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What should I do for my first time?

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I've never tripped before, but I've been fascinated by psychedelics for a good while and have done my fair share of research on different kinds. I finally came to the conclusion that I wanted to try shrooms as my first trip into the psychedelic world. I was planning on getting a half-o sometime this week and then tripping this weekend with some of my closest friends who are back for the holidays.

Most of the people I would be tripping with have done shrooms before, so I thought doing it again with them would be perfect. However, just last night one of my buddies told me about the time he did acid (or what he believed to be acid, could be some RC such as a 25-x or 2C, etc.). He raved about the drug, saying that his trip on that was 10x better and clearer than when he tripped shrooms. This could however be because he only took a half 8 of shrooms, and the tab could've been any dosage ranging from average to high.

TLDR: Should I take shrooms or acid for my first time tripping?
 
Depends on who you are really. Acid is very euphoric, feel good, while Shrooms r more purely ego loss. If you already have a strong ego go with Shrooms. If you are more insecure but with a clear conscious go with acid.

Edit: if you're doing it with other people you really trust I'd say it doesn't matter. I'd say acid Cuz its more fun. I was assuming you were doing it alone.

If you didn't trust them I'd say Shrooms Cuz bad people are more likely to be chill on Shrooms than on acid.

Source: I was the quiet kid who did acid with a bunch of goons.
 
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This type of question is against the rules of this forum. The best way to make this type of decision is to do research on these substances, weigh the benefits & risks, and go from there. Whatever you decide to do it is well advised to start out with very small doses and work your way up over time as you get used to the effects. This is true of any mind altering substance.

A good place to start would be to search this sight, erowid, and google for information on each of these to get a general idea of possible positive and negative effects, as well as a general idea about dosage ranges that are normal for these substances. From there you will be better prepared to make such a decision in a much more informed manner.

No one knows for sure what will be good or bad for anyone, nor what effect a specific dose of a substance will have. The best we can do is learn as much as we can and proceed with caution once comfortable that we can make an informed decision.
 
Phaxius said:
This type of question is against the rules of this forum. The best way to make this type of decision is to do research on these substances, weigh the benefits & risks, and go from there. Whatever you decide to do it is well advised to start out with very small doses and work your way up over time as you get used to the effects. This is true of any mind altering substance.

A good place to start would be to search this sight, erowid, and google for information on each of these to get a general idea of possible positive and negative effects, as well as a general idea about dosage ranges that are normal for these substances. From there you will be better prepared to make such a decision in a much more informed manner.

No one knows for sure what will be good or bad for anyone, nor what effect a specific dose of a substance will have. The best we can do is learn as much as we can and proceed with caution once comfortable that we can make an informed decision.
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^This. If you want my opinion I would say low/medium dose acid though, I feel acid is more recreational and euphoric than mushrooms in lower doses. Don't underestimate LSD though, in the right doses LSD can very well produce extremely profound and sometimes unpleasant experiences. Also be very careful if you suspect that the 'acid' in your area is NBOME, that stuff is usually laid in absurdly high doses and OD is a real possibility.
 
That being said anyhow, the effects of both of these are highly variable depending on dosage, set, setting, and person.

LSD typically lasts much longer than mushrooms, and is stimulating whereas mushrooms are almost intoxicating in a similar manner to alcohol, but in no way the same. The nature of the visuals are a bit different from each other as well. For me acid has much more crisp visuals, almost mechanical and mushrooms have a more rounded and organic quality. Both can produce very intense an deep experiences. I always found low doses of LSD to be more clearheaded than low doses of mushrooms, but ymmv. This barely touches the tip of the iceberg, but is more of a very basic comparison.
 
With no psychedelic experience I will always say mushrooms are best for the first time. They can be very visual at sufficient doses and very much prepare for the mindset to be expected from future psychedelic adventures.
Sure the experience does tend to be slightly clearer with LSD but with a duration that is double if things go wrong you're in for a long shitty ride.
 
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With no psychedelic experience I will always say mushrooms are best for the first time. They can be very visual at sufficient doses and very much prepare for the mindset to be expected from future psychedelic adventures.
Sure the experience does tend to be slightly clearer with LSD but with a duration that is double if things go wrong you're in for a long shitty ride.
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That's interesting, I get very little visuals from mushrooms and I find the headspace of mushrooms far more demanding and forceful than LSD. Yeah LSD lasts longer but the chances of having a bad trip are far lower than mushies IMO. LSD feels more 'light' than mushrooms which can be rather 'dark' if that makes any sense. Either way OP go into the trip with a positive mindset and have some benzos or etizolam around in case of a bad trip as having that backup plan brings a comfort of it's own.
 
I feel LSD is more pushy and manic than mushrooms and therefore have an easier tendancy to make things go wrong should you start getting worked up over something. And as written above LSD is more clearheaded, which is not actually always a good thing. I start overanalyzing things easily on acid and get anxiety and panic. This never happened on mushrooms.

I would recommend 2CB. There is not a more beginner friendy psychedelic around and it's my #1 choice for raves or other social situations.
 
If we're including RC's I would also reccomend a 2c but due to their illegality in alot of places they're not always available in which case I would reccomend 4-HO-MET. Metocin is very shroom-like (and DMT-like for me) and is one of the easiest chems on the mind and body, it's good stuff and it's available over the web.
 
Yea 4-HO-MET was fun, it was somewhat of a mix between 2cb and shrooms in it's effects if I remember correctly. Damn it's already been 7 years since I did this drug and it feels like it was yesterday, time flies...
 
Sorry, have to close this as it's against the rules. You'll find as many different opinions as you get answers & there is no "right" answer as these things effect everyone differently. Checking here & erowid for info on each substance is thebest advice can get. Also a reagent test for LSD is advisable.
 
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