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3rd consecutive weekend of tripping, too often?

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I want to get a few opinions on this, I feel baseline after a few days, and i think spacing it out 7 or 8 days is enough for me, what about you guys? Do you think this is too often? what about HPPD?

note: for the sake of the argument lets say the drug of choice for me is mescaline
 
if it bothers you somehow, then give it a rest. we cannot say if it's really harmful to you, but simply the fact that you worry about it somehow will affect your set..
 
do we think this is too often? too often for what? i believe only you can answer that question...

that being said, tripping every weekend isnt the best of practices, but i doubt it is that rare to happen, i think a lot of people here can remember a certain time in their lives when they had the bug of tripping often...
it is generally considered a better use of substance to wait for a longer period of time, to give rest to the mind and integrate the experience, as doing something too often makes for the magic to go away... the most rewarding trips are at the tail of periods of abstinence...

as for the risk of hppd... noone can estimate that really. some get it after 1 trip while others never do. its a gamble
 
From my own experience, 'tolerance' does eventually catch up and as the weeks go by you'll notice the trips feel much more recreational and a 'fucked up' feeling. The giggles you might normally find with LSD will disappear and it'll be rare when you get them again. The visuals really die off a lot too and I found the duration of the trip went down a lot, I recall after dosing a good 200ug after 4-5 hours I was feeling pretty much sober. 1-2 months off tripping solved this, however tripping was different but this is just because I was used to it, the same way it happens with most drugs like weed/mdma, I personally think it's a good thing as it means you can relax more.
- This is written based on LSD trips by the way.
 
iirc, lsd and mescaline tolerance sticks a bit longer than 2cs for instance, no? thats why tolerance might catch up...
 
im not concerned, i just wanted to get some opinions on it, i think after this trip im done until spring, i really want to trip outside but this damn weather.....
thanks for all the replies though!

@kingme, i've come to the conclusion that what i have is a 2c or maybe some sort of DOx but i haven't looked into those much.... I said mesc because that's what the trip is most like
 
It really depends on if you're referring to long or short term use. 3 weekends in a row is definitely not something to be concerned about, but if you were to trip every weekend from now on, you'd definitely build up a tolerance over time, lose some of the magic (albeit this is MUCH easier resolved than losing the magic with MDxx!) and you may experience some negative side-effects, mostly in the form of just feeling a bit "fried", aka worn out mentally and physically - and some lingering persistent visuals should be expected too imo.
 
So true ^

Don't make a habit of tripping weekly, it's certainly better to leave weeks of time if not like 1-2 months to integrate the experience. This is not the same as saying you have to take in the sheer intensity of the trip, it doesn't mean that if you feel fine afterwards there is no integrating to do. It's relating the contents of the trip to everyday life that can enrich your everyday life and reflect back on how special it is to really go down the rabbit hole every now and then.

In the end it's your own choice but in my earlier years I tripped way often and now later on I dialed back on my frequency. I really think it's best to realize as soon as you can what the value is of leaving more time between trips. Also, the more meaningful the trips are the more time you should give it afterwards.

The tolerance is also really something to take into account, the longer you build that up the more chronic it can be and more difficult to get the trip to stay really special.
 
Before I started my Tramadol treatment for my persistent pain issues, I would make it a point to eat some acid every week to two weeks. This has been off and on for the past 3 years. I'm not a spunion, but I do have a lot of spotting / trails / general HPPD. Though I've also (ab)used a lot of MDMA within the last 18-24 months as well.
 
Jesusgreen said:
you'd definitely build up a tolerance over time, lose some of the magic (albeit this is MUCH easier resolved than losing the magic with MDxx!)
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^hey, so I feel like recently i've eaten a lil too many doses and I don't know if it was just the experience my last two trips but I felt that some of the magic was gone. Jesusgreen, you said that this is much easier to fix than losing the magic with MDxx (which i did a while ago, and hence stopped using very often at all). So what do you requimend for recovery? Just time and absence?

I definitely have lingering effects and I fee like they go away, but extremely gradually. Also I was under the impression that LSD tolerance peaked after 3 days of use and then you recover rather quickly, however you state that even weekends in a row can cause tolerance. How long do you think this kind of tolerance lasts after a 'binge' so-to-speak. Thanks man!
 
Jesusgreen said:
It really depends on if you're referring to long or short term use. 3 weekends in a row is definitely not something to be concerned about, but if you were to trip every weekend from now on, you'd definitely build up a tolerance over time, lose some of the magic (albeit this is MUCH easier resolved than losing the magic with MDxx!) and you may experience some negative side-effects, mostly in the form of just feeling a bit "fried", aka worn out mentally and physically - and some lingering persistent visuals should be expected too imo.
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I noticed the words 'fried', 'worn out mentally/physically' are a very nice description. I automatically need a break after tripping a lot.
I even started daily meditation to get past the 'fried' feeling.
 
i like to trip semi-regularly for short periods. say, 3-5 weekends in a row - to really immerse myself in psychedelic thought - then take a break of at least a month, usually more, depending on how busy i am at the time. sometimes 6 months will elapse between trips when the right opportunity doesn't present itself, but it's always great to come back to it fresh.

yes, you can overdo psychedelics - the "magic" may fade in frequent trips.
i always find the first of a series of trips has the most striking effects, and subsequent trips are less crazy, but this comes back with a break.

