Would it be disrespectful towards Lucy if...

[lovepsychadelics]

Got to say even with Yage I never met machine elves or other "cosmic" entities, or smoked DMT in various forms or inhaled DMT snuff. Mind you 1000 ug's is a hefty dose of LSD. That said I've done 6 tabs of DOx in an evening (I think DOC? Don't know however and it was 16 years ago, fucking stupid but I was a pretty stupid guy back then). Even STUPID doses of shrooms as a young kid nothing like that (We didn't know any better, isolated community, culture of more is best re: mushrooms, pot, etoh etc, no internet back then). I get visuals, mind expansion, thoughts of delusional nature but just go with it. I was told to never fight a trip when I did mushrooms the first time and that seems to be true as trying to resist the deluge of sometimes delusional at others enlightening thought content makes for a difficult experience IMO.

 

[bitchamonth]

Maybe your question should be how often should I take an unknown chemical? I have taken LSD weekly for months at a time and don't notice any long term effects besides tolerance. I have no idea what you have though so who knows.

Do you tend to test all the LSD you get, because you are correct I may be popping some unknown crap, but I am tripping, I do get mydriasis, I do get a runny nose from time to time, my hands and feet do tend to get slightly cold because of vasoconstriction, but again there is no guarantee until I test it.
I totally agree with you.

Just wanted to announce that I`ll take a 2 week break now, letting this sink it seems to take a little bit longer than I expected and AAMOF I am happy it does.
In addition to that I have this strange chest pain, so Im gonna give this a break.

 

[GreenMachine]

Heyzoo,

These last 2 weeks I`ve been taking lucy every weekend, and I am starting to wonder, though I have only done it 2 times so far, 1 week separated between them both. Whether I am tripping a little too often and well if this is sort of bad.
I understand the building up of tolerance though that is not an issue yet cause I was just recently a virgin so...


Anyway, last time the end of the trip went bad, so I am emotionally scarred for a while now, but I am starting to feel better and I feel more stronger now, experienced I guess, I mean I had to have a bad trip at some point or another.

I understand that taking it too often leads to spacing out and taking more time to return to reality, but my doses are never that big, so I don`t think that is a problem just yet.

Is there anything I am forgetting, some bad sides about taking it every week. Though after that bad trip, I think lucy tried to tell me that I should appreciate being sober a little bit more, that`s what my impression was at least. Please give me your insights thank you

this is your brain telling you to take it easy. you had a good first run, let your head recover and start to piece reality back together now. it always takes a little while after a trip to integrate your experience.

do you like tripping on acid?

then heed the warnings that its giving you, if you want to continue to have good, balanced trips. not saying if you drop some L tomorrow, you are going to have a bad trip, but the more often you do it, the less special it becomes. i am sure your brain still has some pieces to pick up, if you are new to the substance.

 

[Foreigner]

Too much LSD in a short time causes major depression, dissociation and depersonalization in my case. LSD is something you take three times a year ideally.

This.

I used to do upwards of 400-600ug, once a month, every month, for more than a year. I did this while I was also going to school to upgrade my education, studying mentally intensive courses. I experienced depersonalization, depression, and dissociation. It's only been in the past year of breaking it up into once every 6 months do I feel like a normal, grounded version of my self again.

I do think LSD has imparted some "permatrip" qualities to my psyche but they aren't unpleasant ones. Some other aspects of my psyche have been enhanced that I've enjoyed.

Doing LSD too often is a big mistake. Although it's technically non-toxic, that won't really help you if it's fucking up your mind. This is one thing that die hard supporters of it overlook. It does have medicinal benefits to things like blood circulation, and it's good at deconstructing life problems, but it's not universally good. It has the potential to leave people with some intense psychological issues if they don't use it properly.

I personally think the plant based entheogens are more forgiving. Unlike them, LSD lacks a voice, a spirit, to guide you along. If you take too much or do it too often, it will deconstruct you to the bare bones until reality becomes so subjective that you are living in a constant ungrounded state, with no frames of reference.

 

[Gratuitous Grace]

These last 2 weeks I`ve been taking lucy every weekend, and I am starting to wonder, though I have only done it 2 times so far, 1 week separated between them both. Whether I am tripping a little too often and well if this is sort of bad.

I may be missing something here, but it doesn't seem to me that you've genuinely established a pattern of LSD use. Your post kind of reads like you've been doing acid every week for years -- not weeks. In other words, you may be jumping the gun a little to wonder if you're starting to abuse it. Listen, there's no reason to get all regimented about it. Just take it easy, as it comes ... you'll be fine.

 

[bitchamonth]

I may be missing something here, but it doesn't seem to me that you've genuinely established a pattern of LSD use. Your post kind of reads like you've been doing acid every week for years -- not weeks. In other words, you may be jumping the gun a little to wonder if you're starting to abuse it. Listen, there's no reason to get all regimented about it. Just take it easy, as it comes ... you'll be fine.

I guess I am just too enthusiastic and eager. If that even is a bad thing? I guess if it gets out of hand.
Today would be the day I plan on doing Lucy one last time before taking a longer break.

The thing is that Saturdays are the perfects days in weeks were I can have a nice setting, undisturbed without any anxiety or concern. That`s why they are so definitely separated exactly 7 days.

I don`t disagree with any of you that taking LSD too often is bad, because I can imagine it, taking LSD 1 week separated is like doing a quick format, most is settled, but not everything. At least for me it tends to be. At least I am too inexperienced to say something worthwhile and wise, but if taking it again today is a mistake at least I learned where my limit is, and what I shouldn`t do again. So either I become a bowl of horseshit after today, or not. Either I fail fabulously today, or I was spared next week.

Essentially it all depends on how I feel this evening.