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Light static after LSD, will it ever heal?? any personal experiences?

thenightwacth

thenightwacth

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A little over a month ago I tried LSD for the first time. It was only one tap, which pretty much sums up my entire drug history aside from the occasional smoke. I have developed what I believe to be mild HPPD; it has mostly cleared out in exception of the light static (or mild visual snow) I have been under abstinence from weed, and of course LSD or any other psychedelics have been out the question(will not be tried again). Has anyone healed completely from this? or is this something permanent? I'm really concerned with this, however I'm keeping a positive, mind, drinking a lot of water, and working out. I can't help but to wonder if the static is something permanent... please give me your best advice, because I really need it. Do I need to discontinue alcohol too? Anything that could help me fully recover would be well appreciated. I would be grateful for guidance.:?
 
Hey watch.. welcome to BL<3 IMO you will heal fully. I made it back completely from affects greater then this... but on a side note.. what negative are these things doing to you? My intention is not to make lite of this at all.. but why is this such a bad thing?
 
If some other symptoms have already vanished it can be somewhat a sign this one will be too. Can't be sure.

Are you sure the static wasn't here before ? If I pay attention to my static, they appear stronger than they have ever been (and Ive them since birth).
One time in my life for example I got paranoid about tinnitus, I thought I was having develloped tinnitus, but it was the tinnitus I have had all my life that I heard 1000 time louder because of paranoia.

In all honesty, I feel that developping light static is not that serious problem. Ive developed many stuff like from dizziness, anxiety to severe perceptual disorder like depersonalization from drugs (hopefully they have all subsided), and I can say that a bit more or less grain in eyes will not kill anyone lol.
I fully understand that when it happen the first time, you can be really aggravated because of the very idea of having made something permanent from an idiot decision.

How was the trip ?
which symptoms cleared out ?

Idk if alcohol would really change anything, perhaps there is some poll on HPPDonline about that.
stopping weed : good choice, it's generally considered as a trigger
no psychedelic : try at least to avoid 5ht2A psychedelics
 
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i had visual static for a long time. just quit paying attention to it. i think its slightly present in all humans (drug usage or not), but how much you notice it depends on how much you pay attention to it.
 
Thank you for the reply never, the worst thing is the guilt and the anxiety. The feeling that I'm not normal anymore. Those feelings are not as strong as in the begining . I also have a couple of floaters, but I heard those are completely normal.

The trip wasn't exactly bad, just my two friends and I hanging around town. I didn't freaked out but I did realized that psychedelics are not for me. The symptoms that have cleared out are small hallucinations like wall breathing They were present for like 2 weeks. I don't have it anymore. Stopping the use of psychedelics won't be a problem, I will miss weed a little bit. I haven't dare to drink alcohol because I don't know if it will do good or bad.
 
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The fact that the symptoms are getting better is a really great sign. I think you are making the correct choice in determining that psychedelics aren't for you. I am also glad that you are likely to get out of this scott free and are likely to have little or no lasting effects. Please keep us informed about your progress. I would encourage healthy sleep and exercise habits to try and promote recovery.
 
Thanks for the support guys. I will live a healthy lifestyle and pray for the best. I already did worked out regularly, will need to improve sleep, and take my Omega 3. I'm thankful for every reply and encouragement.
 
There is a chance that what I'm experience is over-awareness that is built up by the anxiety. The difficult part is how to diminish it...perhaps with time.
 
Trust me, you're paying too much attention. The only problem I've had were minor flashbacks occasionally when I'm smoking or running a couple miles. If anything your senses have increased a little, that could be why you're hearing this static.
 
Is not hearing, is seeing. It's like a light form of visual snow...I'm very positive is anxiety driven. Only time will tell...thanks for answering.
 
You will be OK. Visual static or "visual noise" as it's called is normal and even people who are sober who have never taken LSD or any sort of psychedelic see it. Also if you are seeing what are called floaters and flashers by optometrists those are also normal.

In the mean time relax, and quit using all drugs for at least half a year if you use them.
 
The majority of these experiances that people classify as "flashback" or lasting effects of acid (well past a reasonable working action) i belive it has more to do with the first or profound psychadelic experiance where they see these things around them that they simply havent noticed, and usualy with great detail and focus (thanks drugs). Now once the substance wares off, that realization is still there, you still noticed something you probably never paid any attention to before. Its not my intention to be insensitive to your situation but i truely belive that you overplay the severity of taking this substance (quite safe actualy, you picked one of the better drugs) and your more "Mind Fucking" yourself rather then the drug having any lasting effects on your body.

It will all pass in time, regardless.
Relax and <don't encourage drug use>
 
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I suggest simply to talk honestly with yourself for seeing if this visual snow/visual disturbance was present or not before your HPPD.
It's quite simple, the two possibilities exists : that you got vs, that you notice it more due to anxiety.

