This is an account of my first and only experience with LSD. I will try to be as detailed as possible, but forgive me if some parts are vague or poorly described, as it has been a few months since the experience and it is difficult to remember specifics. This experience took place in late January, with a couple of friends who I will refer to as H, B, & A.
It was a Saturday evening, and my good friend B (who I have had several shroom trips with) called me up and told me that him and H had gotten a hold of some pretty strong tabs. This was the first time that LSD had been available in my area in a long time, so I quickly jumped on the opportunity.
I arrived at H's house, our usual tripping pad, around 10:30 PM. I was somewhat nervous, but very excited. There were a few people there that I didn't know very well, so I was somewhat apprehensive about tripping around them. Nevertheless, we decided to dose shortly after I arrived. In retrospect, I regret dosing this late, as I was somewhat tired already.
I decided to take only 1 tab at first, just to get a feel for it. I swished the tab (no taste) around in my mouth for a good 10 minutes before swallowing.The first 30 minutes didn't consist of anything note worthy, just pre-trip anticipation and such. Around 45 minutes after dosing, I started to notice a "tingly" sensation pulsing throughout my body. H & B noted the same. Around this time, two of the people who I wasn't acquainted decided to leave. I was sitting in a chair and my legs were blocking the path to the door, and all I had to do was move my legs a little bit for them to pass. For some reason, I got up, folded the chair I was sitting in, and moved entirely to the side for them to pass. The guy was just like "oh! damn! thanks!". I'm not sure why I did that, and I felt awkward afterwards, but this was when I noticed that the LSD was definitely taking effect.
About an hour after dosing, I was still just feeling "tingly" and wasn't quite sure if it had me yet or how strong it was going to be. At this time, I decided to drop my second dose, which was a candy dose, unlike the first which was on blotter. I think the second dose was more potent than the first, but I'm an unsure. I was also starting to feel more comfortable, less awkward, and more talkative now it was just me, H, B, & A. I moved from the chair to a spot on the bed (much more comfortable), and we started to watch Tim & Eric's Awesome Show Great Job. We watched this for a good 30 minutes, and during this time I really wasn't even paying attention to the fact that I was still coming up on LSD. The show was absolutely hilarious though, and we were laughing hysterically pretty much the whole time. If you haven't seen it, I'd recommend checking it out.
At around t+1:30 or so, we decided to turn off the movie and put on some music (Tool, Grateful Dead, etc) along with a visualizer. Around this time I thought "so thiiiiiiis is what it feels like". The tingly sensation I had turned into a full on intense body high. The best way I can describe it is as if electricity is pulsing throughout your body. At some point, H's cat jumped onto my lap. I was pondering the cat's behavior because it was making no sense whatsoever. The cat would lick it's paw, then stare at the ceiling, look at me, run away, run b ack, and so forth, all in a very short time frame and in a frenzied manner. All if this was pretty confusing, and I was wondering if this cat was actually crazy or if I was just interpreting his actions in a strange way.
At this time, my visuals were just getting started. Objects around me were starting to breathe and wave, as cliche as it sounds. This effect was not isolated to just where I was looking. It seemed to encompass my entire field of vision. While talking to H, I noticed his face was warping/morphing. His chin, nose, and forehead would grow outwards, and then shrink back in. This happened very slowly and steadily, not sudden. It almost seemed entirely natural. Every time I looked at him, his face was warped slightly different, and at times I didn't even notice that this was happening. At this time, my visuals were quite pleasing.
At some point around t+2:00, I remember observing B's behavior/actions. I felt like I truly understood why he is the person he is and how he became to be. I felt like I understood exactly what he was thinking just by observing his motions and facial expressions. I talked about this with B for a bit, and he agreed and said he knows exactly what I mean.
It is difficult to remember exactly what I was thinking about during this part of the experience, but I do remember that I was having epiphanies left and right. A subject would pop into my mind, I'd analyze everything I thought about it, and conclude with a mental statement about it. Every time that I had come to a conclusion about something, I had a "aha!" or "eureka!" type feeling. It's hard to describe. I remember thinking about how everyone wears a certain style of clothing. Do these clothing styles reflect on their personalities? Do they wear a certain style of clothing to fit in? Or do they wear these clothes because they simply "like" them. I thought about early mankind, when clothes were meant for warmth and protection. All of these thoughts were flooding my brain, and all the while my trip was becoming more intense.
We decided to go out to the garage and have a cigarette, but first I had to use the bathroom. H's room is a very trippy room to be in, full of blacklight posters and entertaining decorations, so this was the first time I'd venture out of his room during the trip.
