doing shrooms to "condition" me for LSD?

[TangerinO]

Yeah I'd just like to add to the OP as well, I had a friend who is quite experienced with most psychs and drugs in general. He had 5 mushrooms (Count them 5!!) that were found naturally dry in the ground and he was tripping so hard he actually could not stand for several hours and refused to get out of the car for even a minute. Never underestimate the power of the mushroom. I've had one bad trip on both LSD and Mushrooms, and honestly the bad trip on LSD was far more terrifying, but the one with mushrooms was far more confusing. For me that's the part that really freaks me out with mushrooms, LSD helps me understand, mushrooms show me that I really don't ... If that makes sense.
For the record I also have a friend who ALWAYS without fail has a total freakout for the first hour of shrooms, goes off on his own in a fit on anxiety, sweating more than a sumo wrestler and this usually regardless of how low or high the dose is. He usually settles in within the hour to 90 minutes though and then has a good time.

So bottom line it's totally different for everyone.

 

[2c-goinsane]

IME never underestimate anything thats when they usually put it off in your ass nicely off guard

fungus for me is alot more dissociating mentally and physically than lsd although lsd has a longer duration, with mushrooms i feel like something is compelling me and taking over me making my movements for me and at times i dont even feel like im myself on them

 

[SATripper]

If they're anything like the special 300ug Ganesh's on an undisclosed vending website, then yes a quarter of a tab will probably give you an experience similar to your average tab, maybe a little less or more. The full thing is likely to blow the back of your head open if you aren't familiar with the psychedelic experience.

You are probably getting confused with trips here, Ganesh's are in the 80 to 100ug region and have been for a long time. I have had them various times over the last year and they have all been about the same. A great trip none the less, nice visuals, very decent indeed.

A lot of people are advertising Dalai Lama trips as 300ug, but they are closer to the 200 to 220ug mark. I have had half of one before that was stronger than any ganesh I had. I have also taken a whole one a few times and had and amazing time with unbelievable visuals.

A lot of people exaggerate the strength for selling purposes, the vendors I know (on an undisclosed private forum) get their stock tested every time they get a new batch, most of the time they are around the same strength as before, except for the avatars, which have dropped big time.

Personally, one of my strongest and most profound trips has been on only 2grams of mushrooms. I have not been able to get anywhere near to the same level even when I tried 6 grams a while back. I guess set and setting as well as the type of mushrooms must have played a role there.

Most of the time I know for a fact how strong the trip is going to be if I buy certain types of acid, with shrooms, I never really know. I also find that with mushrooms I often get an uneasy feeling in my gut, and my sometimes feel ill, that never happens to me with acid.

I would say acid and shrooms have equal potential to give a great trip, though I have never freaked out on acid, I have had a few hairy moments on shrooms.

I agree, start with shrooms or acid, but start low, and dont get too cocky with your dosages as you increase them, or you might just have a bit too much to handle at this early stage.

 

[TheAppleCore]

You don't need to "prepare" for acid at all. LSD is the psychedelic you take to prepare for other psyches, like mushrooms (IMHO).

 

[PoppyLlama]

yeah mushrooms and acid are totally different, doing one won't prepare you for the other in any way..

I did acid before mushrooms, i also happen to like acid better, but shit they're both awesome as long as it's high quality

 

[PepperSocks]

I don't know where you're getting that shrooms are less intense than LSD, I've always found the opposite to be true. LSD is very friendly and fun, whereas shrooms are much more intense (like DMT but longer and freakier). YMMV, of course.

Bingo. IME mushrooms dig deep and hard. They are relentless in their action and can bring on some very scary states. All psychedelics have the capacity for so-called "soul rape" but I find mushrooms have more of a slope in that direction. It has boggled me to no end why they are the most common, easily accessible psychedelic and people view them as being light and fun, "the next step up from weed".

LSD is more uplifting, energizing and fun, whereas I've always found mushroom trips to be among the most difficult. On the flipside mushrooms have the power to give you the best spiritual experiences and euphoria there are.

Do LSD to condition you for mushrooms

 

[Bkhaze]

Shrooms conditioned me for my first lsd trip; that being my shroom experiences were very weird and over-wheming at some points. When I first tried lsd, I was amazed at how clear-headed and happy I was while tripping compared to my feelings while tripping on shrooms, which leave me anxious and confused at times. Basically, I beleive having been thrown into many odd mushroom trips before taking acid made me enjoy the acid trip that much more. =]