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Been over a week on this medication, could use some feed back if anyone has tried this. I am mentally struggling to continue as I am anxious and I believe I am noticing my symptoms more bc I am looking for them. Can’t tell if they are worse or if I am becoming more aware again. Help lol

I wouldn’t stress just yet, you aren’t seeing any visuals so that’s a good sign. I would just wait and see how it goes over the next couple weeks and try to keep your mind off of it.

But I feel like the main general part of this website is mostly viewed (maybe). Anyways I was prescribed verapamil and am going to start taking in the next couple of weeks (I am nervous and also in school so I want to try to finish the semester first). But I was wondering if anyone has tried verapamil and what it did for them. I found 1 or 2 posts about how it’s helped people but I wanted to start up this convo and see if I can get more responses. I am terrified to make myself worse (my hppd is mild). Please respond

Also she gave me this because she believes what happened to me is a vascular reason. I can’t tell you exactly what she said bc she said mdma (which is what I took) causes this problem. She was very knowledgeable about this and even told me this medication helped another patient of hers with visual snow.

So I went to a neurologist and she prescribed me this. My symptoms I described to her are halos, blue field, rippling visual snow effect in the sky, and a lot more. She said that I changed the chemicals in my brain (obvi) but she said everything I described isn’t shocking or out of the norm to her (meaning she’s heard it all before). She told me to take this prescription to reset my brain and hopefully over time my brain will learn not to see the things I see. (My hppd if that’s what it even is is very mild). I was wondering if anyone ever tried this and what their outcome is. I’m terrified to make myself worse but for some reason I feel more hopeful that this is going to work for me.

Same thing here, took mdma once in my life symptoms showed up a month later.. smoked one time in that month and it set me off but it first started with DP/DR then eye floaters then after images

For example: my symptoms are not “persiting” so they don’t happen all day. I have to look for them sometimes and sometimes I do not. But like would you consider floaters of BFEP HPPD? Comment what you think HPPD is.

Anyone try fasting and it helped their hppd? Seen some posts about it was looking for more information

Just a question about lions mane. I was wondering for those who have taken it was your symptoms better after taking lions mane? Did your symptoms stay better after stopping to take the supplement?

I’ve been taking Advil and stuff still but I was more wondering about DayQuil and cough drops etc.

Hi guys which medicines for fevers, colds, etc are ok to take if you have hppd?

How are you doing now?

I relate to your post so much. I took MDMA one time in June my first time ever, had severe DP/DR for a couple of weeks after smoking weed a week after my roll. Have had some minor hppd I believe show up but one thing I’ve been doing is not taking anything. I’ve read so many horror stories about how SSRIs gave people full blown hppd or make symptoms worse. I’ve taken Xanax a few times which got rid of my DR/DP. What are your symptoms?

I’m really confused about what I just experienced. Was working out at the gym and during my workout I noticed some sparkles appear in my vision. I stopped working out and kept looking at them. I was frightened and then I thought maybe there was glitter in the air so I reach out to try to swat it away to see if it was really there and it was not. I then looked at the ground and saw the floor cave in for a second. I was pretty freaked out so I left the gym... has anyone experienced this.. I thought my visuals were better I barley notice anything besides the mild static in low lighting and rare after images and eye floaters in the sky..

I’m really noticing halos around lights now. My symptoms remain the same but I guess I’m noticing them more? Visual snow in dark rooms, eye floaters in certain lighting, slight afterimages if I look for them, I noticed last night when I moved my eyes up or down while driving the car light trailed with my eyes for a second while I moved them, if someone takes a picture the flash light stays in my eyes for a while... will this get any better... no drugs coming up on 4 months. Barley drink but I still drink the tiniest bit.. wtf I just want my life back.

Will someone explain their after images to me. I have after images against walls (if someone is against a wall and I shift my eyes I will see the outline of object almost in a “light” version on the wall) and if I’m looking at a light the light stays in my vision longer than It should (can’t tell if it’s bc I’m looking to see if it is there or not). Was also wondering about trails... I see a trail of light when I’m in the dark and wave my phone around, isn’t this normal? I can’t tell what “normal” is anymore ?

Could use some positive feed back. I am dealing with this a lot better I’ve started going to the gym and it’s reduced my anxiety tremendously but I still see things that scare me. I believe I had pre-hppd bc of the grainyness I see in low light, the eye floaters in certain lighting situations, after images when I look at something against a wall not all day everyday, and halos around lights at night (although my friend said she sees that’s too so I’m not sure if that’s hppd but I thought I would include it). I was hoping who had mild hppd and it went away could respond and let me know what they did to reduce it and how long it took for it to go away. I am not using any drugs now or every again have been clean since June I know to avoid drugs at all costs

How Are you now

How severe was your hppd before you started taking the antidepressants? I can’t even tell if I have hppd but the floaters and the occasional after image I see if an object is against a white wall makes me think I could have it idk...

I read that anti depressants can give you mild motion blindness and if you stop taking them that symptom goes away? Have you tried to stop taking them and it went away or is it from the hppd and never went away

Is it a good idea for me to start taking lexapro if I could possibly have mild hppd? I can’t take the obsession of wondering if I have it anymore... seeing after images when an object is against white wall very briefly, not seeing visual snow outside but I see grainyness in low lighting, eye floaters in the sky but not all the time... someone help

Also, sitting in class currently and staring at the floor I notice one of the chair legs near where I’m staring is disapperaring out of the corner of My eye..: is this hppd or a normal phenomenon. Also the chair looks like it’s swaying a bit. And I notice I have after images if I stare at something against a white wall.. was wondering if this is also normal. Like currently my professor is sitting in front of a white wall and when I look at her and then look at the white board I see this green and purple light out her outline for a second then disappears but if i look anywhere else in room I don’t see the after image

Can someone also explain visual snow to me? I see grainyness In low dim light situations on the walls but if I pick up my phone I don’t see it on my phone screen or if I turn lights on and go outside.. is this visual snow? Also this morning when I opened my eyes I really noticed the grainyness for a minute and I blink a few times and it subsided

I’m never touching a drug again. I’m just worried it’s going to get worse. I’ve read posts on here that’s people had it very mild and then got it full blown.. I can’t tell if one day I’m going to wake up and have it. I have such bad anxiety over this. 3 months clean now I still drink tho because I’m in college.. also update on my eye exam~ doc said I have no eye floaters in my eyes so that means it’s coming from my brain ... great.

I am staying away from all drugs haven’t touched anything & never plan too. Just wanna be out of this nightmare.