan. I'm sorry for your peak, but nice that you can deal with it better now. I hope this peak ends asap! I'm getting a bit better now, thanks :). I haven't noticed any changes in my symptons related to exercising. I think the atmospheric pressure make some changes in the symptons (less pressure = symptons worse) but I don't know if this was just a coincidence.

Hi, I have this symptom too. I'ts like the classic "4k" vision. For me this is also related to the disconnected feeling (that's like my brain having more difficult to map 3d spaces and to process the vision). I think it's better to tell the doctor. Probably he won't even know what hppd is, but at least give it a try. And tell here if you have any improvments with some medication, that would be really helpful beacause as I can see u are the only one with the exact same symptom as me Btw just a question, did u got your hppd from mushrooms too? (and if u did, how much it was?) thanks!

I thought bad trips was kinda necessary because most posts I read they say they had a bad trip. And I didn't know about this dark side of the benzos, thanks for sharing haha!

Hmm interesting this comparision. But something kinda interesting is that I didn't have a 100% bad trip. In the first half of the trip I was with a malaise and belly ache (the bad part), but after a couple of hours it went away and the trip started to be fun. But after some days I started to feel really strange and then I figured out what it was. And why are benzos bad? Because some people say it's helpful to momentarily relieve the simptons. And one more thing, have you ever tried acupuncture? I read that it helps epilepsy patients, maybe it can be also helpful for hppders? 10/5

Yeah, I think I gonna wait a bit more to take medications, because maybe it causes side effects. But this keppra seems interesting, I'll consider taking this one in the future m8. Thanks!

Thanks! Actually I just have it for 2 months. And it's from mushrooms (just one trip, 2g).

Thanks for responding! Wow so you are really next to the recover haha This really gives me hope Good luck bro!

@jbalsa2 Hey, how r u doing now? Did u get better?

I will definitely watch it!

Thanks for sharing!

I didn't know there's types of hppd.. What's the difference between them?

Thanks for the replies! It's really strange because I don't use any meds, coffe or drugs. I'm starting thinking this happened because of the food I've been eating these last days (yesterday for example I ate a lot of pizza, a bad idea I guess). I'll try to cut heavy carbs and see what happens (a semi keto diet). In a few days I tell if there's any noticeable improvment. Peace!

I have HPPD for like 1.5 months right now. This week my snow, static vision and also tinnitus got a bit worse. At first the only way I could see snow was looking to the sky. Now I can see it almost everywhere. What could have been a trigger for it? And how to avoid these relapses?

Hi, I didn't know adrenaline could be a trigger tho. I'm going to pay more attention how I feel after the gym haha. I don't know if there is any doctor who knows hppd in Brazil, and if there is it must be really expensive haha, so maybe just waiting and beeing healthy can be the solution in this case. I'm taking thiamine because of the depoiments and It's something necessary for brain health, I haven't found any side effects related to it. But of course, if I noticed any side effects I would stop taking it. And also didn't know u had it for so long (years), nice to see you reached so far. Anyway thanks for the advices, and update us about your improvements! Good recorver 4 everyone