Jay1

Hi Annie, The very best thing my wife does for me is to allow me space if I am quiet and to understand that it is not her fault in any way when I am distant. Sometimes small talk is hellish, even with the people we love. You probably know this feeling from suffering with anxiety yourself.

Same old, same old really.... But hppd aside, life is ok... Riding the bitcoin rocket to the moon and have a nice job in the VR industry (when the tech advances, I have some interesting ideas on potentially helping hppd in VR) Hope you are well

Either way, floaters themselves are not a symptom of hppd. Like I said, I had them since childhood. I'm just not sure it is wise that when someone sees a perfectly natural phenomenon... the verdict is hppd, just because it coincides with taking drugs. Just my opinion though.

Yep, i get that alot

Profile pic makes me laugh every time

Bit like going on a recovering alcoholics forum and posting vids of you necking whiskey. Hard to not feel like we are being trolled. I hope you are not doing severe damage and that you can get passed this. Good luck, Jay

Judging by your name, it sounds like you are not in the severe hppd category, so maybe just see how it goes for a while.

It might not last long then, so just do all the things to stay healthy and avoid stress. I hope you share some good news with us soon

Take time to recover. Avoid stress, avoid alcohol, avoid caffeine. When did you take the lsd?

For many people... yes. It reduces visuals about 50% for me.

I use Lorazepam and Clonazepam, but I don't take it every day... All of these meds are highly addictive and will cause major problems in a few years, if taken every day. This is how I avoid addiction/tolerance: Lorazepam (2.5mg) - Thursday 6pm Clonazepam (1mg) - Friday 9am Clonazepam (1mg) - Saturday 9am Lorazepam (2.5mg) - Sunday 9am Every 2-3 months, I have 2 weeks completely free of meds to make sure I am not seeing any signs of addiction. This has worked for 10 years or so and brings me relief for nearly 4 days per week.

From what I remember, it binds to the gabaA receptor, which helps control anxiety by dampening activity in various parts of the brain.

Very cool, thanks. One of my friends does a foraging tour around our local forest and woodland, he knows all the wild mushrooms to pick and eat, so I might have to get stocked up from mother nature and see if any help. When I got to my 20 year hppd mark, I actually threw caution to the wind and tried an amanita muscaria in hope that it could fight fire with fire... Even that seemed to have a sort of reset effect on my mind (Note, I am 100% not recommending anyone try it). I would not be at all surprised if a legit cure was out there in the wild for us, in some deep dark rain forest.

Are there any particular mushrooms that are renowned for their regeneration benefits?

Antibiotics are not known to have any noticeable effects on hppd.

These spikes will come and go... But they will go. You just have to ride them out and, as K.B.Fante said, try to pinpoint the problem that caused the spike. It is usually stress related, for me, but can even be down to weather (low pressure systems seem to spike me up).

Have you tired a SAD lamp? Maybe it could help.... I think low air pressure disrupts my hppd too, in the winter

Go post on a drugs forum

Agree with @MadDoc .... there comes a point where you have to try and get past the "why me" feelings, it's just negativity that will feed hppd. There was no internet about when I was doing lsd, and even I had heard risks about "permatripping".... Everyone knows there is some inherent risks with drug taking... we got unlucky in some respects, sure... But I have seen people go onto the likes of heroin addiction, then crime, prison, death... i;ve seen people get full on psychosis from mdma, far worse then even the worst hppd... So maybe getting hppd before the drug taking got out of control is actually lucky, in some ways. If you go on to a full recovery, you may look back on this part of your life as the greatest lesson. It's all about perspective.

Stress certainly seems to play a major role... Maybe, in these latent cases, doing drugs opens up the potential for hppd, then serious stress later on brings it on.

Drug use... mainly mdma

3-4 years with mild/pre-hppd, then 23 years with severe hppd. I took 3 years of severe hppd before I could cope to an "ok" level... But it is still vicious now. The dp/dr and anxiety are what kill me off... I can live with the visuals

Might be worth tapering off the Seroquel and see how you feel. I tried that medication and it had a small negative effect on my hppd. Your clonazepam might be covering up that negative effect?

it's hardly complete censorship... I've watched the walking dead again, lately, and the problem didn't reoccur... and i still watch plenty of non gore horror films. I think it;s the hardcore porn that might be the root, tbh. I'm not saying never look at vids of hot chicks or whatever... just the more extreme stuff. Anyway, just my own personal fix for the problem. Might not even work for others.

Welcome! It is quite a relief when you can finally put a name to the disorder... It took me around 13 years too, so I feel you (i'm 23 years in now). If you need any help or advice, just let me know. The essentials: No more drugs (i'm sure you've sussed that one out!) Avoid caffeine Avoid heavy alcohol use Avoid SSRI and anti pysch meds Eat well, exercise Meds: Benzos (work for the majority, but beware of addiction). Clonazepam is a good option. Keppra (doesn;t work for many) Lamictal (doesn;t work for many)