Hi there,
I am a 16 year-old student and diagnosed myself with hppd. I had a bad trip after smoking pot 6 months ago, and since this day I noticed floaters in my vision. I didn't know about the existence of hppd so I drank a couple of beers 4 months ago and since this day I have anxiety, tinnitus, insomnia, dp/dr, and see movement of static objects (it looks like the leaves of trees are shaking themselves). I also have this moments of not being able to do anything. But my main problem at this point is, I constantly have songs in my head. It's like my brain is replaying every song I've heard for the last couple of years. I have a psychiatrist who first diagnosed me with a form of psychosis, and prescribed me on Seroquel. I didn't take them until yet because I'm afraid it might mess things up more. I have noticed some symptoms like found in Parkinsons (a little bit stiff face and lack of focus) and that makes me think my problem is mainly dopamine-related. Any advice if I should take Seroquel? I noticed all my symptoms diminish a lot if I have good sleep, but this is rarely the case though. I take Melatonin now but it doesn't seem to help much.
Things have gotten better since the beginning (Depression is gone) but still the lack of sleep is a problem. And the good thing is, my psychiatrist is now on my side and would prescribe me anything I want to make me feel better. What medications would some of you recommend for the symptoms I've got?
It's sad that there is so much lack of understanding from the medical world for this condition..luckily there are sites like this to help people. Keep up the good work! (sorry if my english is bad)