John Smith

Lower Backache has been killing me lately...guess it's from my anxiety? Advil isn't workin anymore...whats worked for you guys?

Ringing comes and goes for me. It's just mild tinnitus, usually if I swallow once or twice it goes away. Did coke once post HPPD, and the ringing had me thinking that my head was gonna blow up, it got that bad. Chewing gum also helped me, although my jaw clicks sometimes and it was starting to hurt, so i stopped. BTW, does anyone else's Jaw click, like when chewing?

Mirtazapine is an anti depressant I think, and people here have had success with it for treating HPPD so look into that

I personally can't tell because along with hppd i have experienced diminished cognitive capacity from acute PCP intoxication, but thats gotten much better, I can almost speak without stuttering now. The thing is...HPPD is a very subjective disease, some people experience severe loss of cognitive function, others experience HPPD with psychotic symptoms, others just hallucinations, others crippling anxiety etc But theres hope for you man. I know a guy who was fried out from a trip of acid that turned out to be DOB. He was fucked up for a while, and could barely speak and it was scary, but its been two years, and although he tells me that he still has static and some hallucinations, that he can at least think now, and no longer suffers dp/dr. He appears completely normal, has a job, and nobody knows anything.

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Hey man, never been on meds myself, but ive read a couple of articles and mirtazapine really seems to help some people. All say that the first weeks on it are hard because symptoms tend to increase, but many have found success with this drug, and probably a benzo, maybe klonopin, but of course, you have to be weary of benzos. Idk, maybe you can ask around.

Yup, hppd is with me always, but in 11 times i never had anything that even rwemotely neared a bad trip.

I also was having problems falling asleep, having to be absoultely exhausted in order to get some rest, usually crashing at around 5 or 6 am and wakin up around 10. Whats really helped me is VALERIAN ROOT, not to mention my anxiety as well. I got some at walgreens that also comes infused with a calming blend of several other plants, and so far its really done the trick. Some people say valerian doesnt work, but you should definitely try it.

Cassandra, you mentioned somewhere that herbal teas have really helped you...can you tell me which ones? Valerian has really helped curb my anxiety and my insomnia, and im plannin on starting on St Johns Wort soon, hopefully thatll help. Tried Ginkgo Biloba, and so far its only given me a headache and a slightly trippy feeling, so im gonna stop that...any other suggestions?

Damn, somethin really weird happened to me last night. I dreamt that I was watchin TV and that I suddenly started tripping balls...when I woke up I realized that it was a dream, but my visuals had gone through the roof...the snow was turning into so many weird ass patterns, and then I woke up again! I dreamt that i was asleep and dreaming ahaha. I'm still tryin to figure out what happened. MAybe this is why some peoples symptoms just get worse one random day...so much worryin about hppd causes your subconscious to act up, and actually affect your symptoms.

Damn man, just one trip? That sucks bro sorry to hear. I did it like 8 times, never had a bad trip. 5 months later somethin clicks and here i am. Exercising is definitely on my list though haha ill definitely start once i get back to school. BTW, when you say meltdown, what happened? Can you tell me your symptoms? I always thought people who get it belatedly from shrooms dont get it as bad as someone who say, never comes down from an acid trip. Guess since ive only had it for 4 months, I sometimes worry that the worst part of the ride isnt over yet.

Damn man, sorry to hear. Ive only had mine for 4 months or so, so im still learnin about it and i guess it could still get worse, but even though I got mine from shrooms, I really only experience trippy shit when Im high, and if I pop in some valerian, I even come to really enjoy it. Im just wondering, what are the symptoms you get from E use? Streaks, trailers, halos, VS, floaties...any hallucinations? DP or DR? Also, whats the LCHF Diet? And how are you coping with Keppra? Im thinkin that eventually i really am gonna have to straighten out, tell my family and go to the doctor, but im tryin to prolong that for as long as i can, hahaha, I can function well enough. Glad youre gettin better bro.

Hey guys, ive always heard that MAOIs curb the effects of LSD when ingested simultaneously. Naturally, I thought that MAOIs would curb the effects of Hallucinogen induced symptoms when consumed, so I bought some ST JOHNS WORT, which Ive heard is a mild MAOI. So far, its seemed to help, although it makes me feel a bit sluggish in the membrane...more so than usual. Ive been reading about it however, and it seems to cause photosensitivity and eye deterioration and in some cases serotonin syndrome when combined with other drugs, and Im starting to doubt its efficacy.ST Johns is involved with the inhibition of serotonin (5-HT) reuptake, much like SSRIs apparently. I know nothing of biology, so does this seem to do more harm than good goin from that description? Anybody have any experience with MAOIs in general?

