There is no cure for HPPD. The condition, triggered by the use of psychedelic drugs, has been described by sufferers as the 'trip that never ends'.
Hallucinogenic persistent perception disorder, or HPPD, is triggered by the use of psychedelic drugs.
"But to be honest we were in the dark as well until we started to do research of our own," Sheree said.Ms da Costa said she and Joey often talked about raising awareness about HPPD together."What we need to know is who it will affect. Are there markers for it?," she said.There are two types of HPPD: type 1 is characterised by brief "flashbacks"; type 2 sufferers experience chronic symptoms that can last months or a lifetime.
Jack said having HPPD was like constantly wearing 3D glasses or being inside a computer game with poor graphics. "When people take pills that are laced with rat poison … a bad batch goes around they put that all over the news, but there is nothing about psychedelics at all and what they can do to you."Madeleine Quigley's son Max has been living with HPPD for 11 years.Max developed HPPD after taking LSD at a dance party when he was 18."He's had depersonalisation … he had extreme anxiety, extreme depression, tinnitus, brain fog," she said.
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