The trip down to the stairs and into the bathroom was a trip in itself. I opened the door to the staircase hallway, which was completely dark (no light whatsoever). Intense and beautiful CEVs surrounded me and my vision field. I felt very disoriented and it took me quite a few minutes to find the actual stairs. I remember thinking "shit, better act sane now". Using the toilet itself was nothing noteworthy. It felt normal. I turned to the side and looked at myself in the mirror, and was a little surprised at what I saw. I looked normal, except every facial expression I made reflected a different part of my personality. Somehow my visuals weren't really changing my appearance in the mirror, but I was still tripping pretty hard. It was a little overwhelming, and I didn't feel like I was ready to look into myself and "discover" myself. I looked down at the sink bowl, and became entranced in beautiful visuals circling around the side of the sink bowl. Every time I looked at it, it was something different. It was change from a trippy sun pattern to something completely different.
I left the bathroom and we left the house to go to the garage (the garage isn't attached to the house). Immediately upon leaving, I was stunned at how beautiful and amazing the outside world looked. It was winter and there was quite a lot of snow on the ground, so it'd probably look like shit if I wasn't tripping. We entered the garage, and right away my brain interpreted something in a very strange way. H had come inside the garage before me, and left right after I came inside to go get his cigarettes. For some reason, I thought H was some random dude hanging out in the garage, and not one of our friends. I thought "who was that!? why did he leave right away? why was he in here? does he know we're tripping? wtf!?" He comes back shortly after, and I realized that it was just H and not some random dude.
The garage was pretty cold. It was brightly lit and there was a lone couch in the middle with trippy patterns on it. I remember saying "the couch looks so inviting!". I sat down and immediately became entranced in the moving visuals on the couch. The patterns on the couch were swirling and moving around in strange ways. I absolutely loved it, and I could not stop staring at this couch. Eventually I realized that the couch was cold as fuck and that I should probably get up and move around to keep my body warm.
So we go inside, and the next couples hours consisted of playing Geometry Wars Evolved on 360. If you haven't heard of it, look it up on youtube. It's very fun to play/watch while on acid. I remember playing, and I kept trying to figure out the secret to the game. For example, "watch everything around you, but not yourself, and you will win". I felt like I found my groove in the game, and all I had to do was concentrate. This game entertained us for quite a while, not only because it's fun to play, but because it's fun to watch (as long as it's muted, and there is actual music playing instead) while tripping. After several hours of this, I went downstairs with B to get some food before B and I left to crash at his place.
Being in the kitchen, I decided to eat an orange. I've actually never peeled an orange before, so I was asking B on how to go about doing this. I tried peeling a little bit of it, but gave up pretty quickly, and decided to go into primal beast mode. I ripped a huge part of the peel off, and shoved the orange into my mouth while biting furiously. Obviously, I made a mess while doing this, but I really didn't care lol. It didn't taste good whatsoever, so I decided to warm up some chicken patties. I remember being disappointed that there were no forks or knives clean to eat it with, but then I realized "I don't need silverware! it's entirely useless in this state of mind. I'll just eat it with my hands!" The chicken tasted slightly better than the orange but still not good.
It was around 8 in the morning when B and I decided to head to his house to crash. At this point, it's important to note that I had suffered an episode of psychosis following an adverse reaction from a DXM trip around a year back, so I was nervous that I wasn't going to be able to fall asleep. Surly enough, I was awake for a full 24 hours before I finally fell asleep.
B and I smoked a joint to try and calm ourselves and fall asleep. This backfired on me entirely, and brought back my trip tenfold. This was around t+12, and after smoking a joint, my visuals were back 100% and mentally tripping harder than I was during my peak. I'm not sure why this happened, but I started to get VERY anxious. I started to hear B's voice incoherently mumbling in my left ear (my ear w/ tinnitus). Over the next 5-10 seconds, this voice became increasingly loud and frightening. Right then, my whole body jolted (like a hardcore twitch), and then the voice was gone. This voice was entirely a hallucination because B was right in front of me and he was not speaking. I could not make out any distinguishable words from it. It just sounds like a jumbled mess of incoherent babble. After this voice went away, (after 5-10 seconds), I was incredibly high still. I was having some severe anxiety, in combination with the intense body high still lingering from the acid. The next 10 hours consisted of paranoid thoughts and an anxiety (not delusional) filled mess of a psychosis.
I was finally able to fall asleep with TV playing in the background. I woke up a couple times during the night because I was sweating profusely, but I woke up in the morning feeling 100% refreshed and rejuvenated.
I first half of the trip was utterly amazing. I could not have asked for a better experience. However, the second half of the trip taught me a number of things. Many of these things are very personal, but I do think it's worth mentioning that the reason my comedown was so harsh was probably because I dosed late when I was already somewhat tired. I feel that if I had dosed after waking up, the comedown would likely be much smoother. I also think it's worth noting that I had no tolerance to weed whatsoever and the joint I smoked on the comedown was the first in a long time, so that could have attributed to the anxiety.
