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Hi, weird question, I'd appreciate the opinion of everyone here that has done NITROUS or KRATOM, alone (not in combination with other drugs), AFTER having HPPD... and how it was, if it made it better, worse, neutral, etc. Also, how much of the drugs were used, and if they are taking any other medication at the moment. It's just a research question, I'm not asking if it's OK for me to take it (damn, I don't even have HPPD!) Thanks!

Interesting! I would bet the sage effect comes from the effect on Acetylcholine. All fine with teas and herbs, but if it's possible to get it extracted in pills, it's an easier way to up the dose substantially. Regarding your theory of bacteria, I'm in!!! Not convinced though, but it clearly makes way more sense that the current nonsense (not)understanding of HPPD. At least I agree with the part of thinking outside of the box. Just today I saw someone on REDDIT saying his case was actually Lyme disease: https://www.reddit.com/r/HPPD/comments/d8j1xw/hppd_or_just_vs_syndrome/ Definitely worth a serious reading! I started drafting it here in another topic, but it needs more polishing, but basically, I don't buy HPPD... it's bulls*t. It's just something else, totally misdiagnosed and un or mis treated. I'd bet that knowing what it ACTUALLY is, and treated from the beginning, it would be gone in no time. But the current diagnosis makes no damn sense, and just attacks the symptoms. I'm not saying anything crazy. Maaany of the diseases that we know today, were totally misdiagnosed and mistreated in the recent past. And in terms of brain related medicine, we're still in extremely early stages, and psychiatry, pfff, even worse, more like a pseudo-psience for the most part. I know that this forum fights for the recognition of HPPD, and research accordingly, but maybe the first question to answer would be: does it really exists? If it could be grouped with other condition (or conditions) as same or similar cause, it would not only remove the stigma associated with the drug use, but also increase the interest in research due to more people affected. And when I say "cause", I really mean CAUSE... I don't see convincing proof right now that past drug use is the CAUSE of HPPD. I see, maybe, some correlation. I see a christian anti-drugs doctor that came up on his own with the term and "diagnosis", and not much more. An example: if I cut my arm with a knife, leave it untreated, gets infected, and I die... that corpse isn't counted as "stabbing", it's "infection". Just some crazy ideas

Sorry about your condition, but please keep updating, I think reports with your level of detail are really important!

Can I try to guess the name of the two herbs? I have 4 candidates, in this order: gingko biloba, lion's mane, Phosphatidyl Serine, and Astragalus.

I don't have hppd, but I'd still be extremely interested in knowing anything about this! I've been investigating it, and I clearly think there is A LOT to be said about hppd, even just from a lot of reading

Here was a wild hypothesis of how HPPD and Visual Snow are the same thing, and furthermore, how they may be just too linked with Schizofrenia/Psychosis, and chronic stress. And as a consequence, how the denomination "HPPD" is inherently wrong, misleading. And some more ideas. But as it was correctly pointed out, it was a rushed draft, and furthermore, the format got all messed up when pasting here, so I'm deleting, and eventually I will update in the future. Sorry

David, I've been investigating this topic and I'd love to have a chat with you, please contact me!

Hi, I'm reviving this really old topic, just wondering if anyone else has tried this.

I love to read this. It further confirms my hypothesis!

Thaaaaanks for your reply, and I'm glad you are getting better! Your description keeps confirming my hypothesis behind all this "hppd" thing May I ask a couple of more questions? - how strong/long the cocaine binge was? - how long ago was your labor? (what a silly way to ask your kid's age hehe, I didn't want to make it too personal, but I'm clearly asking the same hehe. ) The opiates that you're taking will definitely help, but the withdrawal could make it way worse... I'd talk to your doctor about it. Probably you'd need a specially long withdrawal period to avoid making the symptoms even worse after the treatment https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24563427

A Perceptual Inference Mechanism for Hallucinations Linked to Striatal Dopamine https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982218300046

A Perceptual Inference Mechanism for Hallucinations Linked to Striatal Dopamine https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982218300046

Zyprexa antagonizes Dopamine D2 receptors... I'm glad it doesn't work, it confirms my theory

I see you're extremely well researched, and I've been doing a lot of that too. For me, it all points to dopamine D2 receptors. I'd love some help looking into the effects of dexamethasone Someone here said it worked for him, and the method of action clearly adds up for me Same with amisulpride amisulpride seems to be good for symptoms, but dexamethasone could even be a long term solution

I would love more info about your hypothesis. I do think that Dopamine D2 is THE thing for HPPD.

Melatonin makes it worse??? Is this a general opinion?

Sleeps problems is what I'm having at the moment, and only that, and it has me worried. I wouldn't call it "only sleep problems", because sleep is extremely important for our wellbeing!!! I recommend reading the book Why we sleep, or listening to talks of the author.

The general consensus here is that caffeine makes HPPD worse immediately and acutely, indeed. Basically avoid anything that fucks with dopamine (e.g. tobacco)

Is Cocaine the ONLY drug that you've EVER taken? It's not an Hallucinogenic, that's why I asked. I'm not extremely surprised though, and I bet this site is full of people with HPPD that haven't taken Hallucinogens. For me it seems like a dopaminergic system problem

Hi! My girlfriend (29) and me (35), we're both presenting exactly the same sleep symptoms after a period of drug abuse. Drug abuse details: we've been using for the last 2 years every 3-weeks approximately, although in the recent summer we went to festivals and that frequency naturally increased, even to 2 or 3 times a week. (crazy, I know...) Substances in order of frequency: 4-ACO-DMT, 2CB, weed edibles, LSD, speed, MDMA, DMT We started feeling "the symptoms" particularly after the LSD trip (around 100ug), last festival. The symptom: as described by many here: problem maintaining sleep. No problem falling asleep, but after a couple of hours, constant bouts of waking up, conscious dreaming, etc. ALthough, even sleeping poorly, we're not particularly tired during the day... it's like we suffer a constant overstimulation. The only visual phenomena that we have observed, is my girlfriend having some really faint CEV before bed, not disturbing at all, not even all the time. We've tried melatonin with no result, and lorazepam with result (but since it reduces REM sleep, I don't think it's a good idea). Now we got clonazepam, and we're thinking of taking it at least short term, to normalize sleep, hoping that sleep itself will fix whatever is wrong in our brains. We'll add lavender oil capsules too. Needless to say, we've stopped substance use, including caffeine, and we don't smoke. We've eaten extremely healthy, exercise regularly, etc etc. Really healthy life... except for psychedelics The question for the forum is: does someone remember having similar sleep symptoms after psychedelic use but BEFORE other symptoms of HPPD appeared? I'm worried that we might develop HPPD in the near future. I'm hoping that taking clonazepam now would serve as a "pre-treatment", giving our brains proper sleep to heal before developing anything more serious. Thanks!!!