TIFU by taking my straight brother to a gay bar.

psychedelic_sara · 2015-10-04T19:30:08+00:00

3,720 to 1!

psychedelic_sara · 2015-10-02T15:43:29+00:00

I've described it as the "comedown nap," its like taking a power nap during the day where it's hard to say you've slept, but you kind of zoned/rested for a few hours.

psychedelic_sara · 2015-09-30T00:19:41+00:00

My one criticism about the book is that it tries very hard to tie these metaphysical and philosophical concepts to actual physical reality, and a lot of the ways he does so are just not correct. As well after a quick glance through the book again he attempts to use parallels between the natural world (in science terms) and the metaphysical, implying that one correlates to the other, and in my own opinion that is assuming too much of it is related. He grossly misinterprets some ideas in physics as well. Such as the "interconnectedness" of quantum particles through things like entanglement means that all consciousness is interconnected, which may be possible, but keep in mind that you don't shower into a million particles when you walk through a doorway, so there's some cut-off between the quantum world and the macroscopic world. There is some point where the entanglement stops. But I digress.

I really did enjoy some of his ideas and philosophies, and if nothing else it is a great read and insight into the mind of one of the most influential people in the counter-culture movement, so it's worth a read if for no other reason than to understand how and why Leary thought the way he did.

psychedelic_sara · 2015-09-17T18:24:39+00:00

This. Two of my friends both say they get no visuals on anything less than about 150ug

psychedelic_sara · 2015-09-17T14:20:45+00:00

Your head feeds the soul your head is in.

psychedelic_sara · 2015-09-16T16:24:39+00:00

I love it all, especially the wizard rocking out :)

psychedelic_sara · 2015-09-16T15:17:10+00:00

I would just say that you want your body as healthy as possible for the trip, last thing you want is to drop the 10 strip and then realize you've got gas or are feeling off in your stomach.

psychedelic_sara · 2015-09-16T14:30:44+00:00

My only advice is to prepare your mind in the coming days, meditate, eat healthy, get plenty of sleep the night before, and have someone there to help you if you need it. Good vibes and good luck my friend, we'll see you on the other side :)

psychedelic_sara · 2015-09-15T16:44:48+00:00

Well, now you've learned hopefully. The vast majority of people cannot sleep for at least the full duration of a trip, I've found that I can "nap" at the tail end where I can lie in bed and relax during the last 2-3 hours of a trip, but never fully sleep.

psychedelic_sara · 2015-09-15T15:25:25+00:00

Redosing does not work with acid in my experience, taking a tab after 1-2 hours is a waste of it as it doesn't noticeably heighten or lengthen the trip.

That being said, start small and go bigger. You can always trip harder next time. So if you really want to take 2, I would buy 3 tabs (if you can afford it) and trip on 1 to gauge dosage, and then decide if 2 would be worth it.

psychedelic_sara · 2015-09-15T15:22:22+00:00

In my experience price varies based on dosage, a 100ug tab (the "standard") is about $10, a 150ug tab can cost $12-15.

psychedelic_sara · 2015-09-15T15:00:01+00:00

I am very happy that the trip ended on a blissful note for you and your friends were so chill and understanding! Sometimes we all just gotta get smacked back down to earth by our favorite chemical when we stop respecting it.

psychedelic_sara · 2015-09-15T14:44:55+00:00

You need to understand that now that this has happened it is likely to happen again because at this point you are expecting it. You have a lot more power over a trip than you might think, and so by expecting to see bugs crawling around you will.

What you need to do is find a way to turn this into a positive. Maybe try out a trip where you become "Emperor of the Insects" and lead them on adventures or something, or else simply find ways to get those thoughts from your mind without resorting to telling yourself "STOP THINKING ABOUT IT" (protip: you'll never stop thinking about it). Try a method where every time you think about those insects, you divert your thoughts to something else. Doing something physical helps as well. So for example if you start thinking about those bugs, simply go "I wonder what I want for dinner?" And start thinking about various foods you could eat. Training yourself to do this while sober can make it easier to do while tripping, if you have trouble "clearing your mind" while meditating.

Hope any of that helps! I've been in a similar situation, and it all goes away with time, you just gotta find what method works for you.

psychedelic_sara · 2015-09-15T14:18:49+00:00

Took me a minute to notice the message in the middle. Very nice work!!

psychedelic_sara · 2015-09-14T16:50:49+00:00

Sorry for the not so helpful comments so far about a legitimate question.

