i have HPPD

[UNZARI]

after a really scary part of an acid trip a year ago i’ve had HPPD. this basically means i see colorful static over my vision as well as noticeable after images  and distortions 24/7. other substances like weed and stimulants make it stronger while i’m on them to where it becomes really uncomfortable or scary. the trip that caused this was bad because my girlfriend and i carelessly took 400ug each on a bad side of town (self explanatory).

anyway this wasn’t so bad the months following the original trip, i thought it was kind of cool. but for whatever reason since i moved cities the hppd scares me and can give me a sense of depersonalization. this may be because i ate an edible thinking it was a regular cookie and it basically wiped away my sense of reality, classic. also prob just the anxiety of moving. 

do any other people here have HPPD. does anyone know how to treat this or can give some advice? also just wanted to try a discussion about this on here since i haven’t seen anyone talking on this.

how does HPPD relate to truth and the mind? what does it reveal about the nature of psychedelics? 

[eggopm3]

I got a very mild case of it from excessive weed use. It went away when I stopped the weed though.

[Leo Gura]

You should search Reddit, I've seen a lot of folks there discuss HPPD. We haven't had much cases of it on this forum.

[Preety_India]

HPPD happened to me but just mild symptoms. This happened to me last year when I was on a trip with my boyfriend. 

It lasted long after the trips. I'd get flashbacks and perception changes. It almost felt real alterations in colors and shapes. 

But I went for a short therapy after that. And decreased the dose of the substance for a few months. 

Now it's much better and happens only rarely. 

One thing - when you are feeling it, you shouldn't be on SSRIs. 

 

 

[UNZARI]

@DefinitelyNotARobot it’s strange i think it relates to how anxious i am. when something makes me anxious, like too many people in a room or late to something or whatever my vision seems to go flat and everything looks like a colorful smudge. the feeling is indescribable and feels like my reality is just gonna disappear. i sometime wake up “tripping” thinking my field of vision is going to disappear. my guess is that HPPD is a form of PTSD 

[UNZARI]

@Leo Gura sweet i’ll do that. just curious, i think it was on a video or something you said after doing 5meo so much you started having trips before bed without taking it? do you still experience that or have had that before?