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He was doing this for probably a month or two, every day I guess. As for what it did to him. He started getting memory loss and delusional memories (thinking s

He was doing this for probably a month or two, every day I guess. As for what it did to him. He started getting memory loss and delusional memories (thinking something happened when it didn't), as well as thinking he was "on another level" to everyone and nobody understood him. Nobody understood him because nothing he said made sense. He'd try talking to people and the sentences just didn't make sense. He'd keep getting stuck in loops or go off on weird tangents, which is normal while tripping, but even when he hadn't taken any acid in like 12 hours he'd still be stuck in these loops and tangents. He was basically unaware of reality, and unaware of what was happening to his mind and his psyche. People tried to help him, but he was completely unaware of the damage he was doing to himself and unwilling to accept from others that he might be harming himself. He makes a lot more sense when talking now (it's been about a month), but he's still not all there. I feel like part of the problem is that people don't consider "party" drugs like acid or MDMA as particularly harmful or addictive, so they're less aware when they start to use them in harmful ways. At least with benzos (Xanax, Valium) or amphetamines, people are usually aware that they're addictive and harmful when overdone.

soulofmischief 7y ago
> I feel like part of the problem is that people don't consider "party" drugs like acid or MDMA as particularly harmful or addictive, so they're less aware when they start to use them in harmful ways. At least with benzos (Xanax, Valium) or amphetamines, people are usually aware that they're addictive and harmful when overdone. If someone considers powerful psychedelics to be party drugs, they're already making a grave mistake. I disagree about benzos or amphetamines, I have had to force wean many people off of both classes of drugs after developing nasty addictions that their rewired brains would easily write off as benign. Acid and many other psychs, unlike benzos or amphetamines, are not chemically addictive. It's entirely psychological. Their addiction profile in general is much better than most other classes of psychoactive drugs. I would wait a few more months for your friend's brain to finish reregulating itself now that it's not receiving daily blasts of serotonin. Simarly to SSRIs which inhibit the reuptake of serotonin, which doctors generally recommend an adjustment period of a few months when beginning or ending a prescription. He could get 100% better. Or at least 99%. Psychologically he may have made some permanent changes to the way he thinks about the world. But his memory and all that should come back OK. That said... a few tabs a day for months is crazy and we've never done any research outside of maybe MKUltra which has tested the effects of such a long and intense daily regiment. This really needs to be done so that everyone can be more safe.

soulofmischief 7y ago

> I feel like part of the problem is that people don't consider "party" drugs like acid or MDMA as particularly harmful or addictive, so they're less aware when they start to use them in harmful ways. At least with benzos (Xanax, Valium) or amphetamines, people are usually aware that they're addictive and harmful when overdone. If someone considers powerful psychedelics to be party drugs, they're already making a grave mistake. I disagree about benzos or amphetamines, I have had to force wean many people off of both classes of drugs after developing nasty addictions that their rewired brains would easily write off as benign. Acid and many other psychs, unlike benzos or amphetamines, are not chemically addictive. It's entirely psychological. Their addiction profile in general is much better than most other classes of psychoactive drugs. I would wait a few more months for your friend's brain to finish reregulating itself now that it's not receiving daily blasts of serotonin. Simarly to SSRIs which inhibit the reuptake of serotonin, which doctors generally recommend an adjustment period of a few months when beginning or ending a prescription. He could get 100% better. Or at least 99%. Psychologically he may have made some permanent changes to the way he thinks about the world. But his memory and all that should come back OK. That said... a few tabs a day for months is crazy and we've never done any research outside of maybe MKUltra which has tested the effects of such a long and intense daily regiment. This really needs to be done so that everyone can be more safe.