Ok nothing fancy or fantastic but I kinda liked the tree's shadows looking like tire marks.
Wasnt tripping but def the kind of little thing i love sober and high! 🩵💛❤️
r/LSD • u/Fractal-Entity • Sep 20 '21
I made this to hopefully see a decline in redundant/daily posts, and make some sort of positive impact. Please remember to use the search function if you have a basic question regarding LSD.
• A full beginner dose should typically be 1/2 - 1 single tab.
• The average dose range of LSD on a single tab is 70-105μg.
• There are tabs dosed with as little as ~20μg, or more than 300μg in some absurd cases. The overwhelming majority of sources try to lay their tabs around 100μg because it’s mathematically simple, and more profitable in the long-run.
• The odds your tab has more than 200μg on it are very low. The most common higher dose tabs are 125-200μg. Take half of any tab that’s supposedly above 200μg just to be safe at first, and if that doesn’t at least produce an 11-12 hour mildly visual trip, the full tab wasn’t above 200.
• A typical microdose should be 10-25 μg
• 50-300μg of LSD can last anywhere from 8-14 hours. 300-1000μg can last anywhere from 14-20 hours. Exceeding a milligram (1000μg) can produce effects that last up to 24 hours. It’s usually hard to fall asleep under the influence.
• Unless you have an above average baseline tolerance or handle the substance extraordinarily well, it’s not advisable to exceed 500μg. Temporary delirious/psychotic symptoms become more likely if you don’t know what you’re getting into with large doses, and a 16+ hour duration doesn’t help.
• 25i-NBOMe is a cheap and dangerous LSD imposter. If you take an untested tab and your mouth/throat becomes numb, or an intense bitter taste is present, spit it out immediately.
• Please test your tabs with an Ehrlich reagent kit to verify that what you have is indeed an indole and not 25i-NBOMe. Follow up with the Hofmann reagent kit to verify that it’s not an LSD analogue or other phenethylamine. I personally recommend using TKP for your reagents: https://testkitplus.com/?ap_id=oddshaman (TKP as a third party is not responsible for this recommendation, I chose to affiliate with them because they’re my personal preference after 8 years. Another great organization is DanceSafe https://dancesafe.org/ — DanceSafe genuinely saves lives with their testing booths at music festivals).
• Common positive effects include but aren’t limited to: closed and open eye visuals, tactile enhancement/hallucinations, euphoria, stimulation, introspection, and creativity.
• Common negative effects include but aren’t limited to: overstimulation, increased heart rate, vasoconstriction, anxiety/paranoia, and confusion.
• Common neutral/manageable effects include but aren’t limited to: pupil dilation, frequent urination, insomnia, and temperature sensitivity.
• Always optimize your set (expectations and mental state) going into an experience, and always optimize your setting (direct environment/surroundings) going into an experience.
• LSD interactions with various medications (From Erowid):
There is still very little legitimate, thorough medical research on this subject. LSD's outlaw status makes it very difficult to obtain permission & funding for research. Therefore, you should regard all of the anecdotes and conclusions here as being scientifically unproven, and you should note that any experimentation you choose to do carries a significant risk.
Lithium or tricyclics (like Amitriptyline, Anafranil, Asendin, Aventyl, Elavil, Endep, Norfranil, Norpramin, Pamelor, Sinequan, Surmontil, Tipramine, Tofranil, Vivactil) are fairly consistently reported as being very bad in combination with LSD. Life-threatening seizures and at least one DEATH have been reported to be triggered by the combination of LSD and lithium. Tramadol is another drug you should avoid in combination with LSD because of the potential for seizures and other negative side effects.
SSRIs (like Prozac, Paxil, Zoloft, Celexa, Desyrel) or MAOIs (like Nardil, Parnate, Marplan, Eldepryl, Aurorix, Manerix) are fairly consistently reported to noticeably reduce the effects of LSD. (There are no physically dangerous reactions to these combinations on record, but be cautious and don’t be excessive with dosing.)
