pmoseman
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Oh yes, back to the original topic, sorry for going a little too deep into the triangles... always in training .Hello ladies and gents,
Hi Im brand new around here but have been a long time lurker and feel that this is a great sight to get information. Anyway Ive been using psychedelcis for 18 years roughly, with a four year gap due to a horrific LSD experience on 500ug-700ug. This trip lead to some sort of PTSD, HPPD and DP/DR. That trip definitely scarred me for life and changed me forever. In some ways the changes were for the better but the horror I experienced was traumatic and there are were definitely some long lasting negative effects. This happened when I was 16 and caused me to cease all drug use with the exception of alcohol. Four years later I decided to try a light psilocybin trip, which seemed to release me from the anxiety I had been living with since the bad experience. This lead to many trips on mushrooms and one or two more LSD trips. I also played with mescaline cacti a handful of times.
Recently I ended up trying 25c-nbome which resulted in a pretty bad psychotic reaction, which I successfully aborted with 1mg alprazolam. However, the trip on this nbome was initially very enjoyable. This was followed up by a few more fun and relatively low dose LSD experiences. Now I must say that one of or both 25c and LSD seemed to have exacerbated my HPPD symptoms. I have tripped on mushrooms many times before this with no problems. Now Im not saying that my vision is like Im peaking on an acid trip but its definitely slightly annoying and distracting at times. I have verified with one other fellow who suffers from HPPD and still uses psychsedelics, that tryptamines, or more specifically psilocybin has never made his vision noticeably worse but phenethylamines and LSD especially have.
Ive tried asking this question on other forums with zero results, but from what I have seen Bluelight is at the top echelon regarding substances and I feel that I will receive some great and realistic advice here. Bottom line , Im willing to live with the level of HPPD that I have but I don't know if I could handle live in a full blown acid world. Im also a bit concerned about the possibility of cognitive damage from psychedelic use. It seems as though theres very little to support the claim that psychedelics cause cognitive damage but I have noticed a change in the way I tghink , for the better; I am far more creative post LSD use. What I would like out of this post is to know if I should cease psychedelic use all together.
Does anyone out there have HPPD that can be compared to a full blown trip? Ive noticed that all the HPPD cases I know of is fairly mild visual disturbances but many of the individuals suffer from massive anxiety and depression co-morbidly .
So in the spirit of harm reduction, DO any of you guys out there have any info regarding this? Some anecdotal experiences or even semi researched info? Thank you so much.
Comments are closed on LINK Dr. Abraham's website but I think it might have some information that would interest you.