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First acid trip, turned out to be DOB, long lasting negative effects.

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dougdoug

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Over 2 months ago I took what I thought was LSD but it turned out to be DOB. I had a 30 hour bad trip even though it was just half a hit (probably because it was my first time). Despite the horrible experience, it was just the beginning. The first month I had intense anxiety and anxiety attacks, and when I wasn't having horrible anxiety, I would worrying all the time. Once that wasn't so prominent in my life, the bizarre feelings and paranoia came in. I constantly feel very weird and out of body, I see things that aren't there in my peripherals as well as random white dots occasionally, my head feels like there's a chemical war being waged in it, my vision is not as sharp as it was, I'll have sharp feelings of something that's going to happen (as if I going to seizure or something), I have a slight feeling of being sick sometimes, and I have many flashbacks. It's all very discomforting, I haven't had a normal day in over 2 months. I'm not abuser of drugs, I never used them to any extreme, I just wanted an experience. I'm just 20 years old, I've been clean since this happened. Of course with this going on I had to ask my doctor about it, his diagnosis was that I had drained my serotonin or serotonin receptors, and everything is reseting, and that it would take 4-6 months for me to be normal again. Along with some other things i can't recall. He said he could prescribe me with medication used in a similar situation with people with aspergers syndrome, to help me recover faster. I guess I'm posting here for a second opinion or some insight to this.
 
I too have had a trip that profoundly changed the way my mind/thoughts worked. It took almost half a year for things to settle down. The out of body feeling is often reffered to as depersonilazation/derealization. It should get back to normal over time. I wouldnt take and meds for it, just let it work itself out naturally. Exercise could help significantly, as it did in my case.

Good luck man.
 
Yeah that's my plan is to work itself out naturally, it just causes a lot of depersonilaztion, discomfort, and sometimes pain. Sleeping is also difficult. I didn't see anything during the trip, I just randomly started panicking. I'd like to know more about your half year of recovery or anything else you'd like to share.
 
dougdoug said:
Over 2 months ago I took what I thought was LSD but it turned out to be DOB. I had a 30 hour bad trip even though it was just half a hit (probably because it was my first time). Despite the horrible experience, it was just the beginning. The first month I had intense anxiety and anxiety attacks, and when I wasn't having horrible anxiety, I would worrying all the time. Once that wasn't so prominent in my life, the bizarre feelings and paranoia came in. I constantly feel very weird and out of body, I see things that aren't there in my peripherals as well as random white dots occasionally, my head feels like there's a chemical war being waged in it, my vision is not as sharp as it was, I'll have sharp feelings of something that's going to happen (as if I going to seizure or something), I have a slight feeling of being sick sometimes, and I have many flashbacks. It's all very discomforting, I haven't had a normal day in over 2 months. I'm not abuser of drugs, I never used them to any extreme, I just wanted an experience. I'm just 20 years old, I've been clean since this happened. Of course with this going on I had to ask my doctor about it, his diagnosis was that I had drained my serotonin or serotonin receptors, and everything is reseting, and that it would take 4-6 months for me to be normal again. Along with some other things i can't recall. He said he could prescribe me with medication used in a similar situation with people with aspergers syndrome, to help me recover faster. I guess I'm posting here for a second opinion or some insight to this.
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start smoking pot daily. <3 don't let em tell you how damaged you are. the modern medical community will do very little to help you and a whole lot that will make it worse/convince you its a bigger deal than it really is. you gotta cut loose. things are different now. life is not over far from it. my prescription, smoke pot daily. if that doesn't sound good another shamen might be able to help you. maybe the native american church? maybe travel to peru? i dunno.. smoke pot. <3
 
[[Do not start smoking pot. Weed hindered my recovery severely. It make work for some but there is no way of knowing how someone will react.]]

I still struggle with insomnia, laying in bed at night is when I get flashbacks to the experience most often. The more time passes the more you'll start to notice periods of calm.
Key things that helped from recovering from my experience:
Meditation
Exercise
Trying not to isolate myself [[I dont know if you experience the want to isolate as I did but it doesnt help to follow these urges]]
and just recently have started keeping xanax around for if I have a peticularly bad flashback. You are trying to stay natural with your recovery I obviously dont suggest this. But sometimes when it gets bad the anxeity can be debilitating to the point I cant function, which is when I medicate.

Its been 7+ months and I only get flashbacks once or twice a month.
 
