Miscellaneous The Big & Dandy "How Often Do You Trip?" Thread

[emerald07]

Oh dear - just happened to glance at this thread as one I was subscribed to and I remember that night well. It was my last day on long term sick leave and what a dumb time to get sky high on those incredible strong shrooms again. I may not have taken 8-9g of those intensely strong hawaiians, but I'd still forgotten what they were like. I'm beginning to wonder if I'd almost reached my limit somewhere near 9g as the 5g I took that night were not far short of my trip report here in effect. In other words, for another dose that was >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> this big, the added effects were >>>>>> big. When you go from 2g to 4-5g you're putting >>>>>> added dose in, and getting >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> much out in increased effects.

I hope that makes sense. I had an out of this world experience, the "rough" part of the trip was worrying about going back to work after no sleep, but I can still remember some pure magical moments.

I sent someone a text, the exact wording I've forgotten, but I was looking out of my bedroom window and for some soft reason crying because I suddenly knew I was looking at heaven and it was too beautiful to take in. They were tears of happiness because I knew that one day I'd be there.

 

[Shambles]

At the moment, it's once a week .

The drug fairy is keeping me a very happy boy. I had a few year's break (more circumstance than choice) when I only tripped very rarely. I really feel that this recent bout of psyche use is doing me the world of good. It just helps me to stay grounded (if that's not a contradiction in terms ) and appreciate the beauty in life. Perhaps I will reduce my tripping to once a month or so when I feel that the need for "treatment" is less acute. Or when I run out of psyches - hopefully the former will come before the latter :D.

 

[amor fati]

If I average out of the entire year it's probably 1-2 times per month. If we were looking at summer only it would be an average of 4-5.

EDIT: I wasn't thinking of short acting pysch's. it's definetly once a week

 

[Mjäll]

Right now I've got a 2 per month routine. Summer was a bit of a break. Before february this year I had a massive 8 months break from psychedelics and the first trip after that was very intense (especially considering dosage).

Breaks make the magic more intense indeed.

 

[edit123]

I really don't trip as often as I'd like. I used to trip on DXM pretty much once a week out of sheer boredom and the fact that it's so damn easy to get, but DXM started to lose its magic and become routine after using it so much, so I'm currently on a DXM hiatus.

I've only done mushrooms and LSD twice each (once was candyflipping), and have been dying to do it again, especially mushrooms, which by far gave me the most amazing drug experience of my life to date, but I've had a bitch of a time finding them in the past 8 months or so since my last trip. For a while they seemed to be everywhere in my town, and I tripped twice in a two-month period or so. Both times an eighth of shroom just practically fell into my lap, and yet no amount of searching has been able to turn up any since. It's extremely frustrating.

 

[~*geNeRaTiOn E*~]

for me, it's about 2-3x a year. i tend to have the opposite effect than most, i prefer to bask in the afterglow for a long time before moving on to do it again. there's just something about enjoying every single aspect of a trip for a sustained period of time that makes it much more enjoyable the next time. i have a few opportunities to trip this month, i can't really decide when i want to though! tough decisions to be made

 

[emerald07]

Mjäll I couldn't agree more I'm sure most people (assuming they took enough and had a positive experience) will agree there's nothing like that first trip when everything is just such a total surprise compared to what you were expecting. Also you can get a very freaked out experience (sorry for the cliche!) from a comparatively small dose, while doing it very regularly just means you waste money in a sense because a break would have got you so much more "value for money" in terms of dosage and effectiveness.

Since the night referred to above, I haven't tripped once. That shroom trip was 27th July and I can't wait to trip again because I've gone 2½ months with no acid or shrooms, and I just know my next trip is going to be one fantastic experience I know you shouldn't have preconceived expectations going into a trip, but I'm merely starting off in a positive frame of mind

My biggest problem is finding someone to trip with, assuming I want that. I have found advantaqes and disadvantages from tripping alone and tripping with company, but basically my only realistic chance of tripping physically with someone else is a friend who lives hundreds of miles away, so meeting up is a bit of a problem. I quite like tripping with an "online" partner, ie someone else you just have internet contact with via forums/email/irc/IM (not necessary or even desirable for conversations to be private) and I've even offered to provide the acid - shrooms are lowish in stock and I can't afford any more right - now, but it's difficult to set anything up.

Still, as I say, I've done lots of trips both on my own and with other people, and it doesn't bother me.

 

[altitudes]

About once a week right now because of the weather. Not too hot, not cold, nice and sunny, it's a perfect time to get outside and lose yourself in the visuals the earth produces with the sunlight.

I do try to skip a week every so often when I trip that much. I'll probably cut down to twice a week soon and then down to once a month as winter comes in. Right now, it just feels like a shame to waste the weather.

 

[untaMe]

when i first discovered lsd i took it many times a week and it made me not give a fuck about anything in society.. then i wised up and now i only trip every couple of months when it feels right.

 

[xbLeAcHx]

i've been tripping way too much lately, like twice a week. i need to take a break cuz of my tolerance. having a nearly unlimited supply makes it hard to not take acid everyday lol

 

[Xorkoth]

I know the feeling. My best advice is to find something interesting to do. Taking psychedelics every couple of days or more can start to really develop into a bit of an addiction. Fortunately, it's all mental.

 

[MOOR]

It really all depends. I go for periods of no drugs and then some times I do psychedelics like every weekend. I have just started getting back into LSD and have done it for the past couple weekends. I think when you over do it, it loses its value.

I get a lot from the trip for days/weeks after so I don't feel like I need to fry all the time. I love the mood lift that I get from doing acid just once. I feel so Goddamn happy for months and like Generation E said, the after glow is fuckin great I can enjoy for a good while.

 

[PsychedeliaSmith]

I usually do either mushrooms, bromo or a high dose of k about once a month.

I do low doses of k and smoke weed at the weekends, but I don't think that qualifies as tripping.

 

[emerald07]

I am just recovering from one big dose of lsd which I rather dumbly topped up halfway through, meaning though nothing bad happened, my brain was battered by the morning as I took ages to make the "decision" to take some xanax and call the trip over. LSD lasts for ages anyway, and taking at least twice the original dose after 5 hours meant that there came a time when my brain had had as much as it could take, yet I was getting really strong effects still, and was very loathe to go to bed. I never like the come down anyway - I can't reconcile "normal" with the levels I've been too, and usually have a bumpy ride.

I hadn't tripped for 3 months though, so it was awesome!

 

[psychedelicious]

whooaaaa, I used to trip wayyyy more than I do at this current stage of my life. I tripped on DXM thrice over the past 2 months, but aside from that, it's been around 4 months since my last trip (which was really a 3 week exploration of ketamine, DMT, heroin, and mushrooms, DOH!). The times, they are a-changin!

 

[Jabberwocky]

I haven't tripped much since I started using LSD. I'm good with like once every couple months (besides smoking DMT which is more regular like once a week nowadays).

For a while I was tripping every day on a lot of different RCs (to keep tolerance down).

 

[Feste]

Every two or three months.

 

[taft2000]

San Antonio has been so dry... Man I wish it was 1999 again

 

[5-HT2]

Since I voted in the poll, I've gone down to once every few months. High intensity, low frequency, is the way for me these days

 

[chicpoena]

Once or twice a year. It helps keep the experience sacred. More importantly, using infrequently helps my mind stay grounded.