@BottleOfOxy - yep, time and absence. the tolerance is something that (in my experience) comes back with no effort - just rest and recharge, try and integrate the psychedelic experience into 'normal' daily existence. i've always known when it was time to have a break; the unpleasant effects become more noticeable, the 'amazing' elements of the trip lessen. not so much awe, not such profound feelings.

there may be a more long-term tolerance at play (i tend to take twice as much as novice trippers to achieve similar effects) but i put this down more to familiarity with the drug and my desire to have an intense experience. what is foreign and confusing to first timers is something i am very comfortable with, so i dose higher. i've still had great nights on single (or even half) hits, so it's not like permanent tolerance, just a dosage preference.

the best trips come after a break of a month or more IMO, but there is nothing wrong with tripping weekly. i know that when i was tripping as often as my tolerance would allow - about twice a week - it stopped being as fun, but i certainly got to know the substance (LSD) and found some value in immersing myself in such an interesting chemical.
i wouldn't recommend weekly dosing as a long-term practice, but 3 weeks in a row is not something i'd be concerned about.
 
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yeah, I figured out that i tripped two weekends ago, so i decided to give it the go-ahead... I washed it down with about half a cup of 100 proof vodka, definetly what i was looking for, i mentally had sex with the universe, but im definetly going to dial it back... until i know what the fuck i keep taking

I may have underestimated mixing it with alcohol

best trip ever.
 
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I feel like it depends what drugs your using, some of the heavier dissociatives id stay away from using too frequently.
 
BottleOfOxy said:
^hey, so I feel like recently i've eaten a lil too many doses and I don't know if it was just the experience my last two trips but I felt that some of the magic was gone. Jesusgreen, you said that this is much easier to fix than losing the magic with MDxx (which i did a while ago, and hence stopped using very often at all). So what do you requimend for recovery? Just time and absence?

I definitely have lingering effects and I fee like they go away, but extremely gradually. Also I was under the impression that LSD tolerance peaked after 3 days of use and then you recover rather quickly, however you state that even weekends in a row can cause tolerance. How long do you think this kind of tolerance lasts after a 'binge' so-to-speak. Thanks man!
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Yes a nice break is all it takes. Eating healthy, exercising, and taking less drugs in general will get you past it fairly quickly. It can take anywhere from a couple of weeks to a few months, but in both my personal experience and the experiences of people I'm friends with/close to, it's never as long-lasting as with MDxx.
 
One thing I'll add to my previous response, which might have helped me see the advantage of breaks when I was tripping too often - is that now I trip roughly once every 1-3 months (not including dissociatives, or DMT now!) as opposed to once or twice a week, and I feel each trip leaves me happier, more fulfilled, and has lasting benefits that last many months - leaving me feeling better all around, ALL the time, and giving me a better result than tripping often, despite less being consumed :)
 
That's not unusual to trip that much when first discovering drugs. But i find Lsd should be given a break or 3 months or so and only used as a self healing process. If you feel uncomfortable stop and have a break!
 
Jesusgreen said:
now I trip roughly once every 1-3 months (not including dissociatives, or DMT now!) as opposed to once or twice a week, and I feel each trip leaves me happier, more fulfilled,
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is this to say you dose dissociatives or DMT more or less regularly?

i have to echo everyone else in saying you will know if its too much, i got a pretty sick flash back while i was driving a week or two ago that let me know i need to chill for about a month or so.
 
When I first discovered shrooms, I usually ate some every 3 to 4 days. Over 2 months I built up from .5 grams to 2 to 3 grams per trip, and on special occasions 4 to 6.

Did this for about 4 months.

When acid was available, I would trip 2 to 4 hits usually twice a week when it was available (about 2 months), and only once with more than that. Don't see the point in doing more than that on any regular basis. Those are far more rare in setting appropriateness and acid is far more "sacred" to me than shrooms. I'll eat 6 grams when the setting is appropriate regardless of "timing". More than 4 hits of acid... only -really- specific occasions.

I've never lost "the magic" from tripping. It never was as crazy for me as I've heard other people describe their experiences. Low doses always make me feel somewhat "normal", and the average dose I'd take makes me feel more normal than usual, but slightly past it obviously in the "trip" direction if that makes any sense.

Everything just seems to make so much more sense to me when I'm tripping, so I prefer to do it as often as I can, with a minimum spacing of 3 days between usage (unless it's one of "those" weekends).

Tripping is extremely therapeutic for me.
 
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