Thanks for reading!
It was a Saturday evening, and my good friend B (who I have had several shroom trips with) called me up and told me that him and H had gotten a hold of some pretty strong tabs. This was the first time that LSD had been available in my area in a long time, so I quickly jumped on the opportunity.
I arrived at H's house, our usual tripping pad, around 10:30 PM. I was somewhat nervous, but very excited. There were a few people there that I didn't know very well, so I was somewhat apprehensive about tripping around them. Nevertheless, we decided to dose shortly after I arrived. In retrospect, I regret dosing this late, as I was somewhat tired already.
I decided to take only 1 tab at first, just to get a feel for it. I swished the tab (no taste) around in my mouth for a good 10 minutes before swallowing.The first 30 minutes didn't consist of anything note worthy, just pre-trip anticipation and such. Around 45 minutes after dosing, I started to notice a "tingly" sensation pulsing throughout my body. H & B noted the same. Around this time, two of the people who I wasn't acquainted decided to leave. I was sitting in a chair and my legs were blocking the path to the door, and all I had to do was move my legs a little bit for them to pass. For some reason, I got up, folded the chair I was sitting in, and moved entirely to the side for them to pass. The guy was just like "oh! damn! thanks!". I'm not sure why I did that, and I felt awkward afterwards, but this was when I noticed that the LSD was definitely taking effect.
About an hour after dosing, I was still just feeling "tingly" and wasn't quite sure if it had me yet or how strong it was going to be. At this time, I decided to drop my second dose, which was a candy dose, unlike the first which was on blotter. I think the second dose was more potent than the first, but I'm an unsure. I was also starting to feel more comfortable, less awkward, and more talkative now it was just me, H, B, & A. I moved from the chair to a spot on the bed (much more comfortable), and we started to watch Tim & Eric's Awesome Show Great Job. We watched this for a good 30 minutes, and during this time I really wasn't even paying attention to the fact that I was still coming up on LSD. The show was absolutely hilarious though, and we were laughing hysterically pretty much the whole time. If you haven't seen it, I'd recommend checking it out.
At around t+1:30 or so, we decided to turn off the movie and put on some music (Tool, Grateful Dead, etc) along with a visualizer. Around this time I thought "so thiiiiiiis is what it feels like". The tingly sensation I had turned into a full on intense body high. The best way I can describe it is as if electricity is pulsing throughout your body. At some point, H's cat jumped onto my lap. I was pondering the cat's behavior because it was making no sense whatsoever. The cat would lick it's paw, then stare at the ceiling, look at me, run away, run b ack, and so forth, all in a very short time frame and in a frenzied manner. All if this was pretty confusing, and I was wondering if this cat was actually crazy or if I was just interpreting his actions in a strange way.
At this time, my visuals were just getting started. Objects around me were starting to breathe and wave, as cliche as it sounds. This effect was not isolated to just where I was looking. It seemed to encompass my entire field of vision. While talking to H, I noticed his face was warping/morphing. His chin, nose, and forehead would grow outwards, and then shrink back in. This happened very slowly and steadily, not sudden. It almost seemed entirely natural. Every time I looked at him, his face was warped slightly different, and at times I didn't even notice that this was happening. At this time, my visuals were quite pleasing.
At some point around t+2:00, I remember observing B's behavior/actions. I felt like I truly understood why he is the person he is and how he became to be. I felt like I understood exactly what he was thinking just by observing his motions and facial expressions. I talked about this with B for a bit, and he agreed and said he knows exactly what I mean.
It is difficult to remember exactly what I was thinking about during this part of the experience, but I do remember that I was having epiphanies left and right. A subject would pop into my mind, I'd analyze everything I thought about it, and conclude with a mental statement about it. Every time that I had come to a conclusion about something, I had a "aha!" or "eureka!" type feeling. It's hard to describe. I remember thinking about how everyone wears a certain style of clothing. Do these clothing styles reflect on their personalities? Do they wear a certain style of clothing to fit in? Or do they wear these clothes because they simply "like" them. I thought about early mankind, when clothes were meant for warmth and protection. All of these thoughts were flooding my brain, and all the while my trip was becoming more intense.
We decided to go out to the garage and have a cigarette, but first I had to use the bathroom. H's room is a very trippy room to be in, full of blacklight posters and entertaining decorations, so this was the first time I'd venture out of his room during the trip.
