Bad LSD trips

[blondiwright]

Bad trips are pretty grim things does any body have any good/ quick ways of getting out of them?

 

[!!4iV4HF9R34g]

Mental focus and control.
Calm, breathing, or finding something funny.
Good stimuli (music, etc.).
Last resort, take an anti-psychotic like Zyprexa, but only a low dose. This will agonize the 5-HT2A receptor, effectively halting a psychedelic trip.

 

[LogicSoDeveloped]

I hear benzos are pretty good but not too much as calming a bad trip and blacking out are two different things.

When starting to feel off on a psyche, I usually tell myself that it is just a drug with amount of time until it wears off. My ADD I think helps a lot too because I get easily distracted from the fact that I'm having bad thoughts. I've only had one bad trip though and that was from DMT.

I find ambient music helps me out too, such as Aphex Twin.

 

[TheAppleCore]

Consider working with the trip, instead of fighting it. Many experienced psychonauts say that the most difficult psychedelic trips are, in the end, the most enlightening and rewarding.

In my opinion, psychedelic trips are no different than life itself. Pain is a necessary counterbalance to the joy and love that we seek in both.

 

[undisclosed]

Consider working with the trip, instead of fighting it. Many experienced psychonauts say that the most difficult psychedelic trips are, in the end, the most enlightening and rewarding.

In my opinion, psychedelic trips are no different than life itself. Pain is a necessary counterbalance to the joy and love that we seek in both.

I agree. This thread has some good info that seemed useful: http://www.bluelight.ru/vb/threads/585750-My-brain-can-t-handle-psychedelics!. Bit of a read at 4 pages but worth it IMO.

 

[frusty noggets]

set and setting. period

be with GOOD friends in a GOOD environment and you will be okay.

even my good friends who aren't experienced trippers can throw me off. i personally hate tripping with, for lack of a better word, noobs. they freak me out, even if we are good friends.

also, music is a must

trip on sir

 

[blondiwright]

Consider working with the trip, instead of fighting it. Many experienced psychonauts say that the most difficult psychedelic trips are, in the end, the most enlightening and rewarding.

In my opinion, psychedelic trips are no different than life itself. Pain is a necessary counterbalance to the joy and love that we seek in both.

i aggree with this man. the last bad trip i had i was stuck there for 3 days man i would have been good if i could have taken a magic pill to make it go away but its not that easy. but after having that i thought my god what a powerfull drug it turned me in to a blubbering mess that couldnt even peice together a sentence but it think i defo go my moneys worth hahaha it destroyed me!!!

 

[Cyanoide]

A change of environment can do wonders. Go to another place, switch music or do something else that can change the general feeling. Also, if you have a friend with you, a good thing is to talk and try to switch the subject. Experienced trippers usually know that speaking calmly, reafferming that everything's OK and then diverting the attention to something positive often works well.

I do agree that bad trips often aren't "bad". If you encounter fear on a trip, try speaking about it, or if being alone, try to figure out what exactly it is that scares you. For me, sometimes when tripping alone the trips aren't fun, but I have learnt a lot of things when actually consciously focusing on difficult things in my life. I have more fears being "sober" than tripping, it seems I can analyze fear better when I'm tripping. Psychedelics open more doors to cope and understand feelings.

But of course if the trip is so bad it's pure horror, then benzo's do work very well.

 

[obleo]

For me my favorite mellow music works well and for me eating good fresh fruit makes me sooo happy haha. I have almost always had a small amount of Xanax with me. I have a decent tollerace to benzos, but for me a small dose of Xanax I'll start with .5 mg. Any benzo will work I just find Xanax to be faster acting a slightly more euphoric. But the LSD should cover the euphoria. Like stated no chemical can end a bad trip but if anxiety is bothering you benzos can help. And if you get stuck, more than likely you learn somethings about your self : ) also if your contonuesly bad or unsettling trips, maybe look for a new source, or re evaluate your mind state prior to the trip, and if there is anychance something could potentially stress or upset you maybe save it for another time. Wish you luck and I hope you get that experience your looking for

 

[TheAzo]

Benzos if necessary, but try to work with it first. I've had difficult trips that turned out to be helpful in the end.

 

[Ds]

dude i talked myself out of having one tonight. told myself that what ever i was doing er weather it be for the good or bad that it builds character lol.

i duno man, try reasoning with urself, sounds silly but eh it works.