Inside LSD

Inside LSD

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Inside LSDCould LSD be the next drug in your doctor's arsenal? New experiments have a few researchers believing that this trippy drug could become a pharmaceutical of the future.

Outlawed in 1970, the street drug developed a reputation as the dangerous toy of the counterculture, capable of inspiring either moments of genius or a descent into madness.

Now science is taking a fresh look into this psychedelic world, including the first human LSD trials in more than 35 years.

LSD’s inventor Albert Hofmann called it medicine for the soul. The Beatles wrote songs about it. Secret military mind control experiments exploited its hallucinogenic powers.

Can it possibly enhance our brain power, expand our creativity, or cure diseases? Other documentaries on this topic: Hoffman’s Potion and The Beyond Within.

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Michelle Bartolomé
Michelle Bartolomé
11 years ago

LSD is the most incredible psychedelic that exists (in my opinion) to mankind. My lone experience with LSD was the single most profound (thus far) moment of my life. I came back through the door in the wall with a greater and more profound appreciation for life, as well as nature. There is so much beauty in the world... it's like that quote, "If we could see the MIRACLE of a single flower, our entire lives would change." Well, it certainly allowed me that gift, even though for years I have always held a close connection with beauty, and nature, as well as the things unknown, and unseen. Granted my dosage was relatively small, at 50 mg (nothing near the otherworldly doses of 300+mg back in the sixties). I remember a great sense of clarity even before I dropped acid in Seattle. I told my close close dear friend (who supplied me the drug and would be my other self throughout the experience; my tripping buddy). I AM changed from the experience, certainly. It was profound as they come. I had this beauty coursing through me, I could literally feel the universe pulsating, radiating its energy through my body and soul... the complete disintegration of my ego was the most beautiful, even though the ego was wanton to give in to the Universe. I looked at myself in the mirror, too. What I saw was disheartening, profound, but really, a different side of myself, which is why so many (I believe) fear looking. But nature! Oh...nature is the most beautiful place to be. So calm, serene, peaceful...a place where, above all else, one really grasps a sense of the divine...the Universe, God, whatever you want to call it. It is all that is, and all that shall ever be. That eternal circle, the rhythm of life! So beautiful. So wonderful, esp. in the morning when I saw the colors radiating that love. There is so much beauty in the world, from simple things. Stopping to look at the roses, the colors makes so much more sense nowadays, even though it was a very beautiful thing to notice before I dropped. One gains a deeper insight, an appreciation into the divine...MUSIC. Oh, music is like nothing else. The Floyd accompanied me throughout the experience, along with a lesser-known artist R/D. I definitely wish to drop again. I don't know when, or where, or how. I think I'll just...know what time is the right time. Hell, I might never take it again. But I definitely want to go back, on a higher dosage. Or maybe not. One thing's for sure, though: Set and setting are vitally important.

MisterSandro
MisterSandro
11 years ago

its a journey to know ur self better. its a ride to the inner part ur memories, soul and feelings. After lsd, u will never forget a smell, a face, a touch, a sound, that reached u during the efects. Never for the rest of ur life, bad or good.

shane scallan
shane scallan
12 years ago

the most important thing of all to remember on acid..

DO NOT TAKE IT SERIOUSLY. have fun because life is short and you deserve it no matter what people might say.

shane scallan
shane scallan
12 years ago

I would not advise LSD to people who usually spend alot of time on their own or tend to keep their 'feelings' to themselves. When tripping you will begin to experience the breakdown of your ego (the very thing that walls your inner emotions about yourself, the world, sex and love).

LSD will make you feel very exposed to the rest of the world, as Jim Morrison said.. "you just gotta ride the snake" otherwise paranoia will eat you alive and perpetuate into a state of complete isolation, fear and ridicule. The state of hell as many call it where you belive you can see into the souls of everyone around you.

I would advise LSD to people who are very pre occupied with other things in life and whose minds are rarely troubled from all the issues of the world and are highly comfortable with their sexuality. Adolescents or even most young adults are not necessarily this way and will be most vulnerable to the flip side when coming to terms about the universal truths. This is my own personal experience of both the good and the bad, perhaps even the ugly at times.

Safe Journey.

