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Bad Acid trip - Where to go from here.

Cface said:
I know a guy who can take acid like it's nothing. However, i think the reason why is because he's not the type of person you'd call a "thinker." He has no ambition or creativity, no desire to do anything with his life, seems perfectly content as an alcoholic. i guess only the blissfully ignorant can really enjoy acid for it's visuals, the rest of us tend to get a bit of mindfuck.
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How often does he take it? Ive met people who eat acid all the time, and they seem to have lost site of what the experience is all about. I bet if they took a long enough break from psychedelics, and came back, then they would have one hell of a ego smashing experience... but who knows, maybe its just a product of their personality and not that of tolerance.
 
He takes it whenever the chance comes. and If he has three hits he'll take 3 hits, if he has 10 hits he'll take 10. He just doesn't seem to be afraid of it in the slightest.
 
rodox said:
A few weeks ago, I had the scariest drug experience of my life. Even though I am experienced with acid and thought I was well within my boundaries, 2 1/2 hits of extremely potent blotter had me destroyed.
mentally very powerful and very serious shit.

Since then I've been keeping it simple. I've always felt shrooms and X never gave me the "overwhelming anxiety and inability to socialize or act normal at all" feeling acid does. Should I even tempt going into those waters again? Maybe I just need to hear a similar experience from someone. I hate being the only one who could never really enjoy acid.
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As others have said previously, acid's not for everyone.
It may have just been that you took too much acid mate. But if you have that unsettled feeling each time you've tripped then yes, it may just be that acid's not for you.
If you wanted to persist and go into those waters again, just try a small dose next time, like even 1/2 a tab, and see how you go. If it goes well then take a little more the next time.
Of course, if it's still not a good experience with just a small dose, then forget acid and stick to substances that are fun for you!!
 
Cface said:
He takes it whenever the chance comes. and If he has three hits he'll take 3 hits, if he has 10 hits he'll take 10. He just doesn't seem to be afraid of it in the slightest.
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I don't believe everyone is susceptible to bad trips. A minority are, like with every bad experience in life.

For example, when their relationship breaks up some men go round to her house and shoot the girl and then turn the shotgun on themselves - but not everyone does. Most people can handle a breakup fine.
 
I think you have to go with your own judgment on this one although collecting information to try and make an informed decision can't hurt. I had a trainwreck on LSD when I was in Las Vegas of all places. For me, I felt that to get over that experience I had to do some more acid (logic is amazing, isn't it) so in the relative safety of my home several months later I took two hits and had a decent trip knowing I had an eject button in the form of Risperidone which seems close enough to Thorazine.

If I were in your situation I wouldn't take the shrooms or X until you're relatively certain you can handle it. Although some bad trips catch me off guard the majority of what I would consider negative experiences on drugs were after I was already nervous, angry, or emotionally unstable in some way. Mushrooms to me can be more overwhelming at conventional doses than acid so I would take that into consideration, too.
 
Fuck, I had a bad trip both times but they were both worthwhile and I would do them all over again. I think the point that people are missing is that lsd is not fun and games. Magnifying glass into your soul, forreal dawg.
 
Ismene said:
I don't think it's the acid. It's the person taking the acid. Some people can handle unpleasant thoughts on acid. Some people panic and go tell their dad. Acid isn't for everyone.
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Lol I think i remember reading about a kid telling his dad he was tripping the fuck out on 'cid.

For the OP, you are right, LSD is serious shit. People talk about it like it's harmless, and for the most part, it is, but it can down right fuck your shit up if your not careful. Returning to reality from a difficult trip and trying to integrate it can be a hard thing, or maybe it was just so eye opening, or in this case mind opening, that you just can't and you suffer from it. Whatever caused the trip to go off into a downward spiral has something to do with your subconscious. Something hidden away in there that causes you stress or grief and the best thing to do about it is face it. You can over come it, though it can be hard, it's something that will make you feel a hell of a lot better in the long run.
 
A couple weeks ago I did acid for my first time. I went into the trip excited and ready to open my mind. However, i did feel like i tried to "control" the trip in a sense. The first couple hours were really mellow, and i enjoyed a nice body high with minor visuals.

