heroku

What do the tinnitus and hyperacusis feel like? I think I might have something similar.

I did LSD in November and freaked out for a little bit, very intense but only lasted about a week, went to the doctor about the anxiety issues and got prescribed Fluoxetine (Prozac). The next three weeks were great, I had some dissociation and floaters but I was doing fine, ignoring or accepting anything that arose. Fast forward to about three to four weeks after I started the Prozac, I started feeling off. It slowly progressed into intense derealization, insomnia, and paranoia that I had something terribly wrong with me. I was either schizophrenic, or had an astounding case of early-onset dementia. After a week I also got through that, but the depersonalization didn't go away, and I also started having intense VS in the dark as well as tinnitus, CEV, and general aura-like effects especially while fatigued. I was sure at that point that I had HPPD. Eventually the awful derealization came back (I'm going through it once again) and the anxiety is the worst it's ever been. I can't believe any of this is happening to me, I spend the whole day looking up symptoms and feeling like I have some kind of neurodegenerative disorder. Symptoms that concern me particularly are confusion, feeling like I have a popping sound in my head that gets worse with other noise, shaking/tremor, and muscle spasms. If it weren't for these, I'd probably be able to convince myself that it's just HPPD. Instead I feel like I'm going to go crazy or die. My main question is: do you guys think this still aligns with HPPD? But feel free to share any other thoughts. After this post I'm going to try to stop obsessing as much but I felt inclined to ask others who've had the condition.

That’s actually very relieving, thank you.

At what point should I talk to a doctor or psychiatrist (if this continues)?

This is a really stupid post because I’m just giving into my anxiety and making my symptoms worse, but do you guys think I’ve got HPPD? On Monday (it’s Wednesday) I did 250ug of acid for the first time, and had a pretty intense trip. I’m 16. I did it with my friend, and my mood varied throughout: near the end I started having a panic attack because I was scared it wasn’t going to end. Fast forward to that night, over 12 hours after I had dropped the acid, I started freaking out again. I just didn’t know if I could sleep or not, and my anxiety started bubbling up, then making me feel like stuff was kind of changing size and breathing like it was during the trip (I can’t remember if it actually was). I woke up my grandma and told her what was happening and then kept freaking out and having her keep me company until I eventually slept for a grand total of 3 hours. I woke up the next day and felt much better but then started being super panicky towards the middle, eventually settling down more in the night and getting a full 10 hours of sleep. Today has been a repeat: I’ve had moments of tranquility where I wasn’t paranoid and didn’t feel like I was noticing symptoms, and moments where I’m anxious as hell. I mostly just feel dizzy and a bit numb and maybe like I have a bit of fluctuations in tactile sensation. It’s really getting to me though, because I feel like I can’t focus on anything and that my life will never resume as normal. My eyes dart around which adds to me thinking things look weird (they don’t I’m just rapidly focusing all over the place) I’ve been clinging onto anyone I can talk to ease the anxiety and remind me that I’m going to be okay. When I’m paranoid I’ll remember what the trip was like and compare the visuals to stuff I see fly past my peripheral (stuff like “OH NO, I JUST SAW A BLURRY LINE, DID THAT LOOK LIKE AN EYE?) I’m not really scared of anything that I see, just scared that I’m seeing something. And then scared of being scared of that: I’m getting anxious about being anxious. I don’t think I have visual snow or starbursts, and I’m not sure about what other symptoms you guys frequently experience. One thing to note is that anxiety runs in my family and my therapist believes I have GAD. Not really sure what I want to accomplish with this post, I just wanna hear any of you guys’ thoughts?