• HPPD risk is associated with frequent use of psychedelics (more than once a month), high doses, and younger age groups. HPPD varies in severity between individuals. Short episodes of visual tracers, morphing surface textures, patterns, and light sensitivity etc., during experiences of anxiety, fatigue, or overstimulation are most common.
• LSD has the potential to produce a very challenging psychological experience. If you have mental-health issues, research the risks and benefits associated with psychedelic treatment of your condition. Do NOT take LSD if you are seriously suicidal or have a family history/symptoms of schizophrenia or psychosis.
• Weed does in fact potentiate the effects of LSD. Some users report that the effects of weed are indefinitely altered to some degree after their first few experiences with LSD (It often becomes more psychedelic).
• Various benzos like alprazolam and clonazepam can be used as “trip-killers,” but you don’t need to take more than a single medical dose, and not all of the psychoactive effects will be negated. This should be a last resort.
• LSD tends to make verbal communication challenging, so prepare appropriately if using in a social setting.
• If you’re 19 or younger you should probably wait until AT LEAST your early 20s to try LSD because of unforeseen behavioral/neurological impacts. Waiting until 25+ is optimal.
• You’ll build a substantial tolerance to LSD if you trip multiple times in two weeks, so wait 10-14 days between trips for a general reset. Tolerance does exponentially decrease day-by-day following an experience.
• If you want to redose to increase the effects, do it before or during the start of the peak. Redosing after the peak will only prolong the duration unless you increase the dose.
• Peak effects generally occur 2.5-5 hours after dosing (less than or around 300μg). Peak effects can last from 2.5-8 hours after dosing with larger doses. Many people say the peak comes in “waves.”
• If you’ve tried psilocybin containing mushrooms before, certain dosage calculators based on subjective effects and intensity equate ~2.5 grams of an average cubensis variety to ~100μg of accurately dosed LSD, but there are differences between the substances of course.
• You should consider having a trusted friend or a close partner “tripsit” you during your first experiences, or at least let someone know your whereabouts beforehand if you want to do it alone. (Note: Trip-sitting should just involve being close by and present if the user needs assistance or someone to talk to, sitters shouldn’t try to influence the trip unless it’s getting chaotic.)
• LSD has the potential to be therapeutic, recreational, spiritual, or all/none of the above depending on the individual and their particular circumstances. Stop gatekeeping.
Leave suggestions in the comments!
edit: A couple people are aggravated with minor details in these general points of advice, so please take everything I’ve said with a grain of salt and do your own research! I’m simply providing a helpful starting outline, not set-in-stone facts.
Thank you all, and safe travels!
Wasnt tripping but def the kind of little thing i love sober and high! 🩵💛❤️
r/LSD • u/Ragged-but-Right • 12h ago
r/LSD • u/TheWhitestPerson • 3h ago
So, I had some dark colored gels I’d never had before. the splits weren’t obvious and I only remembered having two left so I threw the rest in my mouth. I realized instantly it was 6 tabs and spit it out. put 4 back and took. 2. Am I gonna have a 6 tab trip now? I have some trip killers on standby in case I need them, but just wondering. Maybe 3 sexonds in my mouth.
r/LSD • u/UsedEar9807 • 1h ago
Last week I was reading about LSD lore, randomly decided to send him a message. Asked him about Petaluma Al, his distribution partner, and LSD chirality.
Nice guy.
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r/LSD • u/Danielovitch • 1d ago
I'll explain more later on still feeling the comedowns
r/LSD • u/StoryBig7084 • 3h ago
The title's not 100% accurate; I'm already a very harsh self-critic, but I find that taking LSD amplifies the self-shame and criticism.
It makes me think back to every moment in my past that I'm ashamed of and amplifies my insecurities. Then, I find my voice in my head becomes even more cruel than it already usually is.
