all visual, no mental

[rollin_stoned]

I did shrooms for my third time on saturday and was very much disappointed. I'm not going to lie, i do like the visuals you get from hallucinogens, but thats not why i do them, i much rather like the mental trip you achieve from them.

The first time i did shrooms i had only done a half an eighth and got no visuals whatsoever but got very deep philosophical thoughts which is what got me so into the psychedelic drugs. The second time i did it i ate an entire eighth got visuals and even more of a mental trip. However, this time, i ate an entire eighth and had the most intense hallucinations i'd ever gotten from shrooms but no mental trip whatsoever.

It was like my brain was dead, all i would do was daze out and not one thought crossed my mind. What the hell is wrong with me? Could sleep deprivation be the cause of this? I'm asking because i wasn't really physically prepared you could say because i'm a daily pot smoker and suffered from insomnia for the entire week before my trip because i had no pot due to dealers being busted or having no supply.

Here's my schedule for that week:
Monday, woke up at 4 pm and didnt sleep till noon wednesday and woke up at 6 pm that same day. I didnt go to sleep till 6 pm thursday and woke up at midnight the same night and didnt fall asleep till 6 am saturday and woke up at noon on saturday.

So all in all i had a total of 18 hours of sleep over the course of 6 days so i was very much sleep deprived

 

[dread]

Could sleep deprivation be the cause of this?

Yes, I've noticed the same thing. Sleep deprivation can sometimes kill the mental/spiritual aspect of the trip and just make you "zoned out".

 

[ChasingTheCat]

ime shrooms are very unpredictable. Sometimes I get crazy visuals, sometimes heavy mental effects, sometimes both. I had trips on half an eight stronger than with an eight, etc. Always the same strain, grown by myself in the same conditions.
Set and setting certainly contribute much to the experience, but I think that mushrooms have an unique surprise quality

 

[dread]

Always the same strain, grown by myself in the same conditions.

Are you using multispore or a clone/isolate?

If you use multispore, your genetics will be different each time. This causes the variations in quality and potency. If you want consistent results you need to learn cloning.