A few days ago, two friends and SWIM took two hits of what we were told was lsd, and had a pretty strange experience. It wasn't a very bad trip and we didnt freak out or anything, but it was pretty uncomfortable the whole time and wasnt like any of the other times we tripped. I wanted to post the story here to see if anyone could help us make sense of it.
Ive tripped two other times with these guys, always awesome. we took two tabs around 5pm. It was overcast and misty out, tho i didnt mind because i like the rain. We walked around outside for a little, and we were all really excited and happy. we felt a little bit of something after about half an hour and got more excited. After about an hour tho, we started to get hit with a weird wave. Hard to explain, but it kinda became more difficult to focus, and i felt a little uncomfortable. We decided to go back inside as we didnt feel comfortable being outside anymore.
Once inside, we just hung out and put some music on, like we usually do. After about an hour and a half, i wasnt tripping yet, but i was definitely feeling something coming on. we all thought we were feeling kind of weird, different from how our last few tabs made us feel. Eventually, i became rather anxious and restless, though this could have been from us talking about how we felt weird.
After about 2 hours, i was unmistakably tripping, though it was still slowly building. Usually when i trip i either like to chill out and enjoy some visuals and good music, or laugh my ass off with my friends. But i was having trouble doing any of those things. I couldnt really settle in enough to enjoy the music or laugh with my friends. I also was kindve uncapable of saying more than a sentence or two. my other friends kindve felt the same way and occasionally we would make remarks like "whats going on?".
My mind kindve cycled between feeling happy and calm, and feeling anxious and confused. eventually i got some pretty good visuals and found myself peaking around hour 4. I had some fun when a song i knew well came on (breakdown by jack johnson) and found myself singing it out loud, tripping out on the trees through the window and sinking into the warm soft couch. I realized if i was diligent i could keep the anxiousness and confusion under control, but it took effort.
Around the peak, i decided i didnt want to just sit there, that i wanted to do something, i wanted a task. even the idea of having a task made me feel so much better. we walked a few blocks to get some cigs. outside, everything looked extremely cartoonish, the way it usually does when im tripping pretty good. I started to feel really good, even tho every few seconds anxiety/confusion would pull at me. I had kindve just accepted it was going to be there, and as long as i was doing something it wouldn't be a problem.
After about 5-6 hours, i finally felt layers beginning to peel off, ever so slightly. Usually the come downs are awesome, because then any anxiety i had melts away and i can just sit and chill as i fade back to reality. But very soon, all of my visuals went away and all that was left was the strange restlessness and confusion that had been there from the beginning.
My friends were talking a lot about how they felt like shit, which i realized was making me feel worse. We werent freaking out, we just didnt really enjoy what was going on. Around hour 7 or 8, i looked in the mirror and noticed my eyes were still huge. Eventually i got away from my friends and talked to some not tripping people, which made me feel a little better but still had some weird restlessness. This restlessness persisted until almost 4 in the morning, when i went to sleep.
It was hard to say when i actually stopped tripping. Even the next day i felt weird, tho thats normal. We didn't have a horrible trip; i have had one really intense freakout and this was nothing like that. But usually when i face my anxiety during a trip, it gets intense and then goes away. This trip tho never got super intense but never went away. It was just a persistent, annoying feeling. We also all felt extremely sick to our stomachs after about hour 6 or so. as if we ate mushrooms or something.
Part of this could have been from set/setting. It was really gross outside, we saw some kindve creepy people outside, my one friend was a little hesitant to take two hits but did anyway, we didnt 100% trust the acid, etc. but we also did feel just strange. It came on pretty slow and lasted a long time, our stomachs were upset on the comedown, we had headaches, etc. We thought about whether or not we had possibly taken research chemicals or maybe "unclean" acid, if thats a thing.
The last two times we tripped we felt euphoric the whole time. But these were different tabs. I'm going to try to test them with a marquis reagant and see how that turns out. I want it to have been set/setting so that way we can take the rest of those tabs on a better day. But who knows?
