bad trip recovery-will I be ok to take LSD on Friday?

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Posted variations of this story at a few other places, I'm not trying to get attention I just want to know if I'll be alright to take acid on Friday.

Me and a mate had a tab of DOM last night. I had it lying around and thought we might as well take it as something to do, it wasn't really thought out beforehand or anything, didn't really think too much about it. I was a bit tired before too.

I had had a fairly stressful week, I'd just found out I'd passed my second year of uni but it was close and I still don't have any 'official' conformation so to speak, just my lecturers telling me my retake work was all fine.

I'd also over the summer had a few girlfriend issues, she went home and posted a few cryptic blog posts that were personal and obviously aimed at me that had been playing on my mind a bit. Also on Friday night I'd had a big session on cocaine and booze.

Mentally it was very clear with no headfuck or confusion, I could hold a conversation and follow films perfectly fine. It was very gentle on the body, insane body trippiness and visuals actually, at times when I focused it almost felt like I was riding a rollercoaster through these insane twisting visuals. I also manged to fall asleep eventually.

But the way it brought up personal issues felt brutal. It just seemed to bring out loads of negative thoughts while offering no solution, I'd try to think positively but then my thoughts would just turn negative and dark again. I began to feel totally cynical and hopeless at parts.

I might mix it with some MDMA next time to combat the strange negative thought patterns it brought out (I have heard a few people say that DOM can be quite brutal mentally and bring out negative thought patterns) because the feeling of riding a rollercoaster through insane, sci-fi visuals was brilliant.

But as I said, the negative thoughts. I felt like my mind was trying to rip apart my self-esteem and everything good about myself. I was trying to fight it but it didn't work so well.

We were planning on taking LSD on Friday. This will only be my second time. The first time I had the almost exact opposite effect of the DOM, I felt unusually positive about myself. I think DOM has a reputation for being a bit mentally punishing, Shulgin actually described similar thought patterns to me in PiHKAL on the same dose, and LSD feels much less punishing and personal it it's feel and more sort of trancendent and out of body. So I think i'll be fine, but just asking here to see what you think.

 

[Anon0631]

If you had a difficult trip, why on earth do you want to take another psychedelic so soon. Give it some time to integrate.

 

[sekio]

I agree, probably not a good idea to go dropping acid so soon after a bad trip.

 

[Solipsis]

If you have to call it a bad trip, that directly indicates you need time to integrate and process the experience. Having another one on top of it can easily overcomplicate things because it would add even more levels to process and integrate.

 

[.:Holy::Toast:.]

It's all up to you, if you still have anxiety or lingering bad thoughts from the trip, you should probably give it some time.
Give yourself a few weeks to properly integrate the trip, perhaps try some meditation.
There is no need to trip so often, even though I don't follow those rules myself I strongly encourage others too, as my ability to trip meaningfully has all but vanished.
Psyches are much better when not done on a weekly basis, I'd personally recommend no more than once a month

 

[Elkat13]

Yeah, It all comes down to what you bring too it. If you bring a negative energy or fear, you will probably get fear. I learned that from trying to smoke DMT every day. I never had a bad DMT trip, but I could tell I needed to lay off for a while. Now I use it with much more respect. Never had a bad acid trip either. Had a really weird intense one the first time I IV'd acid, but I couldn't wait to do it again. But never a bad one. Trust your gut and do it when you're ready. Don't feel pressured to do it.