MoolaMails
MoolaMails
12 years ago

I have never done the stuff but I think that it shouldn't be used as any kind of medicine, sad state when LSD is being considered for use but Marijuana is treated as the devils drug by the government.

Breann Dohi
Breann Dohi
12 years ago

I feel like the effects of LSD are very mental and sort of fun, there's almost like a layer of distortion over your vision. DMT, however, is VERY physical and overwhelming. I think what makes it so intense is how long it lasts. Just try to imagine learning all there is to know about life and creation (and not just as we know it) within 5-7 minutes. My first trip moved me so much that all I could say was "that... was the most beautiful thing I've ever seen in my entire life" then I just sobbed.:)

WillyTheMole
WillyTheMole
12 years ago

Nice documentary - I enjoyed my fair share of trips. I miss them but I also think that my time has passed. My mind was strong enough to maintain control. Even when blown away, I always knew deep down inside that it was the trip and not real. But now as I push 50 I don't think my body could handle the trip again - one never knows though and if the timing was right I would go for it.

My search was intended to find long term effects of excessive (500+) trips and yes, this was good chit man! I learned how to hallucinate and control the trip and lead it to where I wanted to go with it. But life has been cruel in the last 10 years or so and I have reached an anti-social place. I am a little agressive towards "***holes" and members of society that take pleasure in using their power to try and destroy peoples lives and careers. I have experienced extreme anxiety and major depression. The panic attacks are wicked while the low's take me to a level that I never knew existed in one's own mind.

With this said, I have to wonder if something back in the day may have caused my mind to reach this point or if I just got older and no longer have the desire to allow ***holes to be ***holes and keep my mouth shut!

Just looking for answers, but also enjoy reading about the trips. I never had a bad trip - ever! But like I said, I knew I was tripping. I did some f'd up **** while being wasted and did get into some trouble, but I would have got into trouble anyway - I just happened to be tripping when I made the decision to take that step.

adam webb
adam webb
12 years ago

if DMT is stronger than than LSD then it must be a pretty intense trip

zionists
zionists
12 years ago

It has seemed that LSD was a discovery of the ages. The haman race becoming colourful and knowledgeable about life, as would probably only occur in dreams. But this is all just a smoke screen it seems, having taken LSD numerous times it does not come close to God being my Creator, and His creative finger having touched my life.

Hassassin
Hassassin
12 years ago

never had a bad LSD trip...always good. no flash backs, nothing. just euphoria.

Olov Waldemar Hansson
Olov Waldemar Hansson
12 years ago

I'd say DMT > LSD for most purposes. LSD is more intellectual, DMT more spiritual, if i'm not completely off.

Thien Warder
Thien Warder
12 years ago

The people in DMT forums suggest that having acceptance of death experience can help with the bad trips. It's easy to say.. but interesting

gallowaygrumblefield
gallowaygrumblefield
12 years ago

I remember that tv commercial with the little kids, the one kid saying LSD causes chromosome damage."

Chris
Chris
12 years ago

Never had real LSD i wish but its just canty find it around here DMT though and thats just WOW

Guest
Guest
12 years ago

Supercool documentary, saw it so late it was morning, and i couldnt stop.

Juan Ramirez
Juan Ramirez
12 years ago

It's all in the quality or purity of the substance, its dosage and frequency of usage. Too bad us slaves of this "democratic" system we live in have no freedom to obtain and use the stuff in a controlled and safe manner.

Gary V
Gary V
12 years ago

I have got no regrets about all the LSD that I took when I was younger, it opened my mind & made me a better person I think.

Pixi Vixi
Pixi Vixi
12 years ago

Good luck with the movement to get it legalized, the government doesnt care about the quality of peoples lives if they did THC would not be illegal today, if something can help millions of people why are we not using it to treat people?

Amy Doran
Amy Doran
12 years ago

Acid woke me up in my early 20's, changed the way I think, feel about myself, the world, unexplainable. It was very important to me becoming myself, by allowing me to look at myself.

Acid also drove me insane for over a month.. the last time I took it... completely insane and delusional.. I almost died because I could not eat or drink water for many reasons. I was hearing voices that convinced me I could not do so many things vital to life or else family and friends would die, their souls would be owned by darkness for eternity and all this other crazy s***.