In my case, for example, my tinnitus was anxiety driven (I'm 100% confident I was having it forever - I just paid attention to it at a particular time due to anxiety neurosis cause->effects lol), while I have noticed an aggravation of my vs wich is not really due to anxiety (wich I'm not even sure is related to drugs.... This vs don't annoy me personnally).

and, after that, I understand it's really annoying especially if it's the first time you got a drugs induced problem, but you need to learn to move on, it's okay you don't have full blown super-annoying HPPD from wich you can't even read ! And I don't say that in order to downplay symptoms or to be hard, I say that because I've experienced the stuff and I know that after all life is more important than concentrating on symptoms wich make you blind about it.
 
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I suggest experimenting with the snow. Look at it across many conditions... in the daytime, in the dark. Look at it around people. Does it change? Does it always stay the same? Is there a difference between the static around a living thing and an inanimate object? That's all I'll say.

It might go away or it might not ever. In the mean time you might as well experiment with it.
 
The static has reduced lately and so have the floaters. I'm very sure that the anxiety and over- awareness was caused by mild hppd. Have in mind that I also had walls breathing and lasting effects for two weeks. It has gotten better, the more I ignore the symptoms the better, but this is real guys. LSD can be dangerous to a certain kind of people, and sadly one of those people is me. If the visual noise was there before I never noticed...It will soon be 2 months and I don't feel entirely right, but I do feel better each week.
 
^I'm glad to hear this. I would have suggested to you that this would happen (the symptoms subsiding, that is).

Same ordeal happened to me earlier on in my drug-using career. I recall the first time I tripped on anything (mushrooms), I had lingering visual disturbances for a few days, but back then (I think I was like sixteen) I thought it was really cool. *sigh* ...youth 8)

But later on, when I had done a vast number of other psychedelic drugs, I developed what I considered to be full-blown HPPD. I took a *long* siesta from any psychedelic drug abuse (we're talking about three years) and, with the advent of time - as with all things - the symptoms ceased to persist. I coupled my abstinence from the drugs with a healthier diet but, IME more importantly, I completely revamped my sleep schedule. It's an absolute wonder what proper sleep does for my experience of living in this real world, in this life.

To be fair, I've slipped since then. I have a very erratic sleep schedule now, due to shift work. But, man, if I could get back to having a steady schedule, some shit might start falling into place in my life, even!
Never thought I'd be saying that back when I was in college, lol.

~ Vaya
 
Vaya
It's great to hear from someone who has gone through this before. Lately i've noticed halos around lights at night, lights such as traffic lights, but the worst symptom it would have to be floaters, since the visual snow has become less apparent lately. There are so many questions I would like to ask you! I'm not a bluelighter and sadly I can't PM you. What symptoms did you had? What made it better for you? I'm trying to be strong with all of these, I don't want to worry my family or friends; I'm trying to continue my life as I was previously doing, but sincerely I'm worried...I can't help but to feel slightly depressed and anxious, I don't want this mistake to haunt me for the rest of my life. I can't help but to think "why me?" I never abused drugs, only tried LSD once thinking it was completely safe with a low dose.

Even when I experience recovery, I read online about people with permanent issues and it brings me down. I don't know what to expect, I'm afraid to drink a beer with my friends while playing poker, or to drink a soda because many claim that caffeine can be bad. You seemed like you recovered...how did you? Does it affect you life today in any ways? If you could tell me about your experience I would be very grateful.

Thanks
 
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Thank you for the reply never, the worst thing is the guilt and the anxiety. The feeling that I'm not normal anymore. Those feelings are not as strong as in the begining . I also have a couple of floaters, but I heard those are completely normal.

The trip wasn't exactly bad, just my two friends and I hanging around town. I didn't freaked out but I did realized that psychedelics are not for me. The symptoms that have cleared out are small hallucinations like wall breathing They were present for like 2 weeks. I don't have it anymore. Stopping the use of psychedelics won't be a problem, I will miss weed a little bit. I haven't dare to drink alcohol because I don't know if it will do good or bad.
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It's weird that you get such mental effects from HPPD but I guess it's weird that if I get my HPPD increased, I'm in a better mood 24/7 happier and calmer(dat serotonin activity <3). Anyways when I was in a group home as a youth, I was forced to go for about 8 months without any psychoactives whatsoever with the exception of melatonin(to get sleep at night), my HPPD was clearing up little by little tell it was gone completely. After getting out of the group home I started smoking pot and drinking coffee again which started the HPPD all over. Quite a wide variety of drugs can cause HPPD but the ones that cause it the most in my experience are cannabinoids and psychedelics. The best way I found to get rid of it if you desire that is abstinence.
 
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