Long-term Perceptual Disorder (hppd)

After taking Acid a few times I started to realize that even weeks after my trip my vision was never quite the same, i would see minor hallucinations and beams of light and shit all the time.

has anyone else heard or experienced this?

After a retarded amount of rollin' and shroomin', and a few LSD trips, all I notice in sober life that never goes away is shit at night like car lights and street lights looking, lets say, much more attractive? And the big blue halo that never goes away.

when was the last time you took it, and for how long have you been doing it?. i think its cos of the exp. you had.saw the lite so to speak.

I see the light!

SuperDaveJr712 said:

After a retarded amount of rollin' and shroomin', and a few LSD trips, all I notice in sober life that never goes away is shit at night like car lights and street lights looking, lets say, much more attractive? And the big blue halo that never goes away.

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So..would you say this is a bad thing?
Or do you not mind it?

ivebeencanceled said:

SuperDaveJr712 said:

After a retarded amount of rollin' and shroomin', and a few LSD trips, all I notice in sober life that never goes away is shit at night like car lights and street lights looking, lets say, much more attractive? And the big blue halo that never goes away.

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So..would you say this is a bad thing?
Or do you not mind it?

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Its a Good Thing! hahaha i dont roll any more much, but trippin acid has add a new way to look at shit. and it feels like its always there a little bit.

HPPD is a pretty weird subject. We still do not know that much about it. Mostly i think about it in terms of PTSD.


Diagnostic criteria for HPPD from the DSM IV.

Hallucinogen Persisting Perception Disorder

Diagnostic Code: 292.89

The essential feature of Hallucinogen Persisting Perception Disorder (Flashbacks) is the transient recurrence of disturbances in perception that are reminiscent of those experienced during one or more earlier Hallucinogen Intoxications. The person must have had no recent Hallucinogen Intoxication and must show no current drug toxicity (Criterion A). This re-experiencing of perceptual symptoms causes clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning (Criterion B). The symptoms are not due to a general medical condition (e.g., anatomical lesions and infections of the brain or visual epilepsies) and are not better accounted for by another mental disorder (e.g., delirium, dementia, or Schizophrenia) or by hypnopompic hallucinations (Criterion C). The perceptual disturbances may include geometric forms, peripheral field images, flashes of color, intensified colors, trailing images (images left suspended in the path of a moving object as seen in stroboscopic photography), perceptions of entire objects, afterimages (a same-colored or complementary-colored "shadow" of an object remaining after the removal of the object), halos around objects, macropsia, and micropsia. The abnormal perceptions that are associated with Hallucinogen Persisting Perception Disorder occur episodically and may be self-induced (e.g., by thinking about them) or triggered by entry into a dark environment, various drugs, anxiety or fatigue or other stressors. The episodes may abate after several months, but many persons report persisting episodes for 5 years or longer. Reality testing remains intact (i.e., the person realizes that the perception is a drug effect and does not represent external reality). In contrast, if the person has a delusional interpretation concerning the etiology of the perceptual disturbance, the appropriate diagnosis would be Psychotic Disorder Not Otherwise Specified.

Diagnostic criteria for Hallucinogen Persisting Perception Disorder

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   [*]The re-experiencing, following cessation of use of a hallucinogen, of one or more of the perceptual symptoms that were experienced while intoxicated with the hallucinogen (e.g., geometric hallucinations, false perceptions of movement in the peripheral visual fields, flashes of colors, intensified colors, trails of images of moving objects, positive afterimages, halos around objects, macropsia, and micropsia.
   [*]The symptoms in Criterion A cause clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning.
   [*]The symptoms are not due to a general medical condition (e.g., anatomical lesions and infections of the brain, visual epilepsies) and are not better accounted for another mental disorder (e.g., delirium, dementia, Schizophrenia) or hypnopompic hallucinations.

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Erowid HPPD vault.
Erowid Psychoactive Vaults : Health : HPPD FAQ (Hallucinogen Persisting Perceptual Disorder)

It's a constant reminder for me of how much ridiculous fun I've had.
But I also wouldn't mind knowing what it's like to see a normal streetlight too.
It's pretty cool all in all.

i was chillin with 2 of my homies who took 2 dosed out hits and it was trippin me out just watchn them and hearin the shit they were talking about, i didnt drop but i had a gang of dank so i wasnt tripin.but we were chillin on my porch and he was like damn the grill of that truck is straight melting and shit like that o yea and when i was trying to spark a J he said that the light illuminated half of my face and apparently i looked like michael myres.after doing it once myself i ahvent had any after effects buti have from other shit, but moslty feeling like seperated from reality 24/7.

My hppd is pretty intense, I have everysingle one of the symtoms and they pretty much annoy the fuck out of me. I see flashing 'geometric' rainbow colors and my white walls at this present moment look like they are the surface of the ocean (wave like patterns).
Its fucking shit I kinda wish it would go away. Havent taken Acid for 6 months now.

Wow thats crazy so you are like stuck tripping I could see how that could be a bad thing

boatrowe said:

Wow thats crazy so you are like stuck tripping I could see how that could be a bad thing

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and when I smoke weed the effects get far more intense.
I even see those fucking hallucinations at school when I look at the wall.
theres also no treatment that works for it. Meh

I have done acid a few times never in large doses but man that would suck I do see trails every once in a while but that was from other shit i did way before acid when I was younger I was dumb and did coriciden a for a long time never taking even a day off and that really fucked me up i think that shit is bad

I have had acid a few times. Never really had a problem like those that have been described. Would really suck for it to be continuous. I could enjoy the street light thing though

yeah if it was just a minor thing it would be cool but to see dragons flying around or something it would kinda suck lol

sum0 said:

and when I smoke weed the effects get far more intense.
I even see those fucking hallucinations at school when I look at the wall.
theres also no treatment that works for it. Meh

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Holy fuck that=me.