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Does it cause any of the anxiety that marijuana can when taken at a small dose? I mean the LSD. Sometimes if I get too high I get a decent amount of anxiety. A

Does it cause any of the anxiety that marijuana can when taken at a small dose? I mean the LSD. Sometimes if I get too high I get a decent amount of anxiety. Always wanted to try LSD or Shrooms but worried something like that may happen. Generally it comes from me feeling a strange sensation in my body which leads to a slight bit of panic. Or if I get really high I just don’t feel there entirely. Always thought about taking LSD or Shrooms with some CBD incase I get a bit of anxiety.

warent 7y ago
Marijuana can cause feelings of anxiety because it increases your heart rate and the sensitivity to the feeling of your heat beating, which many people's brains interpret as anxiety. LSD doesn't have this physiological effect though. It's more accurate to say that LSD will amplify whatever you're already feeling or thinking. If you take acid and feel anxious, it can spiral out of control and feel much more intense. On the flip side, if you're feeling peaceful then it will be a calm, happy journey with no feelings of anxiety whatsoever.
- Tannic 7y ago
  The first time I had a large amount of marijuana, I had sensations that could only be described as the feeling of my internal organs, as if they had skin-like sensory perception. It was extremely uncomfortable!
- throwaway837373 7y ago
  LSD does cause anxiety for many, often at the beginning of the trip. I know when it's kicked in because I get a big rush of anxiety that slowly fades over time. So I wouldn't recommend it to people with an uncontrolled anxiety disorder. (If you can control your anxiety, it can be great and quite therapeutic.)
  - devin 7y ago
    A friend of mine kept an escape hatch dose of Valium in order to stop the action of things became too intense. I don’t believe the safety net was ever employed, and perhaps simply having the option helped keep some of those feelings at bay.
- ObscureScience 7y ago
  While I don't think I would confuse the sensation with anxiety, it kind of breeds anxiety. I always feel my heart beat, both from the chest, blood vessels and by small "muscle spasms" throughout my body, is there any substance, preferably legal, that can subdue this to some degree? I'm not having high pressure or high resting pulse and it's so severe that, while not externally visible, causes for example a squeaky bed to squeak in rhythm with my heart beat. I've had a prescription for Atomoxetin and it had some "body calming" effect but in some sense amplified the aforementioned effect.
  - pshc 7y ago
    I get similar effects, but a simple aspirin seems to subdue them :)
  - lame-robot-hoax 7y ago
    Marijuana that is like 1:1 CBD:THC or similar seems to help a lot for me. Keeps me from getting freaked out over sensations from my body.
  - warent 7y ago
    Have you tried meditation? It sounds like something neutral is happening to you and you interpret it as being bad. If you meditate regularly it will change how you relate to it and many other things in positive transformative ways.
  - devin 7y ago
    If someone winds up in the ER for a bad trip, a benzodiazepine is often used. That’s not legal to obtain without a prescription, but well, neither are mushrooms.
- lame-robot-hoax 7y ago
  Yeah generally what happens is if I get some tightness in my chest, or a muscle cramp in my back, or pressure from like a bed or a couch pushing against me, if I smoke too much I have a tendency to interpret that as something wrong with me, not that I just have a cramp cause I’m sitting funny and a muscle got tight. Do shrooms not have this physiological effect as well? Or just LSD that lacks it?
sharadov 7y ago
Depends largely on set and setting. Set - your mental state going into the trip and your personality type. Setting - the surroundings and people around you. You want to have someone to take care of you in case you have a bad trip.
AnthonBerg 7y ago
I think you’ll be fine. Anecdotal: I get very anxious from marijuana. Somewhat manic even. I hate the feeling. I’m generally not a stranger to anxiety in life. I don’t get anxious from LSD. I _have_ felt anxiety on it that I had been repressing, felt it kind of wash over, but it was ... useful. Not difficult. I knew what it was. I wasn’t lost in it. It wasn’t like being swallowed by the uncomfortable anxiety from marijuana that kind of takes over or drives. And, well, I think a low LSD dose actually helped me resolve a thread of anxiety I had had since I was a child. An permanent and obsessive safety-seeking walk down an endless tree of decisions and judgement. Kind of a background thread. I kind of ... found it again? Had forgotten it was there? And could revisit it and ... know to stop. “Just stop judging”, i.e. judging the situation. And it felt like I could. It still feels like something was let go of. But idk!; Anecdotal! There are studies that show that when starting with low doses, then very few people get anxious. Other studies show that when people _do_ get anxious, there are still lasting benefits to well being. As I understand it. There’s a decent seeming summary of this on http://tripsafe.org http://tripsafe.org
- lame-robot-hoax 7y ago
  Have you done shrooms? Wondering how shrooms work on someone who can get anxiety from weed.
  - 19793378 7y ago
    Not the poster, but I had to stop smoking weed because of anxiety and paranoia. I have also taken magic mushrooms in a variety of doses, up to 7g dried, and have not experienced any anxiety or paranoia like I did with weed. I had one magic mushroom experience that started out as a really bad trip, but I was able to manage the anxiety and ride it out until halfway through, when it became a wonderful, uplifting, euphoric experience. Contrast that to that one time I did a dab and had a panic attack and couldn't do anything about it.
    - fjabre 7y ago
      I have to disagree. While weed certainly can and does induce anxiety on occasion it is no where near as intense as magic mushroom trips. It’s not on the same level. A mushroom trip can leave you feeling refreshed regardless but if you have a bad trip it may expose you to your deepest and darkest fears and become a terrifying nightmarish experience that weed couldnt induce if you tried. The horror of a bad a trip didn’t necessarily teach me anything other than to respect mushrooms much more than weed. I have had friends say the same. There is no comparison of the paranoia from weed vs the absolute horror of a bad trip. I feel that people who say there is havent really done a lot of either to know the difference.
noodle_face_ 7y ago
I have always gotten anywhere between no and way-to-much anxiety when using pot, just depends on quantity, setting, etc. I prefer doing it alone, in small amounts. If I'm going to get stoned it's almost definitely alone. Psychedelics are the same, for me, times like ten. Fortunately I handle it relatively well, and I just let it ride as "part of the experience" when I trip. Usually the uncomfortable parts go away after the peak, and then it's just awesome for hours. The peak is amazing in its own ways too, but there is (for me) no doubt a have anxiety/body buzz that is just uncomfortable as all get-out.

