2muchmandy Posted July 16, 2012 Report Posted July 16, 2012 This post has been promoted to an article
Jay1 Posted July 16, 2012 Report Posted July 16, 2012 I would say my baseline was established about 1 week after my last trip. Never seen any changes to the baseline since then. In some ways, it was good that I didn't have the internet to read about symptoms and look out for them.
2muchmandy Posted July 16, 2012 Author Report Posted July 16, 2012 But u were tripping after u got hppd eh jay? I wonder if theres something in my environment pooluting me. Worring cow I always avoid fumes etc.
mgrade Posted July 16, 2012 Report Posted July 16, 2012 Jay- I'm surprised you haven't gotten much better in the last (what did u say?) 15 years. How much drug did you take and what drug?
Jay1 Posted July 16, 2012 Report Posted July 16, 2012 17 years.............mainly lots of lsd, mushrooms, mdma, coke, speed, weed and, of course, alcohol. Probably tripped 100+ times and raved on pills, god knows.. too many times to count. I was a bit crazy back then I've got better in some ways, just not visuals.
mgrade Posted July 16, 2012 Report Posted July 16, 2012 I'm guessing you are in your middle 30's, I'm in my early 30's. I know that after i was off drugs that i had "visual residue" for years. But it was more of a visual thing that needed fine-tuning over years of sobriety. Now with my new onset of HPPD (w/i the last 6 months), it was a whole n'other level of HP, not your average stuff that i was used to. From a scale of 1-10, 10 being the absolute terrorism, how do you rate your HPPD? Still you must feel better than you did, let's just say, three months after stopping everything 17 years go.
Jay1 Posted July 16, 2012 Report Posted July 16, 2012 Yea, i'm 34... 35 in September. First few years - 9/10 .......... hell on earth.... like 3/4 of a strong tab each day and very bad paranoia, depression and anxiety. Felt like my mind was poisoned and pyscically damaged. Now - 7/10 .......... (visuals, still 9/10 though).... But I can cope quite well, interact with people, make friends etc... still feel like I am tripping on 1/2 a strong tab each day, but I can deal with it, most of the time. That last tab cost me £2 ($4?) and lasted 17 years.... value for money!
2muchmandy Posted July 16, 2012 Author Report Posted July 16, 2012 I love how you can put a light note on it. I just had a panic attack outta nowhere bui managed to cope and stop it goimg on too long ( im learning ) my snow is very very thick right now though so obviously im still a bit distressed
mgrade Posted July 16, 2012 Report Posted July 16, 2012 Oh man.......bang for your buck i guess. Have you tried Wellbutrin? (or even ssri's) It really helped me after the initial "hell-on-earth" phase. Hopeful we can get you down to feeling only like 10ug.
mgrade Posted July 16, 2012 Report Posted July 16, 2012 2muchmandy---my HPPD just settled down this month ---***6 months to settle down***. For panic attacks and snow, You got to take a brown paper bag breathe into it-----inflating/deflating/inflating/deflating----repeat 'til you feel better. You're getting some dissociative sht. Try a deep, deep cough a few times. Feel your pulse..... and drink some water. Eventually, breathe in thru the nose out thru the mouth, slow , lay down and watch some TV, to take your mind off. also get some Ativan, take about 1/8 of a mg, give or take
Jay1 Posted July 17, 2012 Report Posted July 17, 2012 Jay, are you on any meds for your HPPD? I've tried pretty much everything SSRIs, Anti Pysch meds, Keppra, Lamictal, Pregablin, Sinemet and a bunch of other stuff that got posted on here. As nothing really worked for me, i've just settled into taking 1.5mg of klono whenever I feel like a break... usually twice a week... sometimes more, sometimes less.... Each month or so, I have 7 days without any klono, to make sure i'm not getting addicted.
SomebodySomewhere Posted July 17, 2012 Report Posted July 17, 2012 For me it took about 6 months before things settled in and I recieved no new symptoms. This is for both HPPD and DP/DR.
aztec99 Posted July 18, 2012 Report Posted July 18, 2012 For me, my symptoms got worse over the period of about 1-3 months and then they plateaued out...that is until i used again.
cs1234 Posted July 20, 2012 Report Posted July 20, 2012 For me, my symptoms got worse over the period of about 1-3 months and then they plateaued out...that is until i used again. Did your symptoms ever go back to baseline? How long has it been since you've tripped and how bad is it now?
Conquer Posted July 21, 2012 Report Posted July 21, 2012 It would probably have settled down 3 months after my 'trip' but I took Ritalin to study once which didn't help. Also started drinking 4 months after onset. Dunno if those have anything to do with it, but right now when I am stressed I still get some flare ups. Also since I blacked out drunk 2 weeks ago my vision has kinda gotten like how it was 2 months ago when I was still in the midst of it but recovering (it is still better now than then), though whether that's due to alcohol, an acute lack of sleep, or major stress from school I am not sure. I'm not stressed about the vision though, after going through hell and then experiencing perfectly normal vision in the past month, I am very confident it will return back to normal with sleep and less stress.
ferret Posted July 21, 2012 Report Posted July 21, 2012 Sounds like you are doing well Conquer! How long has it been in total for you?
Conquer Posted September 2, 2012 Report Posted September 2, 2012 Ha, this is a really late reply but it's been about 6 months now.
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