does tripping on LSD really last 10 hours or is this dose/ingredient dependent?

[ongos]

I use psilocybin. The trip last about 2 hours, the effects do stay for a few hours after the trip (this might vary from person to person). I've used only 1 gram (I have a gram scale so I am not guessing). I read that with LSD the trip is about 10 hours. What if the dose is low? Since LSD is synthesized, why can't it be made to control the length of the trip by adjusting the amount of dose or its ingredient?

I just read about LSD might be able to help alcoholics with their alcoholism. I don't know how or why. I'm not an alcoholic. I've just become curious about LSD. Is it not addicting?

 

[ParappaTheRapper]

A lower dose will still last the same amount of time, it'll just be less intense. It might be easier to get to sleep earlier tho.

As far as alcoholism, in my opinion it helps because it allows people to think about why they drink in the first place. Whether they're self-medicating in some way, or if something about themselves or their lives makes them want to escape reality. I think it can help break the cycle of drinking to avoid withdrawals too, because it acts as a sort of mental refresh.

 

[delta_9]

I use psilocybin. The trip last about 2 hours the effects do stay for a few hours after the trip (this might vary from person to person). I've used only 1 gram (I have a gram scale so I am not guessing).

One gram of psilocybin at once? I doubt it since activity begins around a few milligrams and 50mg+ would be considered a "strong" dose to most. Or do you mean you've used 1 gram in total over some span of time?

I read that with LSD the trip is about 10 hours. What if the dose is low? Since LSD is synthesized, why can't it be made to control the length of the trip by adjusting the amount of dose or its ingredient?

It dosen't work that way Im afriad.

Is it not addicting?

Psychedelics are generally not.

 

[IamMe90]

One gram of psilocybin at once? I doubt it since activity begins around a few milligrams and 50mg+ would be considered a "strong" dose to most. Or do you mean you've used 1 gram in total over some span of time?
It dosen't work that way Im afriad.

Psychedelics are generally not.

I think he means he takes 1g of psilocybin mushrooms...

 

[sn23]

Addiction is not to be expected but as with everything, some people will use more often than is good for them.

I too believe OP meant psilocybin mushrooms.

 

[ongos]

1 gram at once. Yes. The effect comes around after about 20 minutes of ingesting the mushrooms (might vary from person to person, I only speak of my own experience). Since you seem to have doubted me, have you even tried psilocybin mushrooms? Try it and see for your self and report back.

You said activity begins around a few milligrams? Isn't milligrams smaller than grams?

One gram of psilocybin at once? I doubt it since activity begins around a few milligrams and 50mg+ would be considered a "strong" dose to most. Or do you mean you've used 1 gram in total over some span of time?
It dosen't work that way Im afriad.

Psychedelics are generally not.

 

[ongos]

where else could psilocybin be found other than mushrooms?

Addiction is not to be expected but as with everything, some people will use more often than is good for them.

I too believe OP meant psilocybin mushrooms.

 

[Aetherius Rimor]

Data collected based on half-life of LSD and blood plasma concentration.

Amount Administered:
1 µg/kg

Initial Plasma Concentration:
.08 ng/mL

Peak ~3rd hour:
1.9 ng/ml

Plasma Concentration at hour 12:
.6 ng/ml

Plasma Concentration at hour 25:
.2 ng/ml

So if you were a 50kg person (110lb) and took 50 µg, at the 3rd hour you're feeling the effects of 1.9 ng/ml of LSD in your blood stream.

Assuming these amounts are somewhat proportional, the threshold dose being 30 µg would indicate that the threshold ng/ml is 1.14.

With these assumptions in mind, I'd expect a 50 µg to last about 4.5 hours (from ingestion) according to the chart I'm looking at, discounting effects from cascading reactions.

At higher doses I know from personal experience I've tripped for 14 to 24 hours before. However I don't believe it'd be a linear concentration chart or half-life at higher doses, due to many other variables at play

 

[Aetherius Rimor]

where else could psilocybin be found other than mushrooms?

