Alcohol

[peanuttiest]

Hi folks - I'm wondering if alcohol affects your symptoms? I haven't dared to have a drink. I know there is a thread on this but it's quite old. I'm hoping to elicit some other experiences.

[umit]

Never worsen my symptoms actualy decraese hppd symptomes while drunk buth never drink more then 3 beers and not often buth you never know in longterm

[Kellen]

Made mine worse but I know there are a number of people who can drink with hppd. I think it may depend on the severity and where you're at in our symptoms.

[Jay1]

While drinking... It helps anxiety and allows me to have some fun.

The next day... Like a living hell, unless I take a benzo.

[peanuttiest]

Thanks folks! Does it matter whether you have, say, one glass of wine or get completed wasted? I'm hoping to have a glass of wine at some point. However, breathing in second hand pot skyrocketed my symptoms and even gave me a new one (tracers).

[Granite]

You might notice improvement in your symptoms (not sure about visuals), because drinking was helpful to me also in the beginning.  

 

I'm building a working theory on this.  Part of it could be because, "Alcohol also helps to increase the release of dopamine, by a process that is still poorly understood but that appears to involve curtailing the activity of the enzyme that breaks dopamine down."

 

http://thebrain.mcgill.ca/flash/i/i_03/i_03_m/i_03_m_par/i_03_m_par_alcool.html

[Jay1]

Thanks folks! Does it matter whether you have, say, one glass of wine or get completed wasted? I'm hoping to have a glass of wine at some point. However, breathing in second hand pot skyrocketed my symptoms and even gave me a new one (tracers).

 

Yes, getting wasted can actually make HPPD quite a lot worse.

 

The "safest" way to have 1-2 drinks, i've found, if a really good Gin, with tonic or bitter lemon. If you don't like gin, vodka + a mixer. If you really want wine, I find that white wine is the cleanest. Stick to a low % one