warent 7y ago

Marijuana can cause feelings of anxiety because it increases your heart rate and the sensitivity to the feeling of your heat beating, which many people's brains interpret as anxiety. LSD doesn't have this physiological effect though. It's more accurate to say that LSD will amplify whatever you're already feeling or thinking. If you take acid and feel anxious, it can spiral out of control and feel much more intense. On the flip side, if you're feeling peaceful then it will be a calm, happy journey with no feelings of anxiety whatsoever.

Tannic 7y ago
The first time I had a large amount of marijuana, I had sensations that could only be described as the feeling of my internal organs, as if they had skin-like sensory perception. It was extremely uncomfortable!
throwaway837373 7y ago
LSD does cause anxiety for many, often at the beginning of the trip. I know when it's kicked in because I get a big rush of anxiety that slowly fades over time. So I wouldn't recommend it to people with an uncontrolled anxiety disorder. (If you can control your anxiety, it can be great and quite therapeutic.)
- devin 7y ago
  A friend of mine kept an escape hatch dose of Valium in order to stop the action of things became too intense. I don’t believe the safety net was ever employed, and perhaps simply having the option helped keep some of those feelings at bay.
ObscureScience 7y ago
While I don't think I would confuse the sensation with anxiety, it kind of breeds anxiety. I always feel my heart beat, both from the chest, blood vessels and by small "muscle spasms" throughout my body, is there any substance, preferably legal, that can subdue this to some degree? I'm not having high pressure or high resting pulse and it's so severe that, while not externally visible, causes for example a squeaky bed to squeak in rhythm with my heart beat. I've had a prescription for Atomoxetin and it had some "body calming" effect but in some sense amplified the aforementioned effect.
- pshc 7y ago
  I get similar effects, but a simple aspirin seems to subdue them :)
- lame-robot-hoax 7y ago
  Marijuana that is like 1:1 CBD:THC or similar seems to help a lot for me. Keeps me from getting freaked out over sensations from my body.
- warent 7y ago
  Have you tried meditation? It sounds like something neutral is happening to you and you interpret it as being bad. If you meditate regularly it will change how you relate to it and many other things in positive transformative ways.
- devin 7y ago
  If someone winds up in the ER for a bad trip, a benzodiazepine is often used. That’s not legal to obtain without a prescription, but well, neither are mushrooms.
lame-robot-hoax 7y ago
Yeah generally what happens is if I get some tightness in my chest, or a muscle cramp in my back, or pressure from like a bed or a couch pushing against me, if I smoke too much I have a tendency to interpret that as something wrong with me, not that I just have a cramp cause I’m sitting funny and a muscle got tight. Do shrooms not have this physiological effect as well? Or just LSD that lacks it?

sharadov 7y ago

Depends largely on set and setting. Set - your mental state going into the trip and your personality type. Setting - the surroundings and people around you. You want to have someone to take care of you in case you have a bad trip.

AnthonBerg 7y ago

I think you’ll be fine. Anecdotal: I get very anxious from marijuana. Somewhat manic even. I hate the feeling. I’m generally not a stranger to