No cross-tolerance with LSD?!?!?
I just tried Al-LAD for the first time at 150mcg over the weekend. The overall feeling was indeed similar to LSD, but there were certainly pronounced differences. I would say the intensity was comparable to 100mcg of LSD, but it was all-around less kaleidoscopic. Everything had that 60mcg LSD look to it, but there was hardly any movement/fractalization/kaleidoscope effects. There was also less psychedelic ideation - thoughts merging, information downloading, etc, but I definitely wouldn't say it had no head-trip. I was tripped out - a little disoriented/disassociated and fuzzy feeling. It made us giggle like we were on acid, and the disassociation had a pain relieving effect (I currently have an injury). The fuzzy-headedness made interacting with people a little more difficult for a couple hours, but I would say the peak effects were shorter lived than LSD's peak effects. Overall, I did not find it as glorious as LSD, but I will agree with people who said that it was smoother and more easy-going in a sense. There was just as much leg-bouncing-type energy, but a little less muscle tension and anxiety, and a decidedly pleasant quality to the buzz. The smoothness and giggliness made it quite enjoyable and fun. Just a little less epic.
But now for the truly amazing part:
The following night, we ate plain old LSD. Being certain that there must surely be cross-tolerance (as almost everything 5ht2-oriented creates LSD tolerance), I ate 2 hits right off the bat. They may have been 150 mcg hits but even so, on day 2 even 300mcg would not normally be that heavy. But I tripped balls!!! Tripped as if I hadn't done a thing the night before! For us festival-goers who enjoy tripping a few times throughout a weekend, it would be a revelation to have something like this that allows you trip again the next day on acid like it's day 1!!!! I'm going to repeat this experiment again near the end of the month and report back if I get the same results. Very curious.....