Psycedelic drugs can trigger mental disorders. If you have any or there are any signs of a genetical predisposition in your family, for instance grandma had schizophrenia. Probably better stay away.
Did you find that on Wikipedia, Bluelight, or an online news story?
Well, here's the big question: do I try LSD or not?
You need to have the information so you can make the correct decision. Not a guess. Asking someone else is like flipping a coin, your opinion will wind up being shaped by whoever sounds the most convincing or just who you have happened to talk to. Especially when they want you to trust them. Take objective facts and put them together. If LSD, sodomy, death, heroin, bubbles, etc. are good or bad things, I have no idea.
Scientific inquiries have been made into previous user's opinions of the effects of LSD. The important thing with is to ask random people, not a convenient group.
Scientific studies should give lots of detail and put doubt on their own results and be objective. Statements of observable facts, not thoughts. There may be an opinion given at some point in the paper. They must explain how they gathered data and give complete statistical information (standard deviation, etc. or give enough information so you can calculate these on your own). If you are fortunate enough to find a decent study 8), and most of them are limited in this regard, then there are a million variables and psychological facts to consider required on your end of the deal. You need a fairly broad understanding to make reasonable comparisons. That is just the way it is. Education is not really an option, you can't skip over all that learning and just get the answer from some people on a website.
The reason I recommend you stay away is that people have not properly researched LSD. Whether that is right or wrong, the fault of the DEA or Timothy Leary, it does not make a scratch of difference.
Invest time and money, look at the details, learn how to define terms, evaluate them on how well they actually teach you, not what they say they teach you, and how fully you grasp the numbers. Skepticism will pay for itself many times over.
"A follow-up survey of 247 persons who received d-lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) in either an experimental (nonmedical) or Psychotherapeutic setting was made to determine the lasting effects, if any, related to use of the drug. Information was collected from each by a structured interview and self-administered questionnaire. Some subsequent nonmedical use of LSD was reported by 23%, who attributed more personality changes to the drug's use. There is, however, little evidence that measurable, lasting personality, belief, value, attitude, or behavior changes were produced in the sample as a whole. Compulsive patterns of LSD use rarely developed; the nature of the drug effect apparently is such that it becomes less attractive with continued use and, in the long-term, is almost always self-limiting."
(A Ten-Year Follow-up of Medical LSD Use, McGlothlin, 1971)
LSD is something that I've been very interested in for a long time. It is something that I think that I would like to do. I hear that it can be the most incredible, life changing thing that somebody can experience and can open your mind. I talked to a friend for 2 hours on a bus about his trips and he seemed to enjoy them very much. It is something that I would really like to try, except for some OTHER things that I have heard about the drug. Sometimes I go through forums and find people who have nervous breakdowns, go to the hospital, go into deep depression, and experience negative changes in their life. I worry that if I take it, one of those things might happen to me and I might be really messed up or something. I'm fairly good at math and it's the only thing that I have going for me right now, and what if I'm not able to do it anymore after I trip or something? I am very concerned and would love some input. Thanks.
I had a college dormmate for a semester, who was exceptional at math in high-school, drank moon-shine until puking in a bucket, smoked pot, and tripped for the first time together. That person was kicked out of college for bad grades and went back home, with a bag of weed losing our pet lizard, which died from exposure, in a studebaker.
A year later after skipping classes and taking hallucinogens, I also was kicked out of college for my grades.
A third friend had followed the same fate, I forget the timeline of events, that person was something of a career criminal from the start, along with a few others I knew back home.
After speaking with 3 other very close friends, I discovered they all hated LSD. I really did not have such strong convictions as they did and had continuously doubted if swearing off drugs was the right thing to do.
It is now obvious neither of us in that dorm room spent a great deal of time thinking about what we were doing. Why would someone go to college and try drugs for the first time? Back then it was just hard to think about anything. An amalgamation of hallucinogens left me with delusions which made me overly moody, perhaps psychotic, and recurring hallucinations reminded me of false-paths my mind wandered down some time ago. Now I feel perfectly normal, 10 years later mind you. Coming to this web-site helped me to reaffirm my stance, that drug users are not clued into any greater reality than the rest of us, and I am doing fine and to stop worrying.
Hallucinogens in general continue to affect your life for a lot longer than a few hours. To be perfectly honest I am not sure people recall past experiences very clearly. It was not some great turning point in my life. You can find a large percent who would agree with this sentiment.
Mathematics is a wonderful field of study with a never-ending variety of applications. The more effort you put into classes the more enjoyment you will get from going to school, if you plan on continuing your education. I highly recommend it.
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