I think drugs, especially LSD and other hallucinogens, open you up to all else besides this physical world we keep a grasp on day to day. And no matter who you are , how mentally stable or strong you think you are, you are always at risk of being tricked by the bad or developing schizophrenia... there are a lot of ways to look at it.

I do not regret taking it.. even tho the last time it changed my life for the worse.. I am so happy I had the experience I did the second time I took acid.. death of ego, nirvana, being one with "god"/yourself.. so amazing words cant describe. But living in a "real" life hell.. well that was no fun either.

elanham89
elanham89
12 years ago

i hate that whenever i try to explain these concepts to people they're reply is "i dont care, i am happy with life". my reply is "you dont know happiness, you only know a very bad excuse".

Gary Arsenault
Gary Arsenault
12 years ago

My thoughts are.....the reason why they made this drug illegal was more because it woke people up, and let them see that they were being controlled by puppet masters.
Like Believing in the American dream....you have to be asleep to believe it.

I have done LSD and find it broadened my horizons of learning.
If the USA government was so into making sure our brains are kept safe, why do they put sodium fluoride in the drinking water...and then brainwash us into believing that it is good for us.

Sodium fluoride is the active ingredient in rat poison.

LIVEFROMLIMBO
LIVEFROMLIMBO
12 years ago

very good doc, i would say accurate, in terms of experience of lsd. more research should be done, as it has helped cure addictions and people with other health issues (like the man with the severe migraines).

Rachelnico
Rachelnico
12 years ago

LOL, I liked the Flow people.

theWatcher13
theWatcher13
13 years ago

Irony everywhere indeed!!!.

theWatcher13
theWatcher13
13 years ago

Thanks for fixing that Vlatko.

I was thinking 3 personalities, lost count at 7.
Who's been taking too many drugs?.

(formerly theWatcher)

StillRV
StillRV
13 years ago

As to the content of the doc; Pretty good stuff not new info for me but cool none the less. I do dislike the way too trippy dippy types that appear a few times in the film though. The lady who says "I know that I am a creative and artistic person. I just can't do it though." Hint to you, when you are incapable of creating anything artisticthat means you are not artistic. My saying that I believe that I am capable of flight but I just can't do it makes about as much sense. And I have seen allot of people tripping out none of them flailed around on their back gasping and moaning. I guess people are still capable of keeping up their act while they are dosed.

Reasons Voice
Reasons Voice
13 years ago

This is just my personal expirience. When I did my tripping I did so with 5-7 close personal friends. We would typically start in the late afternoon and come down around dawn. We set up a camp site in woods we were familliar with. Having people I completely trust with me in a free yet familliar environment eliminated any anxiety in the expirience. Also the timing was key. The late afternoon and evening on summer and fall days was best. That way by three hours in, close to peak time, the colors of the setting sun were present. Then night time for the heavy rolling. The darkness, only cut by a campfire and occasionally a lantern, allowed for an external sensory deprivation inwhich we could allow our minds to go where ever it pleased. And finally the dawn would come with the colors and the wild chirping of the birds to end-cap the expirience as we came down. Again I recomend the Fall, especially in the north with the leaves in full fall coloring. I also would say of all of the types of chemical I tried, Mescalin was the most visual and etherial trip of all. Be safe if you try it and relax if ya want to enjoy it.
To those who keep recommending a "guide"; Why in the world, when someone wants to have an introspective expirience, would they want a "guide"? Someone to explain what they are feeling? How could this "guide" know? That guidance will twist and manipulate the expirience right out of the persons controll. For instance; once one of my friends began to have a negative trip. The rest of us Started to complain that the trip was ending so soon, that we felt virtually no effect at all anymore. Even though that was not true after 5 minutes of this talk our friend felt zero effects anymore and avoided the "bad trip". The mind is open but also impressionable when tripping, so why let some "guide" controll your expirience for you?

theWatcher
theWatcher
13 years ago

correction.

"any attempt at a constructive conversation seemingly futile."

oh yeah, “Good job Vlatko, your are truly doing a great job. Keep up the good work.”

rich
rich
13 years ago

give me a handful of proper Es and a party all day long.... the only thing you'll connect with on acid is the nut house

theWatcher
theWatcher
13 years ago

@ whomever it may concern.

It seems some people have enough Ego for a couple of personalities, making any constructive conversation futile.

