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Also, there was a guy on the VS board who took flunarizine (sp) and all of his VS went away and he was a past HEAVY drug user in his opinion. He was seeing Dr. Goadsby in CA and he was the one who suggested it.

Merkan, where do i find out more info on the diet? I am not taking any med at this time since u am scared of reactions and so id like to do this all natural. How can i naturally raise dopamine levela and not mess with seritonin. Also LarryC thanks for replying. I spoke with Dr Abraham through email and phone. He said nothing about the beta blocker. He also said prozac has never helped nor made hppd worse. I am so confused. I have read studies online that said the beta blocker clonidine has helped a lot. And also someone who took it with fluoxetine which is the generic of prozac and got good results. At this point i am wondering if clonidine doesnt cross the blood brain barrier as propanolol does, per q cardiologist i saw. Merkan.... Any tme i eat sugar i feel worse, but i eat chicken and rice a lot... That would have a lot of carbs. Are cars necessary in life?

Thank you! You have eased a lot of my wprry! No problems with my peripheral. When this started my thyroid was actually getting bigger... it produces nodules and is swollen now twice it's normal size. I had someone contact me from a thyroid message board who has the same symptoms. I am thinking their must be a link somewhere. As for the gabapentin, I am so afraid of meds. I have seen a few different neurologists and they are all throwing antiepileptic/migraine meds at me and all of them have increase trails. The vision stuff doesn't bother me so much as the headaches being 24/7 and the migraines coming at least once every week or so. It seems to be the cause of my depersonalization as well. I am going to look up the graves disease and dopamine concept. You may be on to something and I appreciate you looking into that for me. Their are a number of TSH receptors all through out the brain and this involves the thyroid directly. Best wishes to you and God bless you and everyone on this board. I will be praying for everyone!

Also, I read somewhere on here about LarryC I believe who took a beta blocker and it made him see static. Could a Beta blocker... or going off of one caused this for me? It was propanolol. Thanks!

Oh and I forgot, the eye pain. Well with my thyroid disorder, it's common for eye pain... but this was like a swelling feeling. I felt pressure behind my eyes. I was also very sensitive to light again. I know this could very well lead me back to something with the anti depressant, but I guess I just need validity. Because I have done LSD even once in my past I have read it's possible. I just think that would put me in an even rarer position. The fact that these symptoms are developing slowly over time would make me think it's related to my thyroid condition.... but I wanted to see if anyone else had ever heard of it here.

In the late 90's the drug was acid and then xtacy. I was put on Prozac. for the depression which was fine. I had no lasting effects. Then I got a condition called Graves disease which is a metabolic disorder. The medicine I was put on for the fast heart rate, which was the beta blocker, was Propranolol. I stopped taking it because my depth perception went funny while on it and I couldn't breathe good. I was fatigued and started getting headaches. Once slowly tapering I started getting depression and anxiety. That is when I started seeing spots like floaters and things that looked like gnats. Once I took the prozac, it was like the world came back. Colors were nice, I had hope inside of me and all the vision stuff went away. I was my old self again, well 98% to it. Then after a year I had still been getting light sensitivity. If I went into grocery stores or sometimes late at night outside I would get it. I got glasses thinking that would help, nope. Then I started seeing the little blips of light burst while I was at work. like a little dot of white one time and then I wouldn't see it for days or weeks. Then I started seeing the sperm type things. After the stress stuff I was getting depressed and then started seeing the trails, etc. I haven't been on any meds for depression. I don't and haven't done drugs for YEARS. This scares me to think I might of done something to myself. Not that ANYONE would purposely do this to them self and it doesn't make anyone a bad person, but I have been anti drugs for so long. I know this is a rare condition and the chances of me having it are slim. I have spoken to a handful of people who have my same thyroid problem who have this as well. I don't see any really strange strange stuff though. My color vision is fine. I only see slight static in dim light, afterimages are faint and last a second or 2, and I see very faint trails in dim lighting or against the blue sky. If this is late onset HPPD what are my chances for it going away, or does this slowly get worse?? I am so scared because I have a 2 year old son. I feel like God is playing a cruel joke on me. Oh and to add I have headaches daily! As well as migraines. Is that common?? Thank you!

In 1997 I was big into smoking pot, never had a problem. I tried other small things, nothing heavy. I tried LCD once and had a bad experience for about 30 minutes and then was fine. Never had any lasting effects. I did xtacy a few times and had 1 bad time on it where I experienced panic attacks. It actually made me stop everything. I got pretty depressed back then and eventually was put on medicine since I had an eating disorder as well, it was due time. I never ever once experienced any visual problems. In 2006 I was going through a rough time, I got sick and was on a medicine for blood pressure. Once coming off of the medicine I started getting depressed (was not on any antidepressants). I started having panic attacks which I hadn't in years. Then I started getting the depersonalization. I saw little floaters and tiny spots and sperm type things in my vision. I was put on the antidepressant immediately and things got better. In 2008 I went through a bad break up and was under stress. Lost my mom and was pregnant. I started seeing trails one day and ignored it. I have a problem with my thyroid and though that was the problem. Well I started seeing halos shortly after that. After I had my son I tried the antidepressant because I was feeling the DP again. After a few weeks my eyes started hurting so I tried a new one and within a few days I saw the static. I freaked out and shortly after that came that afterimages and the trails were constant. I had not done any drugs at all and do not understand what could of happened to me. Does this sound like HPPD? Has anyone heard of this happening??