Gonich

On 4/15/2021 at 10:52 PM, Tekodu said:

So, I developed HPPD about 3 weeks ago after going a bit too far microdosing LSD. I had some incapacitating anxiety alongside moderate vs for about a week when the anxiety was replaced by some intense dpdr and brainfog. The week after that I could barley notice anything besides light vs that was unnoticeable unless consciously looking for it on a white wall. Then, about 5 days ago I made the stupid decision to try 10mg of prescribed adderall two days in a row because I thought I might not have legit long-term HPPD. I subsequently received a severe reality check in the form of worsening vs that’s now noticeable outside alongside bfep that I hadn’t noticed before.

I’m hoping this is not a permanent worsening and that I’ll get back down to my previous baseline soon, but I recently received a sertraline prescription from my psychiatrist for the anxiety. My anxiety is almost entirely a result of the visual disturbances, and after reading several accounts of SSRIs like sertraline making visuals worse, I would think taking the medication might just be counterproductive.

I’m confident I can handle the anxiety medication-free although it would be nice to feel a bit better, so I’m wondering if there is a serious risk of sertraline exacerbating visual symptoms. I still have pretty light visual symptoms compared to most of the experiences I’ve read, so I very much do not want to take any serious risk of worsening, especially considering that I seemed to be recovering quite quickly prior to my adderall fuckup.

Also, it’s god damn annoying how every single medication that’s helped someone’s symptoms has also made another person’s symptoms equally worse. It’s like quality-of-life russian roulette with anything that could treat this bullshit.

(I was also prescribed hydroxyzine, but after reading several accounts of people’s symptoms permanently worsening, I’m not touching that shit)

Sertraline will worsen symptoms for the first month. But after that many people said, that their HPPD is basically gone.