On that note I think I will keep all my future comments on opinion to. "Good job Vlatko, your are truly doing a great job. Keep up the good work."

Ann Clark
Ann Clark
13 years ago

That is a sweet thought. Good connecting with people seeking beauty and inner peace. So many beautiful people out there. See you around the universe/universes. Peace

crumpet23
crumpet23
13 years ago

another good way to enjoy psychedelics is in the woods/fields in front of a sound system under the stars

Ann Clark
Ann Clark
13 years ago

zac you would probably love the benefits to be gleaned from Meditation. Just some time to be peaceful and alone. The fact that, what was once legal, and is no longer so, is enough to make me say okay to finding the inner beauty and peace through living in harmony with life, (as much as I can in these times). I think we are all seeking something beautiful and there are many others with there own reasons for wanting to open up to truth. I found for me the best way as an adult is spiritual (not religious), but just getting a close to a less ego centered life is full of gifts that are freeing. What was good years ago is now something else. Sorry to go on, just hope you will see that you are fine, circumstances, and the world around us is no longer a big playground. I hope your life is filled with real wonder, peace and much ease.

zac
zac
13 years ago

I have taken it twice each time resulting in the same feelings of confusion and fear. Im not saying people can not take good from it im saying for myself it was hours of me trying to get away from that feeling of the unreal. There was a total rush of energy and a bombardment of thoughts and feelings and could definatly never come acustom to its afects

rich m
rich m
13 years ago

@king george
Forget nature Gurus or anything else for that matter. I had a time from hell on acid 20 yrs ago in a wood with good friends around me, if this stuff turns bad nothing is going to save you. I had had some fun times on it before this. I can honestly say that i dont think i was ever the same again after this 'trip'. I'm not against drugs as such but my advice for anyone would be stay well away from this one, you cant explain in words how bad bad is until you've been there on lsd.

Ann Clark
Ann Clark
13 years ago

Dig it. Control and over thinking are traps. Interesting you bringing up fear of death, I don't really see death as an end, at any rate the body will fall away and that is fine. I do have an inate sense that the driver i.e. consciousnes keeps movin on. I don't do things I used to to bring about the freedom, so I can absoutly say that at a point we can begin see with out the extra push, but now and then it is a very refreshing awakening. It is easy to get lost at times and nice to know how to find the way back.

Ann Clark
Ann Clark
13 years ago

Matthias, you are right on about not getting it in a book. A good look at the Merry Pranksters and Kesey and the rest of the family is in the DVD, "Timothy Leary's Last trip." I was 6 years old and accompanied my Mom and Dad to the Fillmore West to see the Grateful Dead and sat up in the balcony while they had the acid test. They had old couches up there and about five of us kids got to get major contact highs while everyone had a great time below. We all got to join in the daisy chains. What an amazing and powerful feeling of being one. I remember the cops at about 6am when everyone was crashed, they were going all around the floor and stuffing their pockets with roaches. What a magical time, it was like watching the world wake up, and become delighted and free.

Matthias
Matthias
13 years ago

Oh, and one more thing--

If you want to have some idea what LSD is like, (though its not like reading any book or seeing any film will be able to give you a complete understanding of the experience), I highly suggest "The Electric Koolaid Acid Test" by Tom Wolfe. It is one of Wolfe's ealirer novels (maybe his first I'm not that familiar with his work) where he follows Ken Kessey and the Merry Pranksters in their adventures across the US while on their bus tour. He must have spent a great deal of time with them because I have to say Wolfe is pretty close, or at least the closest I have seen any artist come to accurately portraying the LSD experience, especially the group LSD experience. Don't watch "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" and think LSD looks fun because Johnny Depp is interacting with hallucinations and eating acid while snorting mescaline and smoking opium.