Lmfao PinkPanther2. I just can't do any drugs of any sort. and yes I've had urges to be alone. I don't try to go out anymore. I'm trying to get a bike, so I can start doing that a lot.
 
you can't fight having very little control with being controlling.. in any circumstance. also, pot is fucking fantastic medicine, i wasn't being flippant or silly. the more you hole up in this, the more you try to keep yourself from being what you are now, the more miserable you'll be. you are not damaged goods now.. you're not a fragile little egg that needs to be sheltered from the world now.. you burnt your wings, but you can still fly again.. really.
 
but drugs has never done anything good for me. i know what i can do, i went on tour right after it happening. if it is my serotonin then pot won't help it. my doctor was a psychiatrist in the 70s before becoming a doctor, he's dealt with negative effects of acid before, so i trust him. i don't go out or anything cause i have constant head pressure and i feel shitty a lot, i don't like to hang out with people i'm not feeling well. plus my depersonalization and vision scare me a lot.
 
keep it up and you're gonna be sad. sad sad sad. life is not a punishment. try to relax and im sorry for being harsh, its just that ive known people that had the same attitude without drugs and they were unhappy all the time because they thought something was wrong with them. if you are really have issues with anxiety still ativan is good to get back to sleep, but only for a little while until the old harmful patterns subside.. you have to think rationally once the intense feeling goes away. if this is something deeper than ide recommend e, but if you're the type of person that wants to feel sorry for themselves then there's nothing anybody can do and you might as well let the doctors experiment on you, who, by the way, probably stand right next to you, don't really see anything wrong except for what you describe to them, and are like "i dunno, i guess we could try this.." its not quite hypochondria but really..
 
also i'm pretty good with eating healthy, i was a vegan before this but now i put fish back in my diet. i try not to consume caffeine. i think a big part about this is that it doesn't let up for a day, even if i have a good day it's still there.
 
dougdoug said:
but drugs has never done anything good for me. i know what i can do, i went on tour right after it happening. if it is my serotonin then pot won't help it. my doctor was a psychiatrist in the 70s before becoming a doctor, he's dealt with negative effects of acid before, so i trust him. i don't go out or anything cause i have constant head pressure and i feel shitty a lot, i don't like to hang out with people i'm not feeling well. plus my depersonalization and vision scare me a lot.
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okay, sorry for getting preachy there. what specifically scares you about your vision?
 
I feel your pain buddy. I mistakenly took DOB for my first LSD trip as well.. Except I took two tabs.. The trip was absolutely AMAZING! It was midnight but the sky was a light blue color.. It changed the further the sky stretched. All colors were stronger,food was amazing.. Everything fantastic.. The mind fuck was something powerful, and I tripped off these tabs a few times.. Months after, my life changed completely.. And I have only come to notice it recently.. I get visuals(When I`m sober) which were seen on a trip months ago
 
you're saying this like i have to power to fix this or feel better. none of this stuff ever happened to me before this. i didn't even know what a panic attack felt like until 2 months ago. i'm not trying to feel sad about anything, i haven't felt depressed this whole time. i've just been focused on not doing something i could regret and feeling better.
 
PinkPanther2: RESPECTFULLY give your opinion or dont give it at all.
Weed is a good medicine to SOME, but is in no way reliable enough to prescribe as a medication to everyone.

I know what the OP is going through, and any drug use could be detrimental to his mental health at this point.

OP: Keep taking little steps like getting your bike and getting out more. As long as you keep moving forward you should be all better in no time :)
 
getting overwhelmed by some vision fuck up, anything, something crazy happening, i dunno man. everything that's happening right now has never happened before. so what could happen next?
 
Sykoknot said:
PinkPanther2: RESPECTFULLY give your opinion or dont give it at all.
Weed is a good medicine to SOME, but is in no way reliable enough to prescribe as a medication to everyone.

I know what the OP is going through, and any drug use could be detrimental to his mental health at this point.

OP: Keep taking little steps like getting your bike and getting out more. As long as you keep moving forward you should be all better in no time :)
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thats fair, but your also assuming i havent been through the exact same thing in my life, or at least something similar. just because i don't pity him doesn't mean i don't empathize. i think that my guess on what's gonna help, based on personal experience, is probably just as good as anyone elses.. and i think that cutting loose, smoking pot, and trying to just have fun is the healthiest thing to do.
 
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