I haven't been on BL very long, but I'm noticing a lot of very esoteric threads concerning the effects of psychedelics.
As some of you might know, I take a very pragmatic approach to psychedelic use. It's good to be curious, open-minded and able to think outside the box. The problem is that discussions regarding spiritual phenomenae and encounters with aliens and demons are highly subjective and not grounded in reality.
The pharmacology of psychedelic drugs is still not very well understood and IMO ought to be discussed more.
Here are a few questions I would like to ask, which I feel are highly prudent:
- Why is it that most 'classic' psychedelics that act as serotonin receptor agonists (like LSD, DMT and psilocin) don't cause any neurotoxicity or numb your receptors to the effects of serotonin, unlike many serotonin releasing agents? Why is it that supraphysiological levels of 5-hydroxytryptamine (serotonin) wreak havoc on your brain; yet di-methylated 4-hydroxytryptamine (psilocin) is essentially benign even in extremely high doses?
Last summer I was taking LSD/4-AcO-DMT/2C-E/DPT near enough every other day (regularly doing combos) for 3-4 months. So far this year I've tripped 7 times since New Year's Day and I feel fucking great.
In my experience; one can abuse the fuck out of these drugs and still wake up with a pleasant afterglow every morning. They seem to be 100% harmless - provided you can handle the psychological effects of tripping so frequently. I'm pretty sure I'd have some health problems by now had I been doing this with something like MDMA instead.
- How do psychedelics (LSD especially) affect muscle function, co-ordination and general athletic performance? Powerlifting while tripping balls on LSD feels TOTALLY different to powerlifting sober. I didn't feel at all impaired, but my muscles just felt SO much different and my perception of fatigue was distorted. It's a really trippy experience.
Lifting weights for pure strength gains is all about conditioning your CNS to recruit more muscle fibres when you go to lift something. Ordinarily your CNS will limit your true capabilities to protect you from injury, except in causes of hysterical strength (Google it). Could psychedelics interfere with your natural restrictions and allow you to engage more of your muscle fibres?
- How does LSD affect driving ability? Common sense dictates that it's not a sensible idea, but I'm wondering how it affects things like reaction time and distance perception relative to being stoned or tired or drunk behind the wheel.
- Users of psychedelics tend to experience qualitatively similar visuals. Is this because psychedelic drugs allow you to see all the ocular fluid and tissue that's in front of your retina? The sober mind filters out a lot of stimuli that would be distracting/unnecessary for human survival. Psychedelics take down these psychological filters and cause your brain to become overloaded with sensory input. Is it possible that they actually make you see the inside of your eyes?
- Why do psychedelics increase mucus production? This is quite a bizarre and unexpected side effect.
- How do psychedelics really affect the heart? They cause worse tachycardia than coke and speed IME and yet they are not known to increase your risk of having a heart attack. IDK about all these newer psychs but to my knowledge there are no documented cases of heart damage from the 'classic' psychedelics like LSD and psilocybin.
A lot of psychedelics - mostly tryptamines - make me feel very sedated, but even when I'm in that state my pulse is through the roof. Would it be safe for somebody with cardiomyopathy or coronary artery disease to take acid or shrooms?
Cheers.
As some of you might know, I take a very pragmatic approach to psychedelic use. It's good to be curious, open-minded and able to think outside the box. The problem is that discussions regarding spiritual phenomenae and encounters with aliens and demons are highly subjective and not grounded in reality.
The pharmacology of psychedelic drugs is still not very well understood and IMO ought to be discussed more.
Here are a few questions I would like to ask, which I feel are highly prudent:
- Why is it that most 'classic' psychedelics that act as serotonin receptor agonists (like LSD, DMT and psilocin) don't cause any neurotoxicity or numb your receptors to the effects of serotonin, unlike many serotonin releasing agents? Why is it that supraphysiological levels of 5-hydroxytryptamine (serotonin) wreak havoc on your brain; yet di-methylated 4-hydroxytryptamine (psilocin) is essentially benign even in extremely high doses?
Last summer I was taking LSD/4-AcO-DMT/2C-E/DPT near enough every other day (regularly doing combos) for 3-4 months. So far this year I've tripped 7 times since New Year's Day and I feel fucking great.
In my experience; one can abuse the fuck out of these drugs and still wake up with a pleasant afterglow every morning. They seem to be 100% harmless - provided you can handle the psychological effects of tripping so frequently. I'm pretty sure I'd have some health problems by now had I been doing this with something like MDMA instead.
- How do psychedelics (LSD especially) affect muscle function, co-ordination and general athletic performance? Powerlifting while tripping balls on LSD feels TOTALLY different to powerlifting sober. I didn't feel at all impaired, but my muscles just felt SO much different and my perception of fatigue was distorted. It's a really trippy experience.
Lifting weights for pure strength gains is all about conditioning your CNS to recruit more muscle fibres when you go to lift something. Ordinarily your CNS will limit your true capabilities to protect you from injury, except in causes of hysterical strength (Google it). Could psychedelics interfere with your natural restrictions and allow you to engage more of your muscle fibres?
- How does LSD affect driving ability? Common sense dictates that it's not a sensible idea, but I'm wondering how it affects things like reaction time and distance perception relative to being stoned or tired or drunk behind the wheel.
- Users of psychedelics tend to experience qualitatively similar visuals. Is this because psychedelic drugs allow you to see all the ocular fluid and tissue that's in front of your retina? The sober mind filters out a lot of stimuli that would be distracting/unnecessary for human survival. Psychedelics take down these psychological filters and cause your brain to become overloaded with sensory input. Is it possible that they actually make you see the inside of your eyes?
- Why do psychedelics increase mucus production? This is quite a bizarre and unexpected side effect.
- How do psychedelics really affect the heart? They cause worse tachycardia than coke and speed IME and yet they are not known to increase your risk of having a heart attack. IDK about all these newer psychs but to my knowledge there are no documented cases of heart damage from the 'classic' psychedelics like LSD and psilocybin.
A lot of psychedelics - mostly tryptamines - make me feel very sedated, but even when I'm in that state my pulse is through the roof. Would it be safe for somebody with cardiomyopathy or coronary artery disease to take acid or shrooms?
Cheers.