After a couple hours into the trip, i started to go into panic. Thoughts were racing in my mind and at one point i saw heaven and hell. For some reason, i felt as if i was not worthy to go to heaven, so slowly, the devil started to consume me. I went into the bathroom, looked into the mirror and saw my eyes turn completely black and i had this devilish grin on my face. I kept saying to myself, "psychadelics arent for me. when is this going to end?"
In total, i tripped for about 3 days. I had never been this scared and filled with anxiety in my life. At one point i seriously considered suicide because i thought i was not going to "fulfill my goals." As a college student, i am under a lot of pressure to get good grades. In general, i put a lot of pressure on myself to get good grades, get a good job, and live a "good life"

For a week after the trip, i felt socially awkward and i had little confidence in dealing with girls. I couldnt keep a conversation going and people seemed to notice a difference in my overall demeanor.

Acid showed me all of my problems in life, and i wasnt able to face them. It taught me to not look too far into the future and live ever moment as a stream of conciousness. If things are not going well in life, hold your head up high and keep going. It showed me a different side of myself. It made me truly believe that in this life, there is good and evil. The only explanation for the perfection of this life on earth is one word: God. After the trip, i have found the lord and accepted jesus as my personal savior. If we are going to spend eternity somewhere else after we die, mine as well dedicate this short life on earth to the Lord. After reaching the highest highs and lowest lows, i realized what life is like in both heaven and hell. Heaven is full of knowledge and appreciation for peace, nature, and life and hell is full of paranoia, anxiety, stress, pain and suicide.

Acid has changed my life. period. I no longer have the desire to smoke weed, drink until i black out, or take any other mind altering drugs. I find these things as somewhat childish and its not worth losing brain matter for short time impairment. I am a practicing christian now and i am living my life day by day.

I credit acid to this sort of "enlightenment" and if it wasnt for this drug, i would not appreciate every waking moment of life here on earth.
 
LSD is a very powerful substance and effects people in drastically different ways. The three most important things to remember to avoid a bad trip are set, setting, and dose. Set is mindset. You should have a clear understanding of what you expect from the trip, what you plan to do, etc. It is okay to wing it, of course, but being prepared for a rough experience might mean the difference between a hard time and a full on bad trip. Setting is where you are, what you are doing, etc. You should try to trip in a normal place with normal kind of things around you when you trip the first time. Dose is what makes LSD one of the easiest drugs to avoid a bad trip on because dose is very consistant within a batch. Mushrooms, for instance, very greatly from mushroom to mushroom in potency. Just starting slow on a single hit, or even half of one to assess your sensativity to the drug is probably the easiest way to avoid freaking out.

Something I've found helpful when experiencing bad thoughts, feelings, or physical symptoms is to just close my eyes, acknowledge the thoughs, then dismiss them. If you have any experience in TM (transendental meditation) it can be very helpful. Practicing emptying your mind while sober is a good way to prepare yourself for a trip. Acceptance of whatever is happening to you is key. You have to realize that there is nothing you can do to avoid it once your drop that blotter. Even if you go to the hospital, or tell someone you are tripping, the most they can do is try to calm you down or give your sedatives to knock you out. Your best bet is to do your best to relax, breathe slowly, think positive thoughts, and remember that no one has ever overdosed on LSD.
 
^That's almost always the start of a bad trip. Its like, LSD it the most powerful mind-altering substance ever created: it really frowns upon trying to be bossed around. But if you just kinda chill and stand in awe of it, then it takes you on an epic journey and really shows you the amazing stuff that it can do.

<3LSD
 
Roger&Me said:
^That's almost always the start of a bad trip. Its like, LSD it the most powerful mind-altering substance ever created: it really frowns upon trying to be bossed around. But if you just kinda chill and stand in awe of it, then it takes you on an epic journey and really shows you the amazing stuff that it can do.

<3LSD
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Yep. I think back on it and I regret letting that trip go bad so much...it could have been the best night of my life.
 
i had what i would consider a mental/pschotic breakdown a few months ago with LSD. 2 hits. it was probly my ~20th time tripping off the same sheet, same dosage.

the day after, i said i'd never take acid again. a few months later after getting some good advice from some good friends, i decided to try again, to try and find the answers behind what had happened during that trip.

and with about 2 months of mental preparation, i went back, did the same amount in a similar setting and found the answers i saught, plus more. remember that lsd is a catalyst, a magnifying glass, an amplifier. intention and motives are key.
 
