u/Woodnymph1312

Hi so there is this crazy shop completely stuffed with all kinds of party clothes but also has everything else you could think of from suitcases to home accessories etc 😄

It’s located in Friedrichshain I think on Kottbusser Damm, I don’t even know if it is on Google maps or even has a name but if it does, does someone know the name or adress? Wanted to recommend it to some friends, thank you!

So I got pretty manageable yet persistent HPPD for 10+ years now, I added a little breakdown of my “recovery” journey further down for those interested.

I’ve not taken any drugs for about 9ish years now and I’ve been on the journey to get an ADHD diagnosis for the last years and now got my first prescription meds (Elvanse / Lisdexamphetamine).

So I already know that it will most likely increase my HPPD symptoms since it increases brain activity, but my much bigger fear is that I take it once and it will lead to all of my symptoms getting much worse and even persist being worse even when I stopped. I know nobody can advise me what to do, but I’m just genuinely so scared and now I am overthinking if my ADHD symptoms are even worth the risk etc. I would start with the lowest possible dose of 10mg but idk honestly.

Even though my symptoms persisted, I still feel it got better and better the longer I stayed abstinent from drugs and now I’m just scared that I will have a fully blown relapse from just one pill.

How was that for other people? Did you feel like it only made your symptoms worse while the Meds were doing their thing and after they stopped, you went back to normal? Or did you experience an increase in your symptoms even after stopping the meds?

Looking for experiences from others, happy to read. Thank you!

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Here is a breakdown of my recovery journey, it doesn’t involve any supplements as I honestly do not believe there is anything out there that can cure HPPD (for me - but keep in mind everybody is different! Happy for those that took some and it helped!)

- basically a lot of of the advice from the sub here; stay absolutely away from any drugs (alcohol and caffeine works for me, but I can definitely tell a difference after I had a lot of coffee) - for me this is one of the most important pillars of the therapy. You need to get your neurotransmitters and receptors some rest.

- get enough high quality sleep (sleep deprivation makes my symptoms spike)

- of course working out and have a good nutrition is always beneficial but to be honest I didn’t feel like it made a lot of difference coming from a pretty healthy lifestyle already

- the most important one and the one thing that I changed that made the biggest impact on my HPPD in the last year: ACCEPTANCE and ignoring/living with it. I know this is nothing that you can change within a single day, you have to practice over and over again. Except that HPPD symptoms are there but don’t endanger you, stop being hyper aware of your body and your symptoms, stop analysing everything stop being scared of symptoms popping up. It is a part of us now. I’ve felt as soon as I let anxiety leave the chat more and more I started to relax and even though my symptoms clinically didn’t get better - 99% of the day I genuinely forget I have HPPD. I do want to mention though my HPPD symptoms are mostly visual (VSS, negative afterimages, seeing colourful spots here and there and rarely some DPDR (but honestly, DPDR I can recall I occasionally also got already when I was a child). Hope that helps! My DMs are open for related questions!