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How different is high-dose and low-dose LSD really?

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Does taking a high dose of LSD (say >=3 tabs) really differ that much from low dose (say 1 tab) as far as the trip goes?
 
Does drinking 3 shots of hard liquor really differ that much from drinking 15 shots of hard liqour
 
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yea... my first trip I took 2 strong tabs and blew my mind, the living room was like a spiraling rainbow fractal of doom all night. Same for my 2nd trip. then my third trip I took one weak one and all I got were mild visuals and strange thoughts, completely different. I've never done less than 200ug since.
 
They are very different but it all depends on set and setting. I have had 100ug trips that have been very powerful due to set and setting factors. However, generally, higher dose trips are a different ball game with way more immersive visuals, way more thought changing, major shift in consciousness and more prone to mystical experiences such as ego death and union with universal mind. Enjoy but beware.
 
I wish I could know the amount put on each tab when I get them. Apparently stuff I might get is supposed to be very powerful, so I might only take one.
 
It's always worth just taking one of a new batch. Set and setting is incredibly important, but dosage is a big factor too.
It's hard to say how different they are. I suppose it's easiest to say that very low dose tends to be more anxious and stimulated and easily distracted. Mid dose is pretty sociable and generally happy. High dose tends to be more dissociated and full on. Still happy but can be a bit of a hold on tight ride.
 
Yes, a high dose is substantially different. IME, LSD has a pretty steady dose-repsonse curve. 100mics is 'half the intesity' of 200 etc. However, at high high doses (i think 1.5mg) receptor saturation sets in, and not much more 'intensity' (besides probably shocking bodily symptoms) will be noticed.
 
Low doses sometimes dont even produce visuals, just different thought patterns and often alot of laughing, some people say it feels quite speedy too but not in my experience. Visuals like squigly lines, walls breathing, brighter colours.

High doses for me are a totally different ball game. Very different and often strange thought patterns and some quite astounding and sometimes scary visuals. Ive had amazing OEV's like trees growing from lifeless dirt right before my eyes, my hands turning into caveman hands, freckles on peoples faces jumping out at me and when I look in the mirror a beard growing from my hairless face.

Not all has been good though, Ive seen the shadow of an alien walking around my empty house and one time I had a really fucked up CEV, I pictured my mum's armless, legless torso and head hanging from a rope with satanic like symbols cut all over her body. That scared the fuck out of me but I soon forgot about it, its these sort of things you just have to tell yourself its not real and focus on something fun and enjoyable. Which can be very hard to do.

BTW I can not use a phone or any electronic device on high dose acid, im basically useless, just a body full of strange and usually magical thoughs, and lots of eye candy. So I advice staying away from things that involve much concentration....stay away from ovens too coz I know people who've started fires from trying to cook intoxicated and forgetting about stuff, driving ppffftt, I hope you know better than to drive on any intoxicant :)

If your worried and you want to take a high dose just make sure you have someone trusted and experienced because they can really help. Acid is tons of fun until you overdo it, then you will ruin it for yourself and you'll never want to do it again.

Have fun & be safe.
 
^Armlessness- or the concept of it- absolutely wrecked me one sparkling odd LSDay. We were sitting in my mates government-flat; dingy and dank, with an odd armless scultpure in the corner. A friend turned to me and said "Fuck, imagine having no arms..."...That absolutely fucked my nut in. Those concepts- the notion- was so real (except for my arms being there). To this day, I truly fear losing my arms.

8) 8o :)

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1.5mg would be considered a pretty insane dose by anybody, however.
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To be sure, to be sure. I don't know if I could. The highest I've been was 0.700ug- or thereaboouts- and that was Pure Hallucinogenic Madness In a 12 Hour Rainbow Orgy of Bliss and Terror and Fucking The Moonlight.
 
^^Lol im much the same with being deaf or blind. The thought of never seeing or hearing my loved ones again makes me quite depressed, though I try not to worry about things until they actually happen.

Carry on with this helpful discussion. :)
 
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hat scared the fuck out of me but I soon forgot about it, its these sort of things you just have to tell yourself its not real and focus on something fun and enjoyable. Which can be very hard to do.
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word. and control your breathing too, that helps. Big, deep breaths.

But this isn't the "bad trip" thread, so I'll add my 2 cents on the subject.

Yes, there's a big difference between higher dosages and lower ones. taking a weak hit compared to thumbprinting . . .

yeah.

8o
 
the difference between 1 and 2 hits for me almost seems exponential(keyword: seems) in terms of comeup speed/visuals/and duration
 
You have to realize there will be a point of diminishing returns. At a certain point your serotonin receptors will be saturated and receptors you dont really want being activated (histamine receptors) will become MUCH more activated.

This is why when a person takes a huge dose of LSD their eyes will water and their nose will run. Its kind of gross looking actually. It looks traumatic to me, but my friend at a party did this and said it was complete bliss.
 
Thank you all for the intelligent replies. The reason I ask is that I just came into possession of 3 tabs that are reported by the source to be ~120ug each. The last (read: only) time I did acid I had 1 tab that was 2 years old from a certain popular music festival in Tennessee. It took FOREVER to kick in (just over 2 hours), but when it did it hit hard and fast, gave me mild synesthesia and OEVs for a few hours and a really cool head trip for a good 8+ hours.

I'm trying to decide if I should take all 3 tabs at once or 2 tabs and save 1 for a mild trip later...
 
I wouldn't consider 3 like that to be a particularly large dose.
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^^^Agreed. LSD today is in general much, much weaker than it used to be. If your hits are like 70mcg each (which is pretty decent/good acid), a "high dose" (I consider 500mcg a high dose) would be like 8 hits.

For a "medium" dose, I'll take like 4 or 5 hits depending on the strength...
Most LSD is NOT 100mcg/hit anymore... It's rare when you find shit that strong. A few years ago, I remember reading that the DEA figured out the average dose is 50mcg/tab in the USA today, which is such bulllllllshit. It's more expensive than ever and also weaker than ever.

High dose and low dose are EXTREMELY different.

I like to dive directly into the pool when I 'swim', rather than just dip my foot in the water first, if you know what I mean. When I drop, I like to eat AT LEAST 500mcg...I usually aim for 750-1200mcg however. The acid I got last was probably 70mcg/hit so I ate 10 hits, was a good ~700mcg bake.

Too low of a dose just makes me angry because I'm losing sleep and not really getting much insight or tripping...I feel like I'm just being kept awake by the LSD.

I know it's both a phenethylamine and a tryptamine in structure, which I think is responsible for its unique effects. One thing is, I notice it's tryptamine qualities come out more and more as the dosage is increased.
 
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