My understanding is that they keep smoking for months AFTER their bad/last trip, even when they have some mild symptoms, be it flashbacks, or some mild patterns or snow, but pre hppd. Then, about 4 or 5 months later (around the time it would have taken them to develop HPPD even if they stopped smoking, from potentiation or stress triggers) they get it full blown. I feel like once you take that trip dooming trip, you will get it even if you live stress free in a bubble, if enough time passes. I havent heard yet from anyone who has smoked post-HPPD and gone from some bad symptoms to a living hell. Personally i feel like when most people develop bad HPPD, that becomes their primary concern, and smoking goes out the window, as it did with me and somethin that happened to me with PCP. For me, my HPPD sympotms arent that bad. You can read about them in the thread Marijuana Use. I didnt smoke or drink for about 3 months, but now im back on it. I just cant see myself like goin out with a chick or somethin, and not getting substances involved, fuck that. I havent really noticed a progression of my sober symptoms, even though smoking really makes shit trippy sometimes, and my sympotms definitely more pronounced. By the time I wake up the next morning, everythings fine, although I do feel a bit clouded, but I blame that on the PCP because my highs feel a bit like bein on that, although every day less so, thankfully. Ive actually been wonderin the same thing as you, but i feel like the stress of restricting my lifestyle would be a constant stressful reminder of my condition, and it really only seems to get worse when I think about it. Hopefully im not wrong :/ Although sometimes I do go on the visual snow blog, and they always seem to keep developing symptoms and having them worsen and whatnot, but then I tell myself that their symptoms are a lot more neurologically ingrained than ours, since they usually also have many co-occurring problems with migraines and sleep issues. I dont know :/

Thanks man, I appreciate you taking the time to tell me this. My stress trigger was actually reading about HPPD, 5 months after my last shroom trip (also my drug of choice.) I couldnt sleep that night, and if i left my eyes open everything would go dark from the periphery in, and thats when I realized that somethin was fucked. My symptoms are actually mild by comparison, visuals virtually nonexistent, so I really do consider myself to be unbelievably lucky, especially not to have to go through DPDR, its just I guess when you already have this, it's always in the back of your mind that it can get worse. Hope you had a great holiday bro, keep on keepin on.

Hey man, could you expand on how your hppd became full blown? What did you experience when your disturbances were minor, and how exactly did they become full blown? Was it from continued usage of hard drugs, or just from smoking and drinking? Sorry to hear about it man.

Hey guys, new here, kinda new to hppd as well. I got mine 5 months after my last trip on mushrooms, which brought the grand total to about 8 times during a 6 month period i'd say, with one 2 hit LSD trip somewhere in there. I guess I consider myself lucky because my symptoms arent pronounced enough to the point where they affect my daily functioning. I have the visual snow, halos and streaks of light through pretty much any light, tracers, especially when i wave my arms around, some mild anxiety, difficulty falling asleep, head zaps, and after images. Ive also become kinda manic, in the sense that when i forget about my hppd, im actually very happy and outgoing, kinda like the shroom comedown except not as strong. Ive never experienced DPDR, or seen any patterns while sober. I hadnt smoked in months because i was sold weed laced with pcp and smoking would just cause an immediate flashback. Now that the effects of pcp are subsiding (its been a horrible 7 months of feeling like an absolute vegetable, but im almost normal now, except for the hppd symptoms) and Ive started smoking again. When I get really baked I notice organic, tribal like patterns on surfaces like the ground mostly, and on my skin, but they go away once I stop smoking. I can enjoy smoking still, even though there are times when I get a bit anxious but some valerian or st johns wort usually brings me right round. Since I started smoking, the streaks through lights have become slightly more noticeable but thats about it. I kinda feel like PCP (ironically since it turned my life to shit for months...a real blessing in disguise i think) saved me from a true living hell since I woulda definitely tried LSD again. My question is this...can i get full blown HPPD/DPDR just from the amount of shrooms I tried? I always felt like it was more of a problem for people who get it from LSD, since the visual effects of it are stronger, and shrooms just always seemed like the more beingn of the two. Ive been smoking daily, and drinking occassionally (i do get tipsy but dont over do it), and everythings been fine, I actually feel kinda good, like im almost out of the hole im in, but im scared that one day im gonna be high, and somethings gonna click in my head, just like the horrible night when I got HPPD, and find myself in a deeper hole, with symptoms 10 times worse than before. Has this happened to anyone? Thanks alot guys, im sorry for what you guys have all had to go through.

Hey man, sorry to hear about what youve been through. Im not from scotland, but i was just wondering why you said that turning to alcohol was a big mistake...was it because you feel into that hole as well, or because it made your symptoms worse? Personally im not much of a drinker, i just do it on occassion, and i just wanted to know what your experience was with the juice, since im kinda new to hppd...