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June 11, 2019 SUBJ: Faces of HPPD Survey/Research Published – RESULTS! Dear HPPD Online Community: As a mom with a grown son with HPPD, I was so fortunate to come across this forum several years ago for information and support. David Kozin, who runs this board, is an amazing man to have created and maintained this website and kept up his work/studies over the years – all the while suffering with HPPD. I would like to thank him for this platform, and well as thank those of you who participated in the survey that I launched four years ago to collect data about individuals who had received an official diagnosis of the disorder. Fast forward…. Here it is June 2019. Long overdue for the published report, however, I lingered – always hoping to gain a larger sample of subjects. I am fortunate to have a PhD in psychology, experience in research, and a heart to try to make a difference. Instead of publishing a book, it only made sense to get the results in the hands of the scientists and medical professionals through scientific writing. I am so happy to tell you… the peer-reviewed medical journal, Addictive Disorders & Their Treatment, published by Wolters Kluwer publishers, has reviewed and accepted my manuscript for publication in an upcoming issue. Last week the article completed rounds of publication editing and formatting. The article is posted at their website for advance release. Lewis, DM, Faces of HPPD: Hallucinogen Persisting Perception Disorder Patient Survey Results and a Descriptive Analysis of Patient Demographics, Medical Background, Drug Use History, Symptoms, and Treatments. Addictive Disorders and their Treatments. Forthcoming 2019. The link is here: https://journals.lww.com/addictiondisorders/Abstract/publishahead/FACES_OF_HPPD__Hallucinogen_Persisting_Perception.99733.aspx (NOTE: This direct link will change probably in a month or two when the article is given a print-issue date – right now, it is advance copy, undated. In the future, you can search the article at https://journals.lww.com/addictiondisorders/ . While the article is available for immediate download, many of you know that publishers charge money for copy downloads (this one is $49), and authors cannot give away their copy. This, I know, is not a good thing for some within the community who do not have the funds. However (here’s the good news ), I contacted the publisher and obtained permission to publish a summary of the results (the important data!) and I created an infographic that provides you all the results. I am including it here as a .pdf file, attached. It’s reader-friendly, and I hope it provides insight. I want to mention some findings that particularly concern me: the high rate of suicide ideation (among other co-morbid psychological/psychiatric symptoms reported), and the significant number of individuals who reported being unable to work due to HPPD. I feel strongly that HPPD needs recognition as potentially disabling – and I believe there are some individuals who may need government assistance (eg, Social Security Disability benefits). My future work leads me in the direction of carving a path for HPPD as a qualifying mental disorder for eligibility for assistance. I will keep you posted on that. Again, thank you so very much for those who partook in the survey. My best wishes to each of you for good health and peace of mind, Doreen M. Lewis, PhD https://www.facesofhppd.com https://www.vellichorresearch.com Faces of HPPD Infographic - LEWIS.pdf

I am 17 years old and did shrooms a few months ago, after the second time doing them I started to see spiders in dark places usually before bed crawling around. It has gotten better now and I have learned to get to sleep easier by just putting a pillow over my eyes as they start to linger if I don’t have anything directly in front of my face. I also see faint geometric patterns on the ground (usually on carpet) and they only seem to stand out more and have color when I smoke marijuana. I have adjusted to living with these after effects and it doesn’t affect me as much as it used to except for paranoia when I let my mind get the best of me. Am looking for a explanation to these strange symptoms and if anyone has experienced the same or similar things it would be great to hear your thoughts cheers.

I am wondering if anybody else has experienced Double vision only in their Peripheral and in both eyes 24/7 . I just getting very sick of this , If anybody has had their Ghosting treated with any meds let me know.. ] here is the rest of my symptoms Negative Afterimage Trails Photophobia halos colors , red , blue , pink , yellow seem to glow daily headache tension in neck, shoulders, under chin and tongue. dry eyes , hard eyeballs Tinnitus mild dp/dr slower frame rate brain fog bad fatigue all around feel like shit. vibrating feeling inside that matches the frame rate speed im shure I missed some but you get it . I feel like Im going crazy and Im supper depressed and have a lot of physical anxiety symtoms I also take 2.5mg valium maybe once a week and it makes thing look more cloudy and the colors get brighter ... so valium seems to make visual symptom's worse im not shure or Im in denial about it.. Ive had this for 6 months now dp/dr was a lot worse when this first started ....