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Pretty sure it is a fake post. No other reseach into the subjuct has pointed any where near the same conclusion. He does not introduce himself as a doctor or reseacher and posts it on some forum instead of a journal. Plus the conclousion he comes to does not make sense.

Plus if a large amount of cells die--like would be the case with hppd--either through apoptosis or necrosis, it would make sense that there would be inflamation or leasons, which are detectable by a mri. While changes in receptor density is totally undectable on a standard mri.

Probably largely unfounded, although you working yourself up about it will.

Hells yeah, one of the best endings of any game

Also the qEEG results are something definetly of note.

his is a real interesting read, although the pdf is just showing up as jibberish symbols for me. I find it interesting that non HPPD lsd users do perceive changes, I find it strange how these changes don't bother them. I also like the suggested cause of the disorder put forth, a tendency for receptor density to not return to normal makes so much sense to me, if I understood everything correctly.

I am a big gamer. Its a big respite for me, a time to forget and focus on something else.

Many people have increased visual abnormalities after ingesting halluncinagenic drugs. Its when they stay, are constant, and are various and numorous are you classified in having HPPD. Could you have HPPD? Perhaps, just don't focus on them too much, if they increase they increase, if they don't then good for you. Many of us started with only a few symptoms which increased over time. I would slow down with the drug use as well, atleast until you witness a change.

Also, we still know very little about how the brain processes and interprets visual data, this is indicated by how little information there is about visual dysfunctions. Until very recently, symptoms such as the ones Visual listed were virtually unheard of, but with the advent of technology things will change. The thing about the unknown is as time progresses we will have answers. Right now we don't even know what causes HPPD, let alone what takes to treat it. But with the disorder more in the eye of the community and ever increasing advances in medical tech, I can definatly see it reliably treatable, if not even able to be cured. And why is windscar so sure this is an issue of nerve damage, perhaps the hallucinagens just increased or decreased the release of some neurotransmitter in the brain. Perhaps, the hallucinagenic substance hyperstimulated the visual part of the brain, leading to some kind of continuous visual seizure, like shoalin mentioned. People who suffer from partial seizures complain of the same kind of visual disturbances while seizing. Perhaps, it is that. My point is that we don't know what causes HPPD, so let's not resort to the omg my brain is broke postulation, especially when the little we do know about this disorder does not lend itself to some massive meltdown of the brain

I actually wondered a lot about this myself, for me floaters have not been too much of a problem. They happen ever so often, usually while I am in a car, or while I am running. I never had them to the point where I worry about them. I believe for us it is a combination of b and c. I also think that could be said for every single one of our symptoms. A mixture of anxiety and whatever biologically causes HPPD.

Fish oil makes you guys trip? Never happened to me.

Crb, its super difficult for me to stay away from hallucinogens, especially when your main friend circle is a pretty heavy drug using group. I have not done proper hallucinogens since my initial shrooms trip which landed me here. That was 5 months ago, actually almost exactly to the date. I still smoke occasionally, with an increasing trend. Weed does not effect my HPPD as much in terms of an increase in baseline anymore, although when I smoke I trip balls, bad VS, bad movement, but that goes away. It is so difficult to stay away from harder drugs though, probably the shittiest aspect of this, when everyone around you is fucked out of their mind having a good time. Non-sober people, when you are "sober," are bummers to be around. I am not willing to smoke every time we go out yet and alcohol make me extremely dizzy even at the lowest doses. It is so alienating. I am now the designated trip sitter, driver, speaker in public, because they know I am sober. I don't mind and I still have fun, they are my friends, But, some days it just gets real hard to stay away from what looks fun, especially on some of my most difficult days. But its whatever.

Heh, was in that store earlier today, horrible experience man.