Matthias
Matthias
13 years ago

@Ann Clark

I would just like to say worrying about your environment and trying to control everything just seems completely against the liberating effect psychadelics can have. I use to read comments like that all the time and go to great lengths to make sure the lighting was right or the music was appropriate though in the end it never seemed to do anything but make me worry about whether i was in control or not. When you learn to not fear the unpredictable no matter what it is it will not matter about your environment being threatening or not. And if you start having a bad trip do not worry, it will not last forever. Having said that, psychedelic drugs really make you appreciate the moment. No matter if its good or bad you are going to experience every passing moment in a very direct and intense way. If you have a bad trip just remind yourself it is because of the drug and do not fear it. Do not accept it nor reject it. Just embrace whatever experience you are having and do not try to run from it. I assure you if you keep this mentality you will be much better off. Do not worry about the biological or neurological causes for the distortion in thought or perception. Do not try to rationalize the experience and do not try putting it into words. It really is something sacramental in this sense (and no I am not the slightest bit religious). Do not over think the experience or try to plan ahead like you will be able to for see what things will be like. Sure, do not drop a hit of acid and go to work or something, but do not feel threatened by the possibility of something unforeseen happening.

Matthias
Matthias
13 years ago

@To anyone who tries

I have done LSD, Mushrooms and other various psychadelic drugs many, many times. I don't really see the need to anymore. I have to say taking LSD alone should not be the only way you experience. LSD for me and my friends always was a way to connect but without the normal interaction directed by a bunch of different ego's coming together. Hallucinogenic drugs can have tons of different effects, but the thing it does almost every time I ever did it, was dismantle the ego. Socializing may sometimes be difficult, or different to say the least, but to do it alone and meditate in some introspective journey seems like a waste. Ken Kessey and the Merry Pranksters (the guy who traveled across the US in a bus full of hippies in the 60's) criticized Leary for using LSD and sitting in a dark room to meditate. The Pranksters used LSD to come together as a group and really experience life while under a chemical which disrupts the "natural attitude". They wished to connect without the aid of the ego, to over come their usual self-defensive ways and insecurities by trusting each other and themselves. LSD is strong, and small doses are best advised. Despite what many people believe it wont 'disconnect' you from reality, it will present reality to you in a way that you cant' run from it by hiding up in your head. By over-thinking things and indulging in day-dream thoughts its very easy to get lost and very difficult to again socialize with others while under LSD's influence. I think bad-trips come from people getting too wrapped up in their thoughts while under LSD's influence. Oh, and most importantly, psychadelics make you realize you are not in control of your life, in the sense that we cannot control the fact that some day will die. This may sound like spaced-out talk but its true. For all of you walking around thinking you can prevent death by going to great lengths to avoid the uncertain, that is all an illusion. We all die. We all could die at any moment. People have to face their mortality in this way under the influence of drugs like LSD whether they realize it or not. It often frightens people and they have no idea what their afraid of. But it can be a scary thing to realize your not in control and I'll admit many a time I found it frightening as well. The best advise is to not fear death and accept it as a natural fact. To not fear the unpredictable. To neither accept or reject anything. LSD is all about living in the moment. Do not let your inhibitions limit you and you'll be fine, going about the trip this way will allow you to experience a sense of freedom you never knew you had.

Ann Clark
Ann Clark
13 years ago

Without a guide who has good experience I believe you are wise to take care of your nervous system. I have used shrooms with good results, I don't mind the minor GI distress when coming on as opposed to the amazing benefits after. I did notice a signifficent difference in "pure" LSD 25, liquid that we used while tabbing. I believe that it would be a worth while effort to get in touch with the man who is allowed to make and test his LSD, (in the video), from what I saw it looks very pure and very potent. I personally never experienced anything uncomfortable during the coming on process with LSD.
I do wish to comment on a statement made above, that your subconscious mental processes are not the sum total for a bad trip. Yes! I agree that would definatly have an influence, however, in my experience, the vibes from certian people and places were very much a part of creating a positive travel plan. When you become sensitive to those needs you can take some pretty good precautions and basically set up your environment for a beautiful experience. But then again, a bad trip may be something we need to experience, I have been taught to back away from the ego part and just ride choppy waters when in a tight spot, so far so good.
I will do some research regarding soil, climate, and as you mentioned possible contamination from rain, or water in certian areas, and there effects. I know many people who work closely with the earth and have a much better grasp on what could have caused you to lose your lovely mushrooms.

Waldo
Waldo
13 years ago

@ Ann Clark

I have wondered about that myself, some environmental issue I mean. But as far as I can tell the temp and humidity are still well within the correct range at different times of the year. The average temp in my area has only risen by a fraction of a degree, too little to distinguish with a regular thermometer. I suppose some pollutant could be the culprit, but its far past my ability to discover it if that is so. I could take a sample of the rain water that falls in my area, and check for ph and other factors. But I have no past sample to compare it to, and therefore cannot know if it has changed.