What do you guys think? Set/setting or the acid?
Ive tripped two other times with these guys, always awesome. we took two tabs around 5pm. It was overcast and misty out, tho i didnt mind because i like the rain. We walked around outside for a little, and we were all really excited and happy. we felt a little bit of something after about half an hour and got more excited. After about an hour tho, we started to get hit with a weird wave. Hard to explain, but it kinda became more difficult to focus, and i felt a little uncomfortable. We decided to go back inside as we didnt feel comfortable being outside anymore.
Once inside, we just hung out and put some music on, like we usually do. After about an hour and a half, i wasnt tripping yet, but i was definitely feeling something coming on. we all thought we were feeling kind of weird, different from how our last few tabs made us feel. Eventually, i became rather anxious and restless, though this could have been from us talking about how we felt weird.
After about 2 hours, i was unmistakably tripping, though it was still slowly building. Usually when i trip i either like to chill out and enjoy some visuals and good music, or laugh my ass off with my friends. But i was having trouble doing any of those things. I couldnt really settle in enough to enjoy the music or laugh with my friends. I also was kindve uncapable of saying more than a sentence or two. my other friends kindve felt the same way and occasionally we would make remarks like "whats going on?".
My mind kindve cycled between feeling happy and calm, and feeling anxious and confused. eventually i got some pretty good visuals and found myself peaking around hour 4. I had some fun when a song i knew well came on (breakdown by jack johnson) and found myself singing it out loud, tripping out on the trees through the window and sinking into the warm soft couch. I realized if i was diligent i could keep the anxiousness and confusion under control, but it took effort.
Around the peak, i decided i didnt want to just sit there, that i wanted to do something, i wanted a task. even the idea of having a task made me feel so much better. we walked a few blocks to get some cigs. outside, everything looked extremely cartoonish, the way it usually does when im tripping pretty good. I started to feel really good, even tho every few seconds anxiety/confusion would pull at me. I had kindve just accepted it was going to be there, and as long as i was doing something it wouldn't be a problem.
After about 5-6 hours, i finally felt layers beginning to peel off, ever so slightly. Usually the come downs are awesome, because then any anxiety i had melts away and i can just sit and chill as i fade back to reality. But very soon, all of my visuals went away and all that was left was the strange restlessness and confusion that had been there from the beginning.
My friends were talking a lot about how they felt like shit, which i realized was making me feel worse. We werent freaking out, we just didnt really enjoy what was going on. Around hour 7 or 8, i looked in the mirror and noticed my eyes were still huge. Eventually i got away from my friends and talked to some not tripping people, which made me feel a little better but still had some weird restlessness. This restlessness persisted until almost 4 in the morning, when i went to sleep.
It was hard to say when i actually stopped tripping. Even the next day i felt weird, tho thats normal. We didn't have a horrible trip; i have had one really intense freakout and this was nothing like that. But usually when i face my anxiety during a trip, it gets intense and then goes away. This trip tho never got super intense but never went away. It was just a persistent, annoying feeling. We also all felt extremely sick to our stomachs after about hour 6 or so. as if we ate mushrooms or something.
Part of this could have been from set/setting. It was really gross outside, we saw some kindve creepy people outside, my one friend was a little hesitant to take two hits but did anyway, we didnt 100% trust the acid, etc. but we also did feel just strange. It came on pretty slow and lasted a long time, our stomachs were upset on the comedown, we had headaches, etc. We thought about whether or not we had possibly taken research chemicals or maybe "unclean" acid, if thats a thing.
The last two times we tripped we felt euphoric the whole time. But these were different tabs. I'm going to try to test them with a marquis reagant and see how that turns out. I want it to have been set/setting so that way we can take the rest of those tabs on a better day. But who knows?
What do you guys think? Set/setting or the acid?
