moondust,are you sure you are seeing visual shape distortions?Most people experience floaters when tired or under stress,or if the daylight is too strong.They are harmless,and not disruptive.I'd be surprised if you were seeing colour distortions and visuals if you never did drugs especially hallucogens.People with dp/dr also seem to be subject to vivid imagination,creativity,flights of fancy,even hypochondria,and may be heavily influenced by something interesting or new that we read.Thats where the internet is both a blessing and a curse.You may have got new insights into dp/dr through the internet,but also be adding on new symptoms onto your own ones,convincing yourself that you suffer these as well.When diagnosed with major depression,I was unsatisfied with the diagnosis and thru the information online,I began to self diagnose.I was schizophrenic,had ocd,was dissociative.Then I had split personality disorder.I now see the error of my ways.I had dp/dr brought on by massive depression.Its 100 times more useful to simplify and accept rather than specify new symptoms.How are you coping?How disturbing is your dp/dr?Are the visuals very intrusive or do you notice them in passing?
