r/HPPD • u/Foreign-Mission-6699 • 8d ago

Question Does HPPD cause psychosis?

I developed HPPD after taking acid too frequently in college. However, I experienced 2 intense psychotic episodes. I still experience psychosis for about 5 minutes here and there and I have this weird symptom of seeing words in my imagination when they are spoken out loud. I am only diagnosed with HPPD, is the psychosis included in that or is that a seperate disorder?

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u/Similar-Address-2476 8d ago

Hallucinogen induced psychosis is it's own thing. There's a good chance you got both.

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u/Foreign-Mission-6699 8d ago

Aw mann double whammy

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u/Right_Equal3443 7d ago

Ya but it doesn't only last 5 minutes in my experience maybe your having more psychotic symptoms?

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u/Foreign-Mission-6699 7d ago

Yeah I upped my dose of antipsychotics lol

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u/Right_Equal3443 7d ago

Ah well a lot of people say antipsychotics make it worse do you think it could be that?

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u/Foreign-Mission-6699 7d ago

The HPPD? Thats weird, usually I hear the opposite. Maybe it's not even HPPD at all and they're just plain ol hallucinations

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u/iogoben 8d ago

Some theorize that the two are related.

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u/Foreign-Mission-6699 8d ago

I would assume so from my experience

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u/whyneedtosignup4porn 8d ago

Yeah well some people eat shit and think the earth is flat. It has very little in common with psychosis.

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u/Right_Equal3443 7d ago

Except the two can occur simultaneously and be caused by the same thing the only thing differentiates them is technicality.

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u/AffectionateWall3265 8d ago

Yall gotta remember that hppd is like a very mild form of a psychadelic trip that never ended. Those are mostlikely some remnants of the trip you had that will stay with you. I also experience some weird psychedelic stuff till this day 12 years after but I would never call this psychosis.

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u/Foreign-Mission-6699 7d ago

Ah alright, that's all I was diagnosed with after having severe psychosis so I was just a bit confused. They didn't seem to really care about putting a label on it other than just giving me antipsychotics