JimmyinDetroit

Yeah? Its like not so much a cartoon as its more like a detailed caricature drawing. They look like real people but like say if they have a nose or ears that are larger than normal they start to appear to get larger, or if they have wrinkles it'll appear they are getting more and expand to their whole face, or if someone has a certain look about them that say reminds me of an animal, they start to look even more like that animal or if someone has a strange mannerism I become fixated on it and cant focus on anything else. Its weird

Hey, it was a year and four months ago. Sorry I should have mentioned that, its been while worked through the worst part of it recently read about hppd and found this forum. After it happened I just drank everyday for about 6 -8 months to numb the effects, I finally quit that and trying to get over this in a healthy way. Getting dosed behind your back is really horrible isnt it? And yeah definitely assault. This has altered my life like nothing else ever has. Im still really paranoid and shaken by the dumbest things, and having anxiety attacks when in moving cars. Still trying to find the courage to go see a psych dr of some sort but dont wanna end up getting drugged up and possibly getting worse.

Hey thanks for the response, yeah Ive read up on Hppd and the possibility of ptsd considering the reaction and horrible "trip" I had. Im staying away from meds I know too many people who got way worse on them. I dont want to go to a psych dr cause I know theyll just want to drug me up. I went to a couple neurologists, one talked me into using topamax and I hated it so I quit it. The anxiety is really over the top tho. Are there any benzos that are ......um less controlling of the brain than others? Ive seen people I know either become really weird and spacey or they act like robots on meds, any suggestions which ones are less likey to have either of those effects?

Hey how's it goin everyone? So I'm not much of a drug user, smoked a lot of pot as a teen quit in my 20's after it started making me paranoid used mushrooms a few times smoked opium a few times tried coke a few times never really enjoyed getting high always preferred alcohol and was freaked out by how friends acted on lsd so I never tried it. Flash forward to the present, I was at a Halloween party everyone was having a great time including a chick there who was tripping balls, kept telling me how I should do acid, its so great I'll love it'll change my whole outlook on life acid is soooo awesome. Well I told her a good 6-7 times that night I didn't use drugs. Had another drink set it down to take a photo..... Finished my last drink went home went to bed woke up a few hours later totally fucked up. My first time tripping experience I was not expecting it, in middle of sleeping, total darkness, no music, no tv, no people, no paintings or art. Just darkness and silence, it sucked really bad. So ever since then I've had terrible anxiety, an unexplainable fear of leaving the house and driving, everything and everyone looking way too real. Not exactly hallucinating, but everything looks weird, too real weird. Looking people in the face when I talk to them and the details in their faces become too much to handle as if they're turning into a cartoon character of themselves yet still human. I've also been getting vertigo and feel like I'm falling over a lot especially if I'm watching a movie with fast movement. There's a lot of posts from years past here to look through, so any suggestions on your experience, medications, what type of doctor, websites or news articles you'd like to share I appreciate. If I should repost this in a different area also let me know. Thanks for any help.