I’ve had visual snow since I can remember. I went to the eye doctor as a kid and they ran a bunch of tests which resulted in “it’s nothing”.
Dabbled in psychedelics pretty heavily in college. Think it was one bad trip that ended it for me. Dealt with some major anxiety for a couple years afterwards but eventually I went back to ‘normal’.
Visual snow never got worse, I did get “seeing stars” though which I never had prior to doing psychedelics.
Overall the conclusion I came to is that psychedelics are an absolute luxury in the US. If you can afford to break your brain and you think the risk is worth it go for it I guess?
Fortunately I was in college, had a job that was easy, and programming was an in depth enough experience that it made my anxiety go away while doing it.
Same here. I thought everyone saw snow (mostly in the dark). Its never bothered me though.
Also a similar experience with psychedelics in college, although it was actually smoking marijuana a week after a very intense trip that gave me the most terrifying night of my life. I had to have sedatives and suffered major anxiety for a couple of years afterwards.
I still don't regret taking them. I learned a lot about myself and had some amazingly beautiful experiences. But I wouldn't wish the final one on anyone.
> Visual snow never got worse, I did get “seeing stars” though which I never had prior to doing psychedelics.
Seeing stars can have other causes like the blood vessels in your eyes being messed up. You can get them from, for example, being too hungover or tired. Not saying it's that, but it could be totally unrelated.
Dabbled in psychedelics pretty heavily in college. Think it was one bad trip that ended it for me. Dealt with some major anxiety for a couple years afterwards but eventually I went back to ‘normal’.
Visual snow never got worse, I did get “seeing stars” though which I never had prior to doing psychedelics.
Overall the conclusion I came to is that psychedelics are an absolute luxury in the US. If you can afford to break your brain and you think the risk is worth it go for it I guess?
Fortunately I was in college, had a job that was easy, and programming was an in depth enough experience that it made my anxiety go away while doing it.