The trip down to the stairs and into the bathroom was a trip in itself. I opened the door to the staircase hallway, which was completely dark (no light whatsoever). Intense and beautiful CEVs surrounded me and my vision field. I felt very disoriented and it took me quite a few minutes to find the actual stairs. I remember thinking "shit, better act sane now". Using the toilet itself was nothing noteworthy. It felt normal. I turned to the side and looked at myself in the mirror, and was a little surprised at what I saw. I looked normal, except every facial expression I made reflected a different part of my personality. Somehow my visuals weren't really changing my appearance in the mirror, but I was still tripping pretty hard. It was a little overwhelming, and I didn't feel like I was ready to look into myself and "discover" myself. I looked down at the sink bowl, and became entranced in beautiful visuals circling around the side of the sink bowl. Every time I looked at it, it was something different. It was change from a trippy sun pattern to something completely different.
I left the bathroom and we left the house to go to the garage (the garage isn't attached to the house). Immediately upon leaving, I was stunned at how beautiful and amazing the outside world looked. It was winter and there was quite a lot of snow on the ground, so it'd probably look like shit if I wasn't tripping. We entered the garage, and right away my brain interpreted something in a very strange way. H had come inside the garage before me, and left right after I came inside to go get his cigarettes. For some reason, I thought H was some random dude hanging out in the garage, and not one of our friends. I thought "who was that!? why did he leave right away? why was he in here? does he know we're tripping? wtf!?" He comes back shortly after, and I realized that it was just H and not some random dude.
The garage was pretty cold. It was brightly lit and there was a lone couch in the middle with trippy patterns on it. I remember saying "the couch looks so inviting!". I sat down and immediately became entranced in the moving visuals on the couch. The patterns on the couch were swirling and moving around in strange ways. I absolutely loved it, and I could not stop staring at this couch. Eventually I realized that the couch was cold as fuck and that I should probably get up and move around to keep my body warm.
So we go inside, and the next couples hours consisted of playing Geometry Wars Evolved on 360. If you haven't heard of it, look it up on youtube. It's very fun to play/watch while on acid. I remember playing, and I kept trying to figure out the secret to the game. For example, "watch everything around you, but not yourself, and you will win". I felt like I found my groove in the game, and all I had to do was concentrate. This game entertained us for quite a while, not only because it's fun to play, but because it's fun to watch (as long as it's muted, and there is actual music playing instead) while tripping. After several hours of this, I went downstairs with B to get some food before B and I left to crash at his place.
Being in the kitchen, I decided to eat an orange. I've actually never peeled an orange before, so I was asking B on how to go about doing this. I tried peeling a little bit of it, but gave up pretty quickly, and decided to go into primal beast mode. I ripped a huge part of the peel off, and shoved the orange into my mouth while biting furiously. Obviously, I made a mess while doing this, but I really didn't care lol. It didn't taste good whatsoever, so I decided to warm up some chicken patties. I remember being disappointed that there were no forks or knives clean to eat it with, but then I realized "I don't need silverware! it's entirely useless in this state of mind. I'll just eat it with my hands!" The chicken tasted slightly better than the orange but still not good.
It was around 8 in the morning when B and I decided to head to his house to crash. At this point, it's important to note that I had suffered an episode of psychosis following an adverse reaction from a DXM trip around a year back, so I was nervous that I wasn't going to be able to fall asleep. Surly enough, I was awake for a full 24 hours before I finally fell asleep.
B and I smoked a joint to try and calm ourselves and fall asleep. This backfired on me entirely, and brought back my trip tenfold. This was around t+12, and after smoking a joint, my visuals were back 100% and mentally tripping harder than I was during my peak. I'm not sure why this happened, but I started to get VERY anxious. I started to hear B's voice incoherently mumbling in my left ear (my ear w/ tinnitus). Over the next 5-10 seconds, this voice became increasingly loud and frightening. Right then, my whole body jolted (like a hardcore twitch), and then the voice was gone. This voice was entirely a hallucination because B was right in front of me and he was not speaking. I could not make out any distinguishable words from it. It just sounds like a jumbled mess of incoherent babble. After this voice went away, (after 5-10 seconds), I was incredibly high still. I was having some severe anxiety, in combination with the intense body high still lingering from the acid. The next 10 hours consisted of paranoid thoughts and an anxiety (not delusional) filled mess of a psychosis.
I was finally able to fall asleep with TV playing in the background. I woke up a couple times during the night because I was sweating profusely, but I woke up in the morning feeling 100% refreshed and rejuvenated.
I first half of the trip was utterly amazing. I could not have asked for a better experience. However, the second half of the trip taught me a number of things. Many of these things are very personal, but I do think it's worth mentioning that the reason my comedown was so harsh was probably because I dosed late when I was already somewhat tired. I feel that if I had dosed after waking up, the comedown would likely be much smoother. I also think it's worth noting that I had no tolerance to weed whatsoever and the joint I smoked on the comedown was the first in a long time, so that could have attributed to the anxiety.
Thanks for reading!
