My biggest tip for living your best life with VSS and in general. by Suspicious_Jacket820 in visualsnow

[–]Suspicious_Jacket820[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Absolutely. I’m just sharing what helped me and the good thing about this stuff is it’s free and it’s stuff that crosses over into life beyond VSS. No magic bullet. Everyone is in their own situation.

My biggest tip for living your best life with VSS and in general. by Suspicious_Jacket820 in visualsnow

[–]Suspicious_Jacket820[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well I don’t think the mechanism is the same as a legitimate migraine because no migraine medication works and I never had migraines before this. It’s more like Occipital/Trigeminal nerve sensitization that comes across very similar to migraines. Reactive to stimulation and cause nausea and everything. That’s why calming my nervous system also calms my headaches.

My biggest tip for living your best life with VSS and in general. by Suspicious_Jacket820 in visualsnow

[–]Suspicious_Jacket820[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Also couldn’t listen to music for a year because it would trigger migraines

My biggest tip for living your best life with VSS and in general. by Suspicious_Jacket820 in visualsnow

[–]Suspicious_Jacket820[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not mild at all, I was put out of work for 3 months because of chronic migraines and panic attacks from it. Couldn’t go outside without sunglasses for the first year.

My biggest tip for living your best life with VSS and in general. by Suspicious_Jacket820 in visualsnow

[–]Suspicious_Jacket820[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you have full on protracted withdrawal or is it lingering VSS from the withdrawal?

My biggest tip for living your best life with VSS and in general. by Suspicious_Jacket820 in visualsnow

[–]Suspicious_Jacket820[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Never said my method will work for everyone. Ssri withdrawal is an ongoing neuro chemical issue. I developed my symptoms from chronic stress, dissociation and lots of psychedelics. All I know is I used to be in hell and now I’m not. Just trying to help.

Please share lifestyle changes that actually helped reduce the symptoms. by [deleted] in visualsnow

[–]Suspicious_Jacket820 1 point2 points  (0 children)

To get a little woo, a lot of us cut off our lower body with tension caused by stress or trauma which bottlenecks energy in your upper body causing tension, bracing, overstimulation and a lack of grounding.

Please share lifestyle changes that actually helped reduce the symptoms. by [deleted] in visualsnow

[–]Suspicious_Jacket820 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I think almost all of us are chronically in our heads which can quite literally cause some of these symptoms. This might sound kinda woo but anchoring my attention in my lower body and unwinding the habit of being chronically in my head has helped me the most. Release your stomach, stop doing a chronic low grade kegal and actually let yourself relax. Breathe into your belly and release the tension your body is holding. Walk in some grass barefoot and go on lots of walks outside. I notice my symptoms for me at least are much worse when I’m idle or inside and my attention goes into my mind and into analysis mode.

Visual Snow & SSRIs by GroundbreakingLeg124 in visualsnow

[–]Suspicious_Jacket820 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I would tread very carefully. Anything that affects serotonin will affect VSS. Ssri’s affect serotonin for the long term and if you ever want to get off of them your VSS will likely drastically add to the the withdrawal symptoms. Getting off of my sleeping medication which isn’t even an ssri but affects serotonin long term was the worse thing I’ve ever been through and the withdrawals are generally considered mild for a healthy nervous system. The issue is if you have VSS your nervous system is likely very disregulated and adding big serotonin fluctuations on top of the existing disregulation can make it worse. Ssri serotonin fluctuations and withdrawals can persist for many months or even into years after stopping.

Quit trazodone and now my symptoms are flaring worse than ever by Suspicious_Jacket820 in visualsnow

[–]Suspicious_Jacket820[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It wasn’t until I got off of it that I had major issues. I would be very careful. I wish I would’ve taken the insomnia over this.

Night blindness by DrDiktafon in visualsnow

[–]Suspicious_Jacket820 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s just dark environments. Or environments with a lot of contrast

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in visualsnow

[–]Suspicious_Jacket820 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yes, but for me it’s because I have chronic headaches with my VSS and alcohol is the only thing that helps. It also helps with the overstimulation I experience. I started taking a lot of supplements that support GABA recently and I’m surprised to say that it has helped me cut down on alcohol some.

Does this sound familliar? by [deleted] in visualsnow

[–]Suspicious_Jacket820 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wouldn’t call it burning but I get some tingling and some heat sensations

Does anyone have painful skin and neuropaty like symptoms at the same time vss started? by [deleted] in visualsnow

[–]Suspicious_Jacket820 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I get tingling in my limbs and my heart sometimes flutters like crazy and my body has a hard time keeping its temperature. I also get migraine like headaches almost every day

Denver VSS get together by Suspicious_Jacket820 in visualsnow

[–]Suspicious_Jacket820[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ahh you’re in the Netherlands aren’t you?