People keep talking about set and setting as if that is done correctly, thus your trip will be fine. It doesn't necessarily work like that. Once you are hours into a trip shit can go wrong even with perfect planning. If you have a psychotic break while you are on a halucinogen, god help you because nobody else can.
 
ninjaturtle121 said:
People keep talking about set and setting as if that is done correctly, thus your trip will be fine. It doesn't necessarily work like that. Once you are hours into a trip shit can go wrong even with perfect planning. If you have a psychotic break while you are on a halucinogen, god help you because nobody else can.
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Word. The last time I took shrooms, I'd been in a very positive mood the week leading up to the trip. The day of, the sun was shining and there wasn't a cloud in the sky. Regardless, I had the worst shroom experience of my life. Hallucinogens are unpredictable.

OP, you've dosed and seen the world in ways that most people never have. Savor that experience and take care of yourself - you only get one brain.

Best of luck to you.
 
Good or bad it's nothing to fear.
it's not still happening.
Even though you could think about it happening again
before a peak or something like that, it could turn into something that makes you laugh!

One time, i ate 5 grams of mushrooms 2 days i was susposed to go to the prom on this blind state sort of thing. My best friend Shaynes girlfriend laura had it all planned out...

I really did not know what i was getting myself into and i just kept on driving myself a little bit more and more insane thinking about every single aspect of why this wasn't the right choice for me. I ended up running outside of my house, and i rode my bike in a thunder storm pouring tears over to lauras house, i was lucky shayne was there and i spent a good... 2 hours on their front porch just crying as thunder and lightening split the sky almost screaming to them why i didn't want to go.


There was alot of gnitty gritty stuff involved emotionally, mostly towards my own, quiet connections that i had to a different girl. After that experience, i must say it was alot easier for me to speak to people and to open my mind, all i have to say is, if you have NEVER HAD A BAD TRIP BEFORE IN YOUR LIFE


YOU AREN'T DOING IT RIGHT...
there has to be a trigger to pull you from that mood,
wether it is the release of buried emotions you keep within a different concealed egg inside of your brain, it could be that it was cracked, and now you just need to let the emotions out...

Try Mushrooms lol ^.^
 
I've tripped on average 15-20 times.. i've had my fair share of 'difficult trips'. But there's only been 1 time where i had quite a horrible bad trip.. because it hit so hard to a truth about myself that i guess i buried so deep within my subconsciousness.

I know this happened because every time i trip i dig really deep into myself.. i don't try 'stay in control' i let it take absolute control of me.. and i really wasn't expecting what happened to happen.. it ended up taking me into a fantasy world of imagination.. from what i could understand from it.. it started to merge my imagination with my perception of reality on a VERY real/visual scale.. where i actually thought the leaves on the ground were sharks and piranhas biting my bare feet.. usually its alot of visual distortion.. but never had my visuals took the form of creatures.. it was like the creative part of my mind was having some 'fun' lol.

Anyway.. this wasnt too bad, i actually had fun with this.. but what was very disturbing was my in-ability to understand anyone.. i could hear them say words, but my mind was refusing to absorb any of it to make sense of.. which lead me to believe i was destined to be a loner in this world because my mind wasnt interested in what people had to say, and would never have any form of relationship with anyone.. and wow did that change the scene.. everything went dark and dirty.. i could smell sewage and feces and i felt like everyone was looking at me with the facial expression - 'fuckoff you loner' i felt like i lost it that night.. i ended up running off into the bush on my own swearing and yelling from the piranhas biting my feet, not to return for 3hours later. - I should note, i understood it was part of the trip.. i didn't truly believe piranhas were there.. but since see'ing is believing to the mind.. they remained to be there, i had to look away in order for them to disappear. (Mind over Matter)

I learn't a shitload that night.. but it wasn't enough to deter me from LSD :) I still very much love the substance, and will do it again.
 
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LSD is a complex drug in its effects. A subjective drug. What you are to understand is that YOU control the trip, it does not control you. You very well will be hallucinating, but that does not mean that you have to be out of control. Its a shock. That is the intention. Work with it.
 
Best thing for a bad trip is benzos. In my experience, when you dose benzos during a bad trip, you still have the visual distortions, but you feel like you're back in your "own mind". Also, I think a lot of the "bad trip" effects are caused by unpleasant physical feelings. I've never tried this, but I'd guess that opiates or cocaine--ie, "feel-good drugs"--might help.
 
Yeah, well MDMA will calm you down immensely.. you'll basically just feel really good but with visuals and some insight.
 
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