LSD & visual disturbances

[bonsaikitten]

Two days after dosing, I can still see tracers and colors still seem more vibrant. The tracers are only very mildly irritating (and distracting in conversation as I tend to use a lot of hand gestures) and I was just wondering if/when I can expect them to wear off? Do others who use psychedelics have similar symptoms and do they worsen with continued use, or wane with abstinence? My only concern is that it could begin like this and gradually snowball into something like HPPD. Any insight is appreciated...

 

[Shambles]

Obvious question, but are you sure it was LSD? Cos still having visuals after two days would seem unusual after taking acid to me. It is possible that a degree of HPPD may be involved but I have never experienced it myself and will leave that possibility to others to discuss.

 

[Black]

it will most likely become less over the next few weeks. tripping is likely to make the tracers worse, but it can also have no effect and (unlikely but possible) make it better. i've had one trip that eliminated most of my visual disturbances.
i have permanent tracers from using lsd, but they aren't very pronounced and i hardly notice them anymore (and when i do i find them pleasant...).

 

[cegli]

It's a crap-shoot for the most part. For me, some residual visuals lower with time, and some don't. My mild trails have stayed with me over almost a year break now. Every time I've taken 2C-I, I've gotten lasting visual distortions (flowery patterns / spiderweb looking things) that have slowly been fading over 18 months. Taking 2C-C, DOM, etc later did not increase them. I have visual snow, and auras around lights, increased floaters that don't seem to be fading in the past year as well. These appeared all of a sudden, after many trips that didn't change my vision.

So it was basically random. Some things fade, some don't (so far). Everyone's different. Sometimes you get some lasting visuals, and you take more psychs and nothing changes, then 20 trips later another visual change occurs.