HPPD 15 months, only OTC drug use

[mrn]

Hi everyone,

 

I'm 38 and have had what seems like HPPD for 15 months. It started when I was taking Zantac and was extremely anxious about stomach pain I was going through. The HPPD has persisted through 7 months of taking Ativan and 6 months of Paxil. I've been off the Ativan for 7 months and off the Paxil for 3 months.

 

I've never used drugs, other than OTC or prescription stuff. Ativan (and to a lesser extent, Paxil) gave me horrible side-effects and horrible withdrawal syndromes. Over the course of the past 15 months, my vision problems have remained more or less the same. My main symptoms are:

 

• Shimmering, moving text

• Visual snow, worse in dim light

• Constant movement in peripheral vision

• Constant movement of straight lines,  viewing groups of parallel lines very uncomfortable

• Symptoms worse in fluorescent lighting

• Floaters

 

Sound like anyone else? Given how long this has been going on, I'm pretty much giving up on getting better and think acceptance is the only option. Thanks.

[hppd33]

yep. got them all, along with dp/dr.

acceptance and klonopin are my best shots, although i keep searhcing.

[mrn]

Thx for the reply. Personally, i'm not considering any more benzos as Ativan didn't help me in this area at all and in fact, I had some nasty reactions to it.

[hppd33]

Nop ativan is lorazepam doesnt work for our diseace