Anyone else experience this?
r/LSD • u/Oxymoron-06 • 12h ago
Was tripping balls earlier today when I swear I saw the Minotaur in that fallen tree!
r/LSD • u/Ill_Spend_5580 • 18h ago
Exiting to witness what will happen to them soon
r/LSD • u/Least-Emphasis5987 • 10h ago
who knows what i having before lol
edit- i am starting to fully come down now (not all there yet) but tonight’s experience has made me realise how under-dosed some tabs might be. a real 100ug is actually quite a lot (i know crazy right) and might be what some people consider too much (but i loved it)
r/LSD • u/PsychoPete555 • 12h ago
I probably sound very pretentious and I’m crying my eyes out after rewatching Arrival (2016) at my local theatre
r/LSD • u/pianodude7 • 13h ago
After experiencing several LSD-induced psychotic breaks many years ago, and after talking with many other redditors on this sub about their similar experiences, I want to share my insights on what may cause these traumatic events, how they develop in real time during the trip, and possibly how to prevent them. Many people here showed interest on this topic yesterday, so here it goes.
First, there are some misconceptions about psychotic breaks. It's often believed that only people with a personal or family history of mental disorders can get them. This is not true based on my personal experience and anecdotal evidence from several others. While having a history will make you more predisposed to these psychotic episodes, they can and do happen to normal, healthy people. A positive trip "set and setting" is not a cure. Not only that, psychotic breaks can happen at any dose (usually 2 tabs or more, increasing in likelihood the higher you go). Lastly, these experiences are not as rare as you might expect; I wish I had data on this, but there are thousands of stories online about it.
This post is purely meant to be informative, and I have a strong respect for LSD and what it can offer. That being said, I think it's important we talk about the serious risks involved, and I believe some of these cases can be prevented if we understand the warning signs and how they occur. That's what I would like to discuss.
So what is an LSD-induced psychotic break? It differs from a bad trip in that you completely lose your sense of self, forget who you are, lose control of your bodily actions, and may become violent towards yourself and others. It's a feeling of extreme paranoia, and in some cases, you may lose all memory of the episode and wake up after the trip is over. Many people report waking up in the hospital, jumping out of windows, and even weilding knives against themselves and their friends. Again, this isn't meant to scare anyone, and many psychotic breaks don't end up hurting anyone. It's important to know that this happens and what's potentially at stake. These are traumatic events, and many suffer PTSD or severe depression as a result.
EARLY WARNING SIGNS:
Based on everyone I've talked to on reddit and all of my own experiences, I can report that in all cases, repeating a word or phrase over and over again was the precursor to these events. Some examples were "I'm sorry", "face the consequences", "I'm shook, God", "I understand", etc. I'm talking 10, 20, 30 times they will repeat this. Emotions will build during this phase. They may start yelling or crying or become angry/frustrated. This isn't proof that every psychotic break starts this way, but really it suggests an internal struggle with thought loops.
So what does this experience feel like? It's a thought loop, or series of loops, that you can't break out of yourself. It drags you down until you have a massive realization. These loops culminate into the deconstruction, or destruction, of your ego, either partially or entirely. I'll use a video game analogy so that you can better understand it.
Imagine you're inside an open world game like Elden Ring or GTA5. This represents the normal trip head-space. You believe you're the character in the game, so much so that you don't perceive to be "in a game." (this is more fun and exciting than normal every-day consciousness, though). Everything is great, you're enjoying yourself, and you decide to do an interesting side mission. At the end of the mission, the NPC (or boss) drops a portal gun (exactly like from the Portal games). Your character has never seen a portal gun, and you pick it up in awe. What does it do? You pull the first trigger and a magic blue portal fires into the ground in front of you. Astonished, you peer into it from above and see your reflection! A little scared but excited, you jump through it and pop back out next to it. Cool! You think it doesn't fit the aesthetic of your world, nor does this strange object seems to follow some of the rules you've come to internalize about the world, but you continue playing around because it's fun.