These little jewels grew here for over 30 years. I remember my brother picking them when I was only like five years old and I am now thirty-eight. I have also talked to the local hippies, and they say it was present, in fact abundant, in this area as far back as the fifties. It shame really. Maybe I will try my hand at growing, but they do not offer the spores for the Large common psilocybe, which was the kind we used to pick, any where that I can find. All the adds for spore syringes are for the amanita muscaria, which I have no experience with and am some what afraid of. I have heard they have a whole different active compound called ibotenic acid and muscimol. At my age experimenting with new substances is just not that atractive to me.

donttrustthemedia
donttrustthemedia
13 years ago

your subconscious is the bad trip so don't go blaming something else if it's to much to handle

Ann Clark
Ann Clark
13 years ago

Such a gift, thank you for the information. Too bad some about Waldo's feild? Perhaps things will just come back, I wonder if environment issues are playing a part? Very Strange indeed.

mike
mike
13 years ago

shroomery.org has a great community and a ton of good info on mushrooms. it can be a nice hobby to grow some at home. there is a very good video called "Let's grow mushrooms" which explains in great detail. I believe it is on youtube or on piratebay

crumpet23
crumpet23
13 years ago

acid is great 4 playing games but i dont advocate the use of psychedeliks recreationally they lose their meaning n divinity. acid can giv u knowledge overload b4 uv experienced the knowledge so it may take years to have the experiences that equal the knowledge. trust urself and u wil kno wen ur ready to take anything. cud u wear a duck while you were sitting on it or wud u hav to get off the duk first. if u understand the mushrooms they r Amazing teachers. remember all these rugs r doing is opening up new perspectives on reality thru neuropathways in ur brain BOOM BHOLENAATH

Waldo
Waldo
13 years ago

For some reason all the shrooms quit growing in my area. We used to pick garbage bags full, so many they would rot before we could consume or sell them all. We tried drying them but they lose so much potency, and I only liked the tea any way, eating the flesh of the shroom always made me sick. I have heard all kinds of excuses for why they stopped growing- the cows have been fed something to kill them, the jet stream stopped bringing in spores (LOL), we clear picked them all and none were left to reproduce. I don't beleive any of the above. I know it is not the jet stream moving or the cows being fed something because the jet stream thing just doesn't make sense and one pastor they stopped growing in was mine, and my cows eat home grown corn and hay same as always. I doubt the clear picking thing as well because many of the shrooms we picked had fully opened and had time to drop their spores. I have no idea why they went away, but I miss them. If anybody sees a shroom with an Alabama liscense plate, please tell him we miss him and want him to come home. If they ever come back I am making as many spore prints as possible, then I can push the little daisy any where I like.

Ann Clark
Ann Clark
13 years ago

When I was growing up in the San Francisco Bay Area, I began tabbing acid by droping it onto saccrine tablets. I was 8 years old when I first dropped acid. My friend and I would tab until we began to trip, then life opened its doors to us and we went to the most beautiful place, amazingly it was right here, we had just never seen it. I saw sound, heard colors, and my entire body became a vehicle to transport my consciousness where ever I wanted to go. I realized many secrets, one being that by becoming pure within myself made it possible for me to leave pain and what causes suffering behind. I believe that the true reason we will not be allowed to have this gift legalized is it also opens one up to truth. We will no longer need the things we place so much importance on, as we will see and feel the beauty that is all around us. We will also know when people are playing us, and manipulating us, to gain things and control us, or think they do, actually the game is being played on them, for it is madness. This threatons the so called elite and also will be the end of their ability to control their ongoing game. I believe we are heading into a time where this vision will become our birth right and all will be seen as it really is, beautiful, playful,and erotic. Every thing that brings pleasure to us is here, and instead of putting constraints on what should be ours for the taking, we will no longer give energy to this madness, and thereby awaken the ability we have walk in love and light. For now, I am grateful to have the knowledge that was my gift at a very young age, it has sustained me and given me clarity amidst the rage that now plagues the minds of men. I see a time when we will awaken to this truth, and all will be one and beautiful again, we may choose to come back and do this trip over with the new found -wow- that belongs to all of us.

