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If i violated any rule by this comment please remove it. Hello guys! It's me again. If someone is reading my post, this thing never leaves but it becomes better. As i understood getting HPPD is very traumatic experience and your brain is trying to cope giving you many anxiety related problems. Yet again i fell and I'm full in DPDR/Fear/Rotting episode I'm 100% sure i will get my quality life back because i had it in 2022-2024.(my hppd started in 2021) Moderator who answered me back in 2021 is saying truth. No substance, believing in random God, meditation makes your anxiety journey pass faster. I replied this as cope for myself but i believe many will find answers to their fears. You feel like you are going insane? Me too brother, it's false though created by anxiety. You think you will get psychosis? Stroke from flashes? Dementia? No you will not. 4years and i lived 3 of them in peace, you will also.

Has your Tinnitus started right after your Onset of HPPD or was it delayed?

Yeah dude my tinnitus was pretty bad and now I rarely get it although I still do get it.

Andrew Callaghan got it from taking "natural" shrooms too not synthetic stuff.

Great exposure for visual snow and HPPD! Also an interesting interview! Around 1.3 million views in 7 days! It's on YouTube and Spotify. Andrew Callaghan: Channel 5, Gonzo, QAnon, O-Block, Politics & Alex Jones | Lex Fridman Podcast #425

Really scary short term memory issues

Great, thank you!

Listed in section 4 lot of over the counter options bacaical skullcap is my favorite. Tincture from I iherb is pretty relaxing. but lots and lots of options. Careful not to pick the (antagonists). I’m not sure of the modulator class either. https://www.intechopen.com/chapters/78514

Please start low, I recommend 50mg. Not too much. Since it works via enzymes and works like a vitamin that builds up overtime. I would say, slow titration every 2 weeks.

Anyone here who also has tinnitus and eventually got better or went away? Ive had tinnitus now for almost 10 months.

Ha, I gave it a go as well Jay, got 100mg from Amazon "Best Naturals". One day in, 100mg AM, 100mg late PM - updates to follow......

3rd day taking P5P (150mg, once in the morning). Nothing noticeable yet (good or bad), with the exception of feeling nauseous for a few hours after taking it.

It was the combination. the panic attack from lsd and anti-gaba properties of antibiotic. For reference: the drugs listed here on page 3 are the ones to avoid going forward. Forget that it refers to akathisia, it’s the same mechanism. Brings all the craziness forward in the mind. https://akathisiaalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Guide-for-Clinicians-012224-editable.pdf My best recommendation to counter this effect. And it’s not straightforward 10 day recovery. It takes time. niacinamide - 3000 mg/day P5P - as tolerated (increases GAD enzyme) converts glutamate to gaba gotu kola - as tolerated (increases gad enzyme) converts glutamate to gaba Hydroxy b12 - as tolerated (increases comt enzyme, breaks down serotonin, dopamine and norepinephrine in frontal cortex- stress relax) lavender oil capsules - used for restlessness and agitation (take as tolerated) Antioxidants (glutathione, NaC) - reduces overall glutamate. The goal is reduce glutamate, increase gaba. Breakdown dopamine (hyper arousal), norepinephrine (sympathetic stress), lower serotonin. glutamate - stress gaba - relax dopamine - hyperarousal, can be calming for some norepinephrine- sympathetic stress (breathing difficulties, palpitations, blood pressure) serotonin - it’s a hoax!

That sounds truly hardcore Jay! Can totally relate with everything you are saying too blossy! Hope everyone is doing well.

Makes you sleepy as hell!!!

Thanks and all good - I don't let it stop me, sometimes I think I may go to the doc and ask for some kind of 'help', i've read so much about the drugs that have given some kind of relief on here ( anti seizures medication by the sounds of it one that is up there ) but not sure thats a road I want to go down - the best treatment for me is to try and keep the anxiety at bay and to keep moving forward - but hey, if there was ever a 'miracle cure, I'd be first in line!

Crazy times Jay.

I also had some form of hppd at around 14-15 too... VS and moving objects... Sadly, i thought it was cool and a "free trip" Purple Ohms, Strawberries and Raving test tubes for me! The microdot I had a glastonbury 95 was what finished me off, they were about 10x the strength of anything i'd taken before and made my visuals what they are today

Thankyou I'm sorry to hear of your challenges! I had to leave school during onset also. It's great you seem to be calming your CNS and entering more of a flow state etc So sad these people are dressed up as "healers" and just trying to be cool and profit. It really is disgusting! They do not know anything. That's great you are doing your best to lend your voice as an advocate! There is a non-proffit doing good work, you may like to contact... www.neurogroup.org. as they generally welcome new team members working towards the same cause / goals. I'm wishing you all the very best with your continued healing recovery. P.s. another powerful modality is "shamanic breathwork" similar to holographic breathwork. It's 100% natrual no substances, tho really helpful in deep healing work.

Wow yeahh. That sounds aweful!! Sorry to hear of your challenges. Have a feeling my onset was around age 15. Was too young to know anything of long term consequences... And too caught up in that world. Main tab names I can remember were : Red dragons, Tiles, Blue gels, Robots, Microdots, Strawberries etc etc As well as other substances... Yes very true, acceptance is definitely a key.. I've herd a few horror stories from people mixing psychedelics with pharmaceuticals.. No way I would ever touch any psychedelics now... I'm having real challenges sourcing medication now (K) as I do need it at this time.. Occasionally I will use other things to help me do my best to manage while things are so heightened.. Cheers!

Interesting, I never heard of it. It helps a bit. The herbalist was telling me I could do acupuncture for anxiety as well. Has anyone had success with acupuncture? He didn't have supplements for epilepsy or psychosis.

I was worried this would happen to me but it didn't exactly. I did have pro psychedelic friends that didn't agree with me though. I am a lot less popular than I used to be in high school and college. I struggle with anxiety till this day as well. I truly hope you are doing well!!!

Lots of people swear by it for reducing anxiety and stress. I didn't tried it yet but I surely want to.

Agreed, I was 15 at the time had taken LSD ( Purple Ohms ), even typing that gives me 'triggers', had taken 2 half paper tablets on separate occasions, than 1 full one a few weeks later and totally freaked out at home - 1 week later I had a flash-back that was a 1:1 event of the week before and it absolutely terrified me ( still does ) and BOOM, my life changed for ever, my brain never ever went back to the way it once was, and HPPD was in my life, awful - but, it is what it is, and acceptance is one of the greatest things I have ever done with this condition, and in part to finding this forum and realising I am not alone, and it is actually a thing. I am almost 48 now, scary where the years have gone. And yeah, age definitely a factor, as in my older years of taking alot of Extacy, and LSD ( usually with Vallium to keep me calm ( crazy thinking about it ) I was much more aware of what the drugs were doing to, me. I often felt when I was high on 'E' my symptoms were absolutely gone too, which to this day I still find a mystery, but defo not enough of a mystery to take anything again!!

Thanks Spartan and Jay. My life fell apart - I had to abandon a master's program, I lost my job, I almost lost my marriage, and I lost friendships (people who wouldn't hear that psychedelics could cause harm). I look like I've aged 10 years in just over 2. Strangely, I also lost my ability to visualize and to absorb information the way I used to. I can't tolerate most medications but I've found some success with guanfacine (related to clonidine). I still have visual snow, but the after images and unstable vision have decreased. I no longer always feel trapped in fight or flight mode, although I still struggle with anxiety. What's funny is that I never would have tried psychedelics outside a "safe" environment. I thought this was my ticket to healing... And I would be well supported. I'm now trying to lend my voice as a psychedelic safety advocate.