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OP: Ignoring once when I tried mushrooms in 1988, I started using mushrooms regularly in February, 2012. The first time was extremely uncomfortable. Restless, couldn't sit still, muscles were 'achey' and I had the twirling razor blades phenomenon in my stomach. That gave me pause about trying mushrooms any more. I experimented with different levels of having a full stomach, types of food that I had eaten prior to tripping, fasting times and over the counter acid suppressors (Zantac).
It really didn't seem to matter whether or not I had eaten commercial or homegrown mushrooms; inevitably I felt as if I had been hit in the stomach and just felt a dull annoying pain until I started peaking (and then it was easy to ignore).
What made it worse? Having food in my stomach ----? now I always go in with a 20 hour fast
What made the pain better? Popping a Zantac about 2-3 hours before eating the mushrooms
I've also noticed that if I go more than 3 weeks (give or take) without eating mushrooms, the stomach pain flares up again the next time I eat them. Additionally, there is usually an increase in pain when I switch strains (which is all too easy for me since I grow my own).
That's my 2 cents. I work around the pain by either taking another drug or by taking them frequently.
Tom
It really didn't seem to matter whether or not I had eaten commercial or homegrown mushrooms; inevitably I felt as if I had been hit in the stomach and just felt a dull annoying pain until I started peaking (and then it was easy to ignore).
What made it worse? Having food in my stomach ----? now I always go in with a 20 hour fast
What made the pain better? Popping a Zantac about 2-3 hours before eating the mushrooms
I've also noticed that if I go more than 3 weeks (give or take) without eating mushrooms, the stomach pain flares up again the next time I eat them. Additionally, there is usually an increase in pain when I switch strains (which is all too easy for me since I grow my own).
That's my 2 cents. I work around the pain by either taking another drug or by taking them frequently.
Tom