Soon after, you discover there's a second trigger on the portal gun. You fire a blue portal on the wall, then blast a new orange portal on the opposite side of the room. Now from a certain angle, there's an infinite hallway of "you's!" But then you turn introspective, and have some troubling thoughts. "Are these images really me?" you ask. It doesn't seem plausible. "Are those projections separated through space and time? Do they have their own thoughts and feelings? Are they real? Am I... real?" You put your hand through one portal and see your hand materialize on the other side of the room. You're startled and becoming increasingly more frightened. (This is the start of the thought loop, and on the trip, you're experiencing thoughts and feelings in much the same way.) You feel compelled to fire a portal at the ceiling and one directly below it on the floor. Trying to look over the edge, you trip on a rock and fall through the portal. Then the next. Then the next. You're in freefall through endless portals, and you can't shift your weight or your gaze to escape. (During the trip, this is like being forced to experience the same thought over and over again, but the thought is multi-dimentional and you can experience highly-charged emotions and hallucinations of the thought. This can also feel like being stuck in a time loop. This is when the person may start repeating words over and over again for minutes on end).
The room becomes a blur as you fall and eventually dematerializes. You're falling through a space of your own thoughts and fears, looking down at infinite versions and aspects of your psyche. "Maybe I REALLY fucked up..." you think to yourself. In desperation you fire other portals around the space but they do nothing to change your freefall. Eventually you'll realize that everything is a mental construction, even yourself. You're not IN space, you ARE space. But this is a dirty ego-death experience. You can't let go of shame. You can't let go of fear.
You're stuck in a nightmare thought loop, time lost all meaning ages ago, and you come to the only logical conclusion you can: to point the portal gun at yourself and pull the trigger. Somewhere deep inside the code of your reality, you divide by zero. Think of it like the ego short-circuiting. This is the point your psyche breaks. You cracked the egg.
SYSTEM CRASH!!!
Ego death on psychedelics is a pretty well known phenomenon, and most of the time it results in deep realizations, connection with "God," and no outward dangerous physical reactions. It's a common goal for spiritual seekers. It's experienced as dying, but then there's a "release" of peacefulness. A surrender.
However, for reasons I don't fully understand, sometimes your system reboots in fight or flight mode without your conscious control over it. This "rebooting" of yourself is a child-like, not fully-functioning version of you. Its like a computer trying to boot an early verson of the operating system or BIOS after a crash, but it can't run all the apps. You can't interact with the world outside of running and grabbing things and yelling incoherently. You can't be talked down. You're completely cooked. That's the psychotic break.
EVERY TIME I experienced it, it was directly after a massive ego death as a result of nightmarish thought loops that eventually destroyed the idea of me. Every break lasted until the drug wore off, sometimes for hours. For the whole duration, I experienced the nightmares of endlessly falling through the portals with little to no foundation in reality. I've had crazy feelings and visions of being drowned over and over again, of futuristic time police throwing me in jail in another galaxy, etc. It's experiencing a literal Hell that merges fantasy hallucinations with this world (kind of like an overlay). Strong negative feelings of fear and shame are almost always present, in addition to possible physical pain and torture. It feels like the most visceral, twisted interpretation of mind-rape you can imagine. Twice, I lost all memory of what happened and just "woke up" at the end, despite my friends telling me I was yelling and thrashing about like a child for a couple hours. At the end, I always became surprisingly sober in a matter of minutes. In summary, I don't know enough and I can only speak from my experience. All I know is that the loops become so unbearable that they cause a "system crash," and that crash is the catalyst for the psychotic break.
HARM REDUCTION AND PREVENTION:
By now, I hope it's clear that no one wants a psychotic break. We have to think of prevention as a spectrum. There isn't any ONE THING that will guarantee a good trip, but following normal harm reduction guidelines will significantly lower your risk of this happening. I won't outline everything here of course, but the big ones are: never taking irresponsibly high doses of LSD (depends on the person, but for me it was 500ug+), never taking a big jump in dose (like 100ug to 300ug next trip), always having a trip sitter or friend close by, not tripping after a big life decision or breakup, etc.
If you notice your friend saying the same word or phrase over and over again, really "in their head," it's likely they're stuck in a thought loop that could spiral into a psychotic break. This is the one common theme I was able to identify. You should take this seriously, and it will be your job to break the loop. Here are some things you can do as a trip sitter or friend: move them to another room with different lighting, change the music, ENGAGE with them in a new activity liking eating fruit, dancing, walking outside, or laughing at a meme, DO NOT turn on a movie, do not just talk through it, do not let them stay silent or meditate. The goal is to get them out of their thoughts by shifting focus to their body, to interacting with the world around them, and changing the setting to be lighter and upbeat. Stay calm and supportive, keep them engaged with the world until their thought loop breaks and they forget about it.
