^yip, definitely. There seems to be a consensus that taking benzos and psychedelics is inherintely wrong, and somehow dampens their useful effects, and prohibits spiritual growth. I challenge this, and I think I'll start a thread tomorrow to elaborate further on my opinions. It quite simply isn't true. Some people have bad anxiety, and Valium can help.
Miner_49er: I've just had 1.6 grams of p. Semilanceata as I had some problems to work through. I can guarantee you that 1.5 grams won't present you with any problems. I'm going to describe roughly what you will experience.
Firstly, I'd reccomend taking the mushroom without the Valium first. My main reason for this is that 1. I'm sure you can do it and 2. The amnesia from benzos definitely impacts your ability to remember the trip. Wait and come up and see. If you need one, take one, but its really going to be such a gentle experience. Unless you're a massively anxious person and would ordinarily be feeling really anxious anyway then you shouldn't require a benzo.
So here is what I experienced tonight from 0.1 more than you took (I took 0.5 grams in January and it wasn't really any different).
There was no noticeable comeup. Over the course of an hour I gradually entered a very gentle state which probably peaked (if you can call it that) for 1.5 hours.
The peak was characterised by a very mellow, gentle, confident state of being. My thought trail was entirely intact other than I felt more open, intelligent and connected. I was purposefully approaching some very, very deep aspects of my personality and at no point did I feel overwhelmed or like that could possibly happen. It was just me; except a deeper, more spiritual, psychedelic me.
Everything glowed and the visuals were totally borderline. I know from my trip in January that if you breathe, meditate and focus, then you can bring them out more. I wasn't focusing on them because I was mainly thinking and writing but basically you're talking everything is HD, beautiful, glowing, mild tracers etc. You will see the world through a whole new lens, which is really really special. Make sure you're in a nice, clean environment and find some cool art to look at. Check out people like Alex Grey. Psychedelic Art on psychedelics is.mind blowingly good.
Its been just over 4 and a half hours now and I've gradually came down. I feel a bit sleepy but still quite shroomey. I was going to listen to psy trance but I feel it would get me too ampted, and I want to sleep. There is a kind of synthetic, digital druggyness which I know would love to rear its head and get me going. I can imagine my jaw clenching and it sounding incredible, and I'd really love that ordinarily, but I just need to sleep.
Shrooms or MDMA, it's your choice. Don't let fear of the shrooms.dictate it though. 1.5 grams of Semilanceata is incredibly likely to produce a similar trip.
Let us know how it goes, & enjoy. I promise you it will be fine