Rant on, I can't really speak for age, but I can definitely speak for tiredness. I don't know, but I feel that with HPPD I blame a lot of things on it that is perhaps much more ordinary, do you feel your weakness is subjective or objective? If you feel weak and fatigued subjectively its probably depression, anxiety, all I am sure we are all too used to, but if it is more objective, it might be more of an ordinary issue. Think hard, have you been taking on more, perhaps is physical stress, pehaps you are not eating as well as you should, perhaps you are just getting older . I am only 19, but I can distinctly recall times even before HPPD where I just felt shitty tired and weak for months at a time. I also had a hectic schedule, got about 4 hrs of sleep a night, and a pretty shitty diet. Sooo, it was probably that. Could probably be from klono as well. Even if you are tolerant.

Yeah, since that post the movement has gotten a lot better. For the first few months it was like I was on a boat and it was probably the lowest point in my life. I still get disequilibriumized when I am moving a bit and have been struggling with tilting and slanting as of late (I will be watching tv or be on my computer and I will swear it will be tilted a bit to the right), but it was nothing like it was before. My depth perception is a hell of a lot better as of late as well. I appreciate the response though, the movement and especially the dizziness that comes with it has always been the most troubling symptom, as it is one of the more uncommon ones with this disorder, and makes the world seem most strange and foreign. All the other ones I can just say, HPPD. The movement always made me feel so isolated.

Yeah, since that post the movement has gotten a lot better. For the first few months it was like I was on a boat and it was probably the lowest point in my life. I still get disequilibriumized when I am moving a bit and have been struggling with tilting and slanting as of late (I will be watching tv or be on my computer and I will swear it will be tilted a bit to the right), but it was nothing like it was before. My depth perception is a hell of a lot better as of late as well. I appreciate the response though, the movement and especially the dizziness that comes with it has always been the most troubling symptom, as it is one of the more uncommon ones with this disorder, and makes the world seem most strange and foreign. All the other ones I can just say, HPPD. The movement always made me feel so isolated.

For me it started with breathing and image burns sometimes. Now it is a range of symptoms, I believe it eventually settles, than even perhaps lessens. It's drugs that make it worse.

Nevermind saw your other post

Good for you If I may, what are your symptoms?

Actually a lot of your symptoms sound like mine except things used to move for me, walls breathed etc. Which have died down to only kind of bouncing sometimes when I walk, things look I been having trouble with things looking tilted recently, and I have ghosting, pretty Damn badly. Anyway, the staticy esqe vision is just how you describe it, Image burn gets bad sometimes. Starburst are huge. But what interests me is the problems with memory, because I kinda have it too. I feel as though my memories are flat, they are there but flat as hell. It is almost like someone told me my experiences described how I felt but I cannot grasp them like normal people. For a long time I thought this was some form of memory loss, but I doesn't seem like I am any worse at remembering things as I used too. No, everything I have done just seems like it is behind this dense fog, my body is running detached from my mind, like I am just some observer to my actions. This is DP/DR I think, is this what you are describing. Good work with getting off drugs, I have not been so lucky still smoke once every month or two. Had a cigarette yesterday, which effects me worse than weed, makes the next morning feel like shit and my visuals increase. I just feel that the first step of recovery is feeling normal again so you can kinda learn to block out the visuals. This doesn't mean go on drug binges but I think there is some good to giving yourself the occational treat, keeps the why am I so different than everyone else feeling away. The anxiety is the real cuprit behind this disorder you must starve it out.

I hope for you the best. I wont give you much in the way of advice, because I am probably where you were two years ago, but just dive into it, if I have learned anything these past six months is that anxiety is a bitch. It has this aweful nack of standing in the way of you and where you want to be, all the while making you feel like shit. Get momentum and roll right though it, that is all you have to do.

Just seems like benzo addiction and withdrawl. I heard that at a certain point, benzos become unable to control the level of addiction they cause. The thing about withdrawl is, even though its one of the worst feelings ever, it ends.

Fear of going crazy I think

Yep know what that is too. Except it is not white it is green.

Heh, always wondered that, if the visual snow follows you into blindness. Whatever, hopefully the blizzard I was in this morning wont come back and stay, haven't even smoked weed in 2 months and then only once since the beginning.