Hi! I'm new here. I've been experiencing HPPD for 8 months now after my first and only trip on LSD last spring. The anxiety and depersonalization it brought with it led me into months of sleepless nights and subsequently a complete 'psychotic break'. Before all of this I was a fully capable, grounded, and happy person. I am navigating day by day but feel as though my nervous system is fried. Everything looks HD and fake especially nature and scenery in the distance, which is very disheartening for me as I am an herbalist and would normally seek solace and peace in nature. For a while I had extreme afterimages and halos but those seem to have subsided a bit. It hurts to breathe in through my nose...like everything smells like chemicals. I am very sensitive to sound, lights, even touch. I'm always 'on' like never tired and have been taking benzos to sleep. My brain buzzes, my train of thought is completely out of whack at times, hard to remember things, PTSD, and I have a really dismal perspective on life now whereas before I was a happy little butterfly lol. I am soon to be 29 years old.
I've been doing meditation, trauma release exercises, taking magnesium, chamomile, skullcap, hops, passionflower, doing a little dancing (but too much exercise causes my nerves to become inflamed like a sunburn), listening to music (music is like EXTRA fun for me...like a heightened perception of it).
If any of you have any suggestions or would just like to share your experience, it would mean everything to me!
Big Love
Amanda