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I have had visual symptoms (visual snow) since I was a kid and I've never taken drugs, so I think I'm not the "typical" person affected of HPPD; social anxiety has been something I had to control growing up. At the beginning you should be very selective to be with few people who trust and understand you; then when you feel more comfortable you should be more relaxed in more informal circumstances. It's a process, take your pace to do it. Take care.

I think the visual symptom that HPPD, PMA (persistent migraine aura), and VISUAL SNOW is pretty the same but the exact mechanism that triggers it isn't known yet. I have VISUAL SNOW 24/7 since I remember and I've never never smoked or taken any drugs. There are about 400 people on FB - group VISUAL SNOW who share this condition, someone since they were young others later, that are trying to create awareness to this condition that many doctors actually don't know the existence and they are unable to manage. I partecipated this year to the study of the dr Schankin and I can assure you it was the first time after 35 years one person knew what I was talking about. So I wanted to clarify more this point. Probably this is the reason why dr Abraham talked about a genetic condition which is triggered by drugs.

Hi, first of all I would thank the admin of this forum and all the people are contributing with their suggests and experience to give support and hope to everyone is living this condition. I'm 35 yo, and I've had 24/7 visual snow since I can remember. I have never smoked cigarettes or have taken any kind of drugs so I don't really know if I can think to have hppd for definition. So far visual snow and other symptoms (tinnitus, depression) have affected my quality of life very much I'm still fighting to find a cure for it. I'm taking keppra 250 mg/three times a day with little results since 1 week. I have read many of the hypothesis somebody has discusses here. As many of you, I hope the ongoing research are going to explore in depth the cause of hppd and above all find a cure for it. I would like to ask you if you think may be useful to study the COMT polymorphism and measure plasmatic cortisolemic value to start to find some way of evidence. Thanks very much.