There might have been a confusion of whether or not he consumed 1g of extracted psilocybin or 1g of psilocybin containing mushrooms. He said psilocybin and not psilocybe mushrooms.

Big difference in effects depending on what is meant...

 

[delta_9]

1 gram at once. Yes. The effect comes around after about 20 minutes of ingesting the mushrooms (might vary from person to person, I only speak of my own experience). Since you seem to have doubted me, have you even tried psilocybin mushrooms? Try it and see for your self and report back.

You said activity begins around a few milligrams? Isn't milligrams smaller than grams?

Pure psilocybin/psilocin is different than psilocybin containing mushrooms. Psilocybin(and related alkaloids ie psilocin, baeocystin, and norbaeocystin) are only a small percentage of the weight of the mushroom, and I thought you meant you took 1g of the pure compound. My mistake.

1mg is indeed significantly smaller than 1g. The ratio is 1,000mg=1g.

And yes I have extensive experience with psilocybe mushrooms and other tryptamines substituted at the 4 position.

 

[Fieldy]

Lsd does last a long time depending on dose, ive had half of a tab on various occasions that last 9-12 hours :0 I don't regret any of it. All totally worth it.

 

[sockpuppet]

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[stormcharger]

Mushrooms only last 2 hours for you? Or do they only peak for 2 hours for you? Because if its the former that sucks man.

 

[Roger&Me]

Since LSD is synthesized, why can't it be made to control the length of the trip by adjusting the amount of dose or its ingredient?

Organic synthesis isn't like baking a cake, you can't change the properties of a compound by adjusting "ingredients". If you make LSD, you possess LSD, and its properties will be that of LSD.

 

[ongos]

I meant to say the peak, meaning the visuals, the actual hallucination last about 2 hours (for the 1 gram I ingested. I haven't tried a higher dose yet). The feeling of still being high is about 3-4 hours more.

Mushrooms only last 2 hours for you? Or do they only peak for 2 hours for you? Because if its the former that sucks man.

Oh I see. I'm not familiar with extracts of psilocybin. They could be the version used for research purposes for clinical trials. I'm only familiar with eating a psilocybin mushroom and getting to the point. LOL.

There might have been a confusion of whether or not he consumed 1g of extracted psilocybin or 1g of psilocybin containing mushrooms. He said psilocybin and not psilocybe mushrooms.

Big difference in effects depending on what is meant...

I see your point, but some drugs are "better" than others due to ingredients and what and how much was used in the process. Correct?

Organic synthesis isn't like baking a cake, you can't change the properties of a compound by adjusting "ingredients". If you make LSD, you possess LSD, and its properties will be that of LSD.

 

[delta_9]

I'm not familiar with extracts of psilocybin. They could be the version used for research purposes for clinical trials.

It's possible, but it seems more likely that a completely synthetic product would be used in this situation. Extracts often contain many compounds which although related, are still entirely different and can have markedly different pharmacological effects. A research or clinical setting would do well to use as pure a product as possible.

I see your point, but some drugs are "better" than others due to ingredients and what and how much was used in the process. Correct?

Not really. A drug synthesis is a precise process, and if you tinker with the quantity or quality of the ingredients, or you use different ingredients altogether, you will likely end up with a different drug....If you're lucky that is. You may just end up blowing yourself up.

 

[Jesusgreen]

I see your point, but some drugs are "better" than others due to ingredients and what and how much was used in the process. Correct?

Nope, the only things that may vary are potency and any impurities, you can't get different "types" of LSD based on ingredients used, you're either dealing with LSD, or something else altogether. A drug's effects are denoted by it's chemical structure and how it binds to certain receptors, what was used to make it doesn't matter.

Your drug, is like a number, in this case, let's say your drug is 36. Once you add 12 and 24, it becomes 36, there is no remnant of the 12 or 24, there is no indicator to tell you what numbers you chose to make 36, it's just 36, the same 36 as it would be if you added 10 and 26 - the same applies to drugs, the only left overs of what was used to make the final product are left-over precursors and impurities from not-so-great synthesis methods

 

[Jinux]

^^ You could have stopped after the first paragraph xD