King George
King George
13 years ago

I have taken LSD about 6 times over the course of 7 or so months. 2 or 3 of the trips were great, especially the first. The other three were increasingly bad, however, I would have good trips in between bad trips. I describe it to friends as more of a mind altering drug in that, like the documentary, you see things in different ways. I would recommend having either a trip sitter (a sober friend who can distinguish the effects and thoughts from reality) or someone who has serious experience and understanding of the drug. Music is great to accompany with, however I would suggest you use instruments instead of technology (T.V. Computer, and especially the radio (I have had very bad experiences with listening to the radio on LSD) The Grateful Dead seemed to be the only pre-recorded music that goes along with my trips). Just recently I had a awful/life changing trip where I thought I was seeing my friends as certain stages n my life or addictions and that I was experiencing an intervention. I soon called my mother and told her I was on it and my friends left. I then "freaked out" and the paranoia increased exponentially (I didnt trust my cell phone thinking that my calls were being filtered through some sort of government scheme to enslave drug users). The details of the experience could go on for pages. I tend to "over-analyze" everything and look for a deeper meaning. I ended up walking over to my next-door neighbor's house at 3 in the morning, thinking I needed a hospital and I had discovered a drug problem. My father passed away when I was 6 (due to alcoholism) and this neighbor did all he could to step in and help out during my childhood. He took me into his living room and convinced me that I did not need a hospital (he was right, of course). Prior to this night, I did not have faith in God and had a serious dislike for Christians. Looking back, I have come to think that he used a form of psychedelic therapy to bridge a relationship with God. Once again details could go on forever but to sum it up I returned home believeing that I met God and he helped me through a nightmare of a trip. I didnt sleep until late saturday night (I ingested around 9:00 or 10:00 friday evening). I woke up Sunday and brought myself to church with my mother and I proceeded to cry through the entire service, taking every hymn, sermon, and events and connecting them with my new born self. I then returned to college and tried to make extreme/radical changes in my life in attempt to leave my previous corrupt/sinful life as a Christian and environmentalist. About three days after not using cars, wearing shoes, digging into the Bible, (staying away from all drugs and alcohol) and other such extremes, I found it near impossible to be genuinely happy as a "perfect Christian". After searching for the happy medium of christianity and my former life of drugs and alcohol, I regained my sanity. I still to this day am confused with the events of this last trip of mine but I do believe in God.

To sum it up, LSD will forever remain a mystery in my mind because of the way it affects different people in different ways (and the intense way it affected me). I will never use any drugs (especially LSD in fear of losing my sanity) in my life again because they only set me back from my goals and end up hindering my health in the long run. I only smoke pot when I am away from school instead of multiple times a day, every day. I do, however, think I have a drinking problem where I do not know when to stop and if I do, I will ignore it and do whatever possible for the next drink after I start.

For those looking to experiment with LSD, do your research, have a trip sitter/guru, and go out into nature, STAY AWAY FROM TECHNOLOGY (it will only make the paranoia worse).

Flo
Flo
13 years ago

Some people that comment here argue like little girls. Others use big words in an attempt to seem superior to the other person. Its very childish. One example is this...

"Even more ironic to me when you say you are my Elder becuase you quantified my development as a human being based off two comments… =/"

Now come on! Who talks like that? A kid with asperger's?

Anyway, I have tripped many many times. Mushrooms gave me horribly bad trips all 3 times I tried it. i think its because I started to get very hot and sweaty, which made me feel sick. I ultimately threw up every time making it a miserable experience. Lsd was amazing! I have taken that at least 30 times, many times with several doses. Like some of the people in the documentary, it changes my life. I seen things for how beautiful they are rather than taking for granted all the things around us. I learned to forgive and move on very quickly. It gave me a sense of empathy for others. I also deeply analyzed myself and my life. I had the mind to sit and think about all the wrong things Ive done that have hurt other people, no matter how small. I know that I am much more selfLESS than I ever was before. In fact, I constantly notice how selfISH people are as a whole. Just about every day I notice things that people do that obviously affect others in a negative way. And they seemingly do these things with absolutely no thought at all about how it may be affecting others. I am very happy that I had the experiences I had while on lsd. It has no doubt changed the person that I am.