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Long term LSD 'side' effects

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AussieSWIMer

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Long term LSD side effects

Hey I'm thinking of getting into LSD a bit like once a week/fortnight and wondering what I would expect later on down the tracks in terms of negative effects? I've read that deminished view of colour is one but I can't remember if I actually read that or if it was from word of mouth when I was younger. Advice from experienced long term users or people with a reasonable amount of knowledge (such as mods or whatnot) would be greatly appreciated.
 
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From persistent use of LSD many people find themselves getting frustrated with people as they believe they think too 'linear.' But staying off the stuff for a long period of time can cure this.
 
Ok that sounds plausable. By linear r u refering to something along the lines of getting frustrated when people don't go into depth or pay attention to the suttle or seemingly insignificant things?
 
He's referring to people who have done a bit too much acid and look down on everybody else because they "don't understand" the real world etc.
 
I can provide some insight from a mental health perspective, I suffer from manic-depression (bi-polar). When I use LSD in a depressive episode it can sometimes amplify my anxieties and depressive thoughts into an overwhelming mess and leave me fucked up for a while, or sometimes help put everything into perspective. Using when I'm normal is fine for me, it's what I imagine tripping is like for normal people.

Using when I'm manic usually isn't too good an idea for me, in my first manic episode I began using a lot more drugs and used LSD heavily, it helped build up delusions in my mind that lasted for a significant amount of time after ceasing LSD use and the after-effects of those delusions still affect me today. I became more grandiose, more paranoid in a grandiose type way and had a religious zeal when normally I am not a religious person.

Something to consider if you suffer from any type of mental health problem is that LSD could exacerbate symptoms.
 
taking acid frequently can make you weird 8(

Just don't do it so often that you can't relate to normal people--like, at work or your family. If you work with weirdos and your family is freaky then by all means eat acid all the time.
 
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From persistent use of LSD many people find themselves getting frustrated with people as they believe they think too 'linear.' But staying off the stuff for a long period of time can cure this.
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I was annoyed by other people's linear thinking before I ever ate acid. (Like... middle school or 6th grade was probably when I started to get annoyed. -_- )

<3
 
I've also found that you can become frustraited with the linnear world after prolonged use of LSD. But these guys are right once you realize that thats how the world thinks you can easily overcome this by either putting things into perspective or stop using acid so frequently. Kinda sucks when you loose touch with things like family =(

Ive found that if you think about friends and family during a trip you'll generally feel more connected with them after. Happy tripping
 
in fact i think one of the best ways to stay connected to family is to call them while on high amounts of acid...i was lucky enough to be able to talk to my dad tonight and whether or not he consciously knew anything was different, we had such a great, open talk about so many things.

look...the side effects of LSD for me, after starting at 14 and being in my mid thirties, is that i love my family, my life, the people around me, and i feel like i am a very happy, together person...far more so than when i was using heroin or cocaine or speed. those were the only times (not counting 14-17 when i was way too young to really be using LSD effectively) since i started tripping when i veered off the rails and screwed up my life...everytime i have gone with acid, and listened to what it made me see or remember or feel, my life has gone well.

no joke.


but i will say, i literally thought LSD had made me go crazy when i was 16. (that was because too much stuff from unconscious had been uprooted so fast and thrown at my conscious self...and being 16 i was not mature enough to deal with it and started getting all kinds of depression and other symptoms...i felt like i was in a movie where the main actor goes CRAAAAZY from taking acid.....OF COURSE, once i realized that the point of acid is to change yourself and grow, and in some ways accept being "crazy..as its the only sane option, then i was totally fine and have had wonderful experiences with PD's since//// and there are people with latent schizophrenia who have it brought out through tripping. some people are wired really well for acid. i am one of them and i am pretty sure so are tons of people on here. you know quickly if acid is bringing you in good directions in your life. and if you don't, you either take a break, or you stop. (just please dont stop because of a bad trip...you are trying to tell yourself something)

sometimes acid can make people disassociate because that is what they need for awhile...but i havent had acid cause any kind of break from family, work, art, sex, or food since i was in my 20's and i trip a lot.

someone had a good point, actually there were 2 to watch out for.
1. watch out for acid if you have any mental health issues. though it CAN be good for some in a therapeutic context (see LSD psychotherapy or Hallucinogens by Grobb for some examples), it can also aggravate or create some of these problems if you have a predisposition for them. I have only known one person in 20 yrs of tripping who probably shouldnt have tripped and it didnt do him any favors)


2. it can be easy for some people to fall into the trap of thinking they are better than others (who dont see) because they have tripped and now they "get it and see through all the bullshit) but this not the best place to be stuck in. (plenty of non tripping people see through all the bullshit and GET IT too and even though not everybody sees what you do doesnt make you better than them) i think Lsd combined with occasional empathogens like MDMA really helps in this regard. ( i think mdma helps a lot of people tap into a lot more love than acid...but i think the more love i have tapped into over time, the more it is now with me in all of my acid trips as well)

i am rambling...sorry if i got of track

just for reference i estimate i have tripped a few thousand times. good luck in your quest and good thinking on asking first. good research can help you a lot with L. a few books i recommend

ACID DREAMS
and
PSYCHEDELIC DRUGS RECONSIDERED

the second book gives tons of information on many of the questions...how it has helped people, etc.

thanks!

thanks
 
Thanks for all the help guys. CricketBee I will try get ahold of those books, thanks mate.