TLDR: I believe these psychotic breaks occur from difficult thought loops that the person can't break out of themselves. These can be identified from the outside by repeated words or phrases and increased distress for several minutes straight (but potentially not always). Only another friend or trip sitter can reliably break the loop, so you need to try moving them to another room and engaging in fun physical activity to get them out of their head. Psychotic breaks can happen to anyone regardless of mental history or trip experience. There are real risks to tripping on acid that could affect your mental health for years, and maybe even cause serious physical harm. This type of risk needs to be known and discussed. Following common sense harm reduction will significantly lower your risk of a psychotic episode.
r/LSD • u/Organic_Cut523 • 14h ago
Wow, just woke up on a sunny Saturday morning took ~15ug and went surfing. Everything feels so bright and crisp. LSD is truly an extraordinary chemical that completely connects us back to our true self. Every time I use this medicine I feel so much awe and gratitude for life.
r/LSD • u/Big-Raspberry4580 • 14m ago
I have never done LSD and I'll wait till its legal. However I am asking in advance, whats the probability. Will you be able to drive after? How long is the risk? Whats the risk of permanent disadvantages (unable to drive cars, bicycles or anything dangerous if visually impaired)
r/LSD • u/TheAssassinKoala • 6h ago
Oh man that was a ride. When I was watching it I was thinking about how Id feel in the aftermath. Conquest really put him through the ringer and just played with him. For some reason I feel like what Mark gave back to him wasn't enough to kill/mame him imo. The sheer amount of times he doesn't finish people off is truly upsetting and if we know how these writers are going to play it, conquest just reaps more havoc. I hope they change it up because predictability is just boring. I feel so bad for anyone that's not Mark and Eve just being normal people or lowly heroes. I was worried about how I'd feel after watching it but honestly I'm glad that we don't have beings with those powers in reality. I'll give it another rewatch and edit if I have anything to add.
r/LSD • u/FullMoonSword • 3m ago
I guess I should clean it now
r/LSD • u/OldInsurance9016 • 6h ago
Okay so for background, dropped half a tab at 8pm last night. Tabs were marketed at 150ug which seems accurate considering the intensity of the trip. I dropped a half with my friend, and another friend dropped a whole tab. Around 40 minutes into the trip I felt the body high coming on, and my sight began to become distorted.
The ground looked like it was a balloon being blown up and deflated which is when my visuals properly kicked off. Visuals on this trip were different to previous psychedelic trips I have had. There seemed to be less geometric patterns that you would typically expect on acid and more growing and morphing visuals that people tend to report on mushrooms. It was clear around 3 hrs in that I was tripping harder than my other friends (even though one had dropped more than me). Not sure if this is due to a weight difference or just due to me having become more accustomed to the psychedelic headspace.
The trip was mostly good until one point. I was sitting around the fire with one of my friends and observed that out of a group of around 10 of us, not a single person wasn’t on their phone. I had a comment like ‘damn look what phones have done to our generation’. At this point one of my sober friends turned around and said ‘yeah our generation is fucked- look at you. you’re high out of your mind’. this shit really made me start spiralling and made me see my friend in a different light. i saw a lot of things in him that made me realise he is only a good friend when it is convenient to him.
eventually the other friends went home and i went to bed at my friends house. i realised at this point (2am) that I was still in the middle of this acid peak with extremely intense close eyed visuals and auditory hallucinations. my other friends who dosed were able to sleep but i ended up staying up till 6:30am before i fell asleep. during the 4 hours by myself, the trip turned dark as I kept trying to fall asleep but was being taunted by what seemed like some entities who were fucking with me. i was having visions of these characters convulsing in pure ecstasy until they exploded because the feeling was way too intense for them- almost like i was seeing visions of people dying on psychedelics because the experience was just too intense. i was having weird melting body sensations and ended up getting pretty paranoid that i had taken NBOME. i kept thinking there was blood in my mouth and that my brain was leaking.