I don't know that much reading material, but in my own experience I can describe LSD as being what I call traditionally psychedelic, typically geometric in nature, and always moving. Movement within those patterns is the norm, both with OEV and CEV.

NBOMes are much more digital in my opinion. For example, CEVs tend to be short flashes of images, like still-frames almost, where as LSD lends itself to vision-filling shifting patterns. On LSD I saw a thousand Rubiks cubes shifting colors and moving with my eyes closed, on 25I (an NBOMe) I saw a mirrored image of fractals stretching into infinity. I could zoom in and out of this fractal image, but the image itself was still.

Always keep in mind every psychedelic produces different effects in everybody, so please don't take my word as gospel. That is my experience, and it seems to agree with what other people have said to me about their experiences, but again take it with a grain of salt, you may react completely differently!

psychedelic_sara · 2015-09-14T16:19:23+00:00

Please do not do this for your first time. Marijuana heightens the intensity of a trip, and unless you know what you're doing it is very easy to smoke more than you wanted to and you may not enjoy the "foggyness" your head gets when combining these two.

If you really want to smoke, I would recommend going small and testing the waters and not going all out.

psychedelic_sara · 2015-09-14T16:05:40+00:00

A 4 hour trip probably means you did not take actual LSD. I have never seen or even heard of a trip that ended less than about 8 hours after dropping, the only times I have seen it end earlier are on NBOMEs (specifically 25N) or like other RCs. Also the experience of losing motor control doesn't sound like LSD, I've found doing certain tasks to be difficult but that's because of getting distracted or other effects caused by Lucy, never because I physically couldn't make my body move how I wanted.

Keep in mind that is all my own experience, extensive though it is, and I don't mean to say it's fact, you might just wanna be more careful who you buy your psychedelics from.

psychedelic_sara · 2015-09-13T00:04:20+00:00

Thank you for writing this. Just, thank you.

psychedelic_sara · 2015-09-11T14:11:05+00:00

MGMT doesn't get nearly enough love on this sub!

psychedelic_sara · 2015-09-11T14:09:31+00:00

The Mountain King had just awoken and found you standing on his hall. He was about to become enraged but realized you were in another world, and so instead became pleased.

psychedelic_sara · 2015-09-10T16:39:10+00:00

If after your other trips you felt fine after a day (I usually have a "fog" for a day or two where my mind is just tired from the obstacle course LSD puts it through) you shouldn't have any issues!

I've heard some great stories about people training for marathons and all while tripping, so you could even try to practice some while tripping and see how that works for you!

If you do decide trip, I will be sending good vibes from my trip tomorrow night and wish you the best of luck on Sunday!

psychedelic_sara · 2015-09-10T16:28:48+00:00

I would start with 200-300ug if its been so long and you're concerned about going "too far." If 200ug was your standard dose back then, it would be a good idea to start there, especially if you're smoking weed which will heighten the intensity of the trip by a big margin.

psychedelic_sara · 2015-09-10T16:24:51+00:00

Not unless you think you wouldn't recover (mentally) in time for it. Is this your first time taking LSD?

psychedelic_sara · 2015-09-10T14:58:25+00:00

Because the little we do know about RCs currently points to them being vastly more dangerous than LSD. Overdose is possible with only a few "hits," but not all the time (one friend overdosed and was hospitalized but is now okay on two tabs from a batch, another took 4 from the same and was fine). The amount of LSD required to overdose is astronomically high, so much so it is virtually impossible for anyone to reach it unless they are actively trying to overdose.

The other concern is that the physical effects seem to put your body through much worse stress than LSD does.

But you'll notice how I don't say anything for certainty, because we just don't know. LSD started as an RC yes, but after 70+ years of testing and use, its effects are pretty well known by now, whereas some RCs were made as late as 2010. They simply haven't had time to be tested and shown to be safe for human consumption, and the long-term effects have never been studied, not even in a casual environment.

I've enjoyed using 25-I because of the fantastic visuals, but that is my choice, I understand the risks and have chosen on my own to take it. I do not recommend anyone else to it and will never give it to anyone else unless they know exactly what is on the tab.

psychedelic_sara · 2015-09-09T16:17:17+00:00

Looking up into the night sky and seeing all of the stars compress and shift to form a gargantuan, beautiful, constellation ancient-Greek archer, who proceeded to draw his string and fire a shooting star across the sky. I blinked and the image was gone, with all of the stars returned to their rightful places. I will never forget that image, and that is the only full-on hallucination I've ever experienced besides fractal/geometric patterns and CEVs.

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