Hello, maybe someone could help me out

[sonicynic]

So I've only been experiencing hppd symptoms for about a month now. It's all because I took lsd that turned out to be amt. Worst hangover of my life, and then a few days later I really noticed the visual snow and brain fog. I also noticed after I took my wellbutrin in the morning it got worse. I have been on wellbutrin for almost two years, but now I'm weening myself off of it just because now it's making me feel sedated and such. So...it looks like the amt cured my need for an SNRI, (for major depression) but now I have hppd. Cool. So I just bought some fish oil, folic acid, and b-12 and just got my first b-12 injection which I plan on getting once a week for a month to see if it makes a difference. HOWEVER, I see my psychiatrist in a month. What medicine should I ask for? Does anyone have a similar story to mine or have any suggestions for what kind of medicine to look into and go about this? Thanks in advance.

[mgrade]

Yeah I have a similar story. I don't have what they technically call MDD but i am on Wellbutrin. Depending on how intense your HPPD is, medications may or may not have very much positive effect. In other words, meds might not help you just make your problem worse or seem to do nothing. Unfortunately, I think Wellbutrin is one of the best drugs for the later stages of HPPD, when you are really starting to get better. And you are already on them. The issue i think is if you have only visual stuff or more anxiety/depression stuff. You could try a SSRI and/or benzodiazepines. Some people have had success with Keppra (...never tried it).

Funny thing is: i have been looking into possible treatments for HPPD and many that i find are used for MDD. So that may be a plus for you. I'll keep you posted if you want some more info.

[sonicynic]

I used to take Prozac which I'm pretty sure was an SSRI and hated it. But, you know, I didn't have hppd then. I might ask him about keppra but I'm not sure how to go about it, hopefully he won't just look at me like I'm crazy and just tell me to get back on my wellbutrin. The thing is I can't really tell how bad my symptoms are right now since I'm weening myself off of wellbutrin and that's when you tend to feel foggy and out of it anyway. I'll have a better idea in a couple of weeks when this stuff is completely out of my system...ugh. I'm trying very hard to keep a level-head about this but it's very hard when it's all so new and strange. I need to keep the fuck calm.

So basically, how should I go about asking my psychiatrist for keppra? Is that something you take everyday?

[ferret]

I wouldn't take any medication for a while. See how your HPPD acts if you just leave it alone. It could go away quickly by itself, if it isn't better in a 6 months to a year then maybe you should think about medication. Also I wouldn't take an SSRI because they have made some peoples HPPD a lot worse and its not worth the risk when there is a good chance that you'll heal without one.

[sonicynic]

This is true. I've been freaking out a tad when I really have no reason to. I just didn't know weening yourself off an ad really puts you on edge like this. On the shallow side of things, does anyone smoke pot or continue to do psychedelics once it's been a good amount of time and they have seen a vast improvement? Obviously I'll never do AMT again. But I love weed, and shrooms, and acid, and I'd like to try molly just once...I suppose it's different for everyone. But I hope I don't have to swear off drugs forever. :/ In the meantime I'm only drinking water and not eating processed foods, (something I started doing right before I took the amt, coincidentally) exercising 4-5 times a week, vitamins and b-12 shots, and look into getting those neck massages that help people with migraines and apparently sometimes visual snow. I'm starting school next week for massage therapy, so I guess I lucked out there. Oh, and sleep. Trying my best to stay well rested.

[ferret]

You should definately be done with pschedelics for good. They will bring your HPPD back and it could come back a lot worse. I don't think you should smoke pot either, I've heard some say that they haven't seen major consequences from it but I have'nt heard of anyone recovering while smoking. I really think you should be done with drugs from now on. Since i've recovered i drink some and have been fine so far but i'm still really cautious about it.