Non-visual symptoms of HPPD

[kir]

Hello everyone! I am not an English speaker, so I want to apologize for the mistakes and inaccuracies in the text.

My hppd visual symptoms is smallmy visual symptoms of hppd are mild. At the very beginning, during the week after taking nbome, I could periodically observe visual snow and the colors around were unnaturally bright. This occurred during flashbacks. Now, the only visual disturbances left are flickering, contrast, and increased brightness. t

But most of all, I'm worried about other symptoms. It is difficult for me to describe them even in my native language, but I will try to be clear. From time to time, I have a clamor of thoughts and an inexplicable strong anxiety because of this. These disturbing thoughts can be triggered by anything and they are always quite strange triggers. Often I can't explain what kind of anxiety it is. If, for example, I am afraid of the "openness" of the space around me; such a feeling of complete helplessness; or, for example, the feeling that the whole world is very small and hopeless. Or, for example, I once imagined myself from the outside and this thought was very strong and disturbing. Sometimes these are expressed fears when I can even roughly objectify what exactly scared me. But most often it is such a blushing and scrolling of thoughts. I started to think that I had schizophrenia or something like that, although I understand that these are similar feelings to those that occurred during the trip. That is, these are such obsessive disturbing thoughts of a mental nature. I also began to feel dizzy at night, sometimes so much that it prevents me from sleeping and I begin to think that I have a serious illness such as multiple sclerosis. Could these strange obsessive thoughts be the result of derealization? (there is also derealization, although it has decreased). All this lasts about 1.5 months for me.

in this regard, I would like to ask if there are those who have experienced similar non-visual manifestations of hppd? Are there those who have had it or have it become rare? And how can this be treated? (I am currently taking the mild nootropic phenibut)

 

Hi everyone! I am not fluent in English, so I want to apologize for possible errors and inaccuracies in the text.

My visual symptoms of hppd are minor My visual symptoms of hppd are minor. In the beginning, within a week of taking nbome, I would occasionally see visual snow and the colors around me were unnaturally saturated. This was happening during flashbacks. Now the only visual disturbances remain flickering, contrast and increased brightness.

But it's the other symptoms that bother me the most. I find it difficult to describe them even in my native language, but I will try to be understandable. From time to time I have strange intrusive thoughts and fears. These are strange thoughts that are not like normal anxiety such as social phobia. These anxious thoughts can be triggered by anything, and they are always pretty strange triggers. Often I have a hard time explaining what the anxiety is about.  For example, once I was lying on my bed and I was struck by a kind of “openness” of the space around me, and there was a feeling of utter helplessness; or, for example, there was a feeling that the whole world was very small and hopeless. Or, for example, I once visualized myself from the outside, and the thought was very powerful and disturbing. I read somewhere that people who abuse psychedelics can have the illusion of telepathy: the belief that they can transmit thoughts at a distance. I even know one such person. I don't have the conviction that I am telepathic and can transmit thoughts at a distance, but I think the feeling of “openness” of space may be something similar to this illusion of telepathy. To be more concise, it can all be described as intense unexplained anxiety, sometimes triggered by some sort of trigger.

I was beginning to think I was schizophrenic or something. But still, I think it's more like long term non-visual memories of those experiences from that “trip”.

Also, I've started getting dizzy at night, sometimes so badly that it prevents me from sleeping, and I'm starting to think I have a serious illness like multiple sclerosis. And, of course, I have derealization.

In this regard, I would like to ask if there are those who have experienced such non-visual manifestations of gppd? Are there those who have had it but it gradually went away? And how can it be treated? (I am currently taking the mild nootropic phenibut).

[Jay1]

Hi, to put a name to the feelings you are trying to describe... It sounds very much like DPDR, or depersonalisation and derealisation.