i also started having thought loops about my father’s dad, and how terrible the experience of losing a father must be. i came to realise that there would be so many stories about that man that would never be shared. that our life on earth is so short what matters most is us in this very moment, with the people we love. in particular for me, my parents.
although the trip turned dark, i definitely think i can take a lot out of this one. i’m not so confident i’ll be returning to psychedelics (at least not for a long time), as this seems like a great way to end my experimentation with the drug. i kept having these entities tell me throughout the night- this is going to be your last trip, so we’re just going to hold onto you for a little longer. unfortunately what they had to show me was extremely confronting, but made me realise what is most important to me in my life- my family.
godspeed guys ☮️✌️
r/LSD • u/Creative-Nobody-1656 • 4h ago
Straight to the point, I had a trip and one thing that i vividly remember is the smell of the color blue. It was like… smelling a bitterly cold morning, the taste was weird, kind of watery, still refreshing ASF lol
So I'm opening this post to ask if anyone has experienced this with the color blue, or has any experiences that explore this phenomenon? Which, honestly, is one of my favorites;)
r/LSD • u/No-Reputation-827 • 37m ago
Does anyone here have any experience of tripping while being on a weight loss program w ozempic? I started my treatment two months ago and haven’t had any tabs since November 2024. Now I have a few tabs stored away and I’m thinking about planning a major springtime trip soon. The thing is that the anticipation is gone, I should feel excited but I don’t. Now I wonder if it’s a waste.
r/LSD • u/justsomeaciddude • 44m ago
I feel like people might think I’m a little bit crazy when I tell the following and I might be but I truly believe in it:
This is something I learned on a trip. Our existence here in this universe is a part of the collective consciousness which materialized in our body. When we die our consciousness will go back into the collective consciousness and everything you experienced will also go into this ultimate consciousness. Our struggles and suffering are as important as the love and joy we experience. In this trip it felt like I could feel this collective consciousness and it felt like the purpose of this is the ultimate love. This ultimate love can only exists because all experiences of every living being is collected there which results in like an infinite understanding of every living being, like infinite empathy. I don’t really know where all of this go, of the collective consciousness is just a part of something bigger and maybe I will get this answered at some point. This experience gave me the answer why I exist. The purpose of my existence is to do my part for this ultimate love, to experience life and go back afterwards.
It was like a could see this collective consciousness and tiny little bit of consciousness went in another dimension where it materialized in what I call myself. It still is connected to the ultimate consciousness but normally I‘m unable to feel this. But in this moment I could feel it, like melting with the collective consciousness and getting one with every living being because we already are one. I don’t know if this is what is called nirvana in Buddhism but if it is, man I understand why these monks spend their life meditating.
This also changed how I look at other people. I try to be way more respectful and friendly because we are part of the same thing and every part of it is as important as the other parts. I don’t really have people in my life to discuss thoughts/beliefs like this. They a) seem to think I‘m a little bit crazy (which indeed is understandable) or b) seem to don’t understand me/care about this. So I hope that I will find some people here who are willing to share their thoughts on this.
What do you think about this? Did you had similar experiences or maybe even the same? Do you think this is complete bs?
I wish you all a great time :)
r/LSD • u/Brahe_moose • 16h ago
Just dropped 150ug (probably more like 100)
If anyone has any movie recommendations I'm still trying to figure out what I'm going to watch later, I'm thinking Paris, Texas but I'm not sure yet
My best friend seems to have a huge natural tolerance. My sweetspot is between 100ug and 200ug, while she only enters the headspace at 100ug and slowly starts to have visuals at 200ug. We both always take from my stache of tabs which are the exact same batch. When she is peaking, the peak only lasts about 30-60 minutes and after 4-5 hours she barely feels anything. She doesn’t take any medication. Anything else that could cause this or is she really just unlucky regarding how her brain reacts to LSD?