On a different note, I got on it a couple of nights ago and just wondering if it has this effect on everyone, everyone was consitantly getting into hardcore laughing fits everything was super funny lol does that happen to everyone else, we had 5 people on it, 3 on speed as well-crazy c@&ts it kind of brought the night up a bit up I think but for one fella it skited him out a bit but i was too fuked to do or understand anything but yeah has anyone else experienced the 'manic' type laughter?
 
AussieSWIMer said:
Thanks for all the help guys. CricketBee I will try get ahold of those books, thanks mate.

On a different note, I got on it a couple of nights ago and just wondering if it has this effect on everyone, everyone was consitantly getting into hardcore laughing fits everything was super funny lol does that happen to everyone else, we had 5 people on it, 3 on speed as well-crazy c@&ts it kind of brought the night up a bit up I think but for one fella it skited him out a bit but i was too fuked to do or understand anything but yeah has anyone else experienced the 'manic' type laughter?
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Yeah. I find it's similar to a cannabis high's 'giggles' but like 10x stronger, it's fun.
 
Be careful. If you're going to take acid long-term, make sure you monitor yourself. If you feel reality slipping from between your fingers, for your own sake, stop. I was tripping weekly for almost 2 months, and by the end of that things were getting regularly scattered. Through these trips I had cemented my worldview into a shape where "consensus reality" seemed something worthy of escaping, and I had the means to do so.

Fortunately I saw this happening and was able to stop myself in time. If this is what you really want to do, take the utmost care.

Be well.
 
i'm not sure about how long term the effects might be.

but... during my last trip it was really intense and I got myself stuck in a thought loop and thought I had figured out the meaning of the universe, but couldn't quite put it into words. it was the most absolutely euphoric blissful feeling I could have possibly imagined possible combined with the most frustrating feeling of having the answer to the universe on the tip of my tongue without being able to make sense of it.

since coming down I kinda feel like I've lost some of my soul and I've been strugling to find satisfaction in regular things. i think with time normality is slowly coming back. but I still feel like I'm in some weird limbo.
 
^ Very common.. it's somethin i think ALOT of people have but don't really notice untill they look for it.
 
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I've always been a bit odd and noticed insignificant things, and had trouble relating to people. but since i've done psychedelics, this has increased and i get a "tripped out" feeling many many times. I've been sober from ALL drugs for 6 months and am taking antidepressants, which may have some of this effect i was told?? but is there anything to do about this? i understand there's no such thing as "permatripping" perse, but i feel like i'm losing touch with reality more and more!
 
I ate a lot of acid in a 3 month period about a year ago. At the end of it, I didn't feel like tripping for a long time. I was anxious and paranoid and would just stare into space for long periods of time. I had great trips but I was losing touch with reality. I took a break and came back and have been enjoying myself ever since, I just know now that psyche's aren't toys. I also accepted that while acid made me weird in some ways, I was very weird to begin with. I guess it taught me to accept myself and my differences with many people after a while. It can be a very positive thing if you have the right mindset but if you approach it the wrong way, it can mess with your head. Now, I feel much more comfortable with tripping because of those experiences. I wouldn't take anything back or change things, in fact, I almost thing it was positive in that it taught me quite a bit. I never thought I was better than anyone but I did wonder why nobody else wanted to eat as much acid as I was.

I enjoy tripping now though but space it out accordingly. I sort of regained an appreciation for it. I thought I was messed up in the head for a while but eventually completely forgot about it. Reality was seemingly dull when I wasn't tripping but now I realize that reality will always seem dull if I compare it to a drug experience. So instead, I just stay occupied working and learning so I can better enjoy psyche's and feel better about myself when I do trip, when I say better, I mean like I've done the things I need to. Vegetating all the time doesn't help my mood.
 
i would say that everyone's neurological make-up is different, so different risks present for different individuals, but i've been using LSD semi-regularly for over ten years.
i haven't experienced any long-term side effects, but i have noticed that tripping has become easier and more familiar as time has gone on.
there are trips these days that i know are highly visual, but i barely notice the patterns because they've become normal.
i remember that on my first few trips, i was shocked by the visual distortions that presented.
not negatively, or in a fearful way, they just had a big impact.
these days this isn't really the case - i can pretty much sit back and watch the fractals without realising i am doing so.
but i am lucky that i've never had any residual visual distortions or anything like that.
if anything, i feel like tripping a lot gives me a lot of perspective.
if you high-dose too often, this probably melts into confusion, but i would just recommend that you RESPECT the substance, use it in some kind of moderation, and you should be ok. if you space your trips out by (at least) a couple of weeks, they're better anyway.
it isn't like other substances that will damage your brain with repeated use.
but perhaps i'm one of the lucky folks who can play with lucy without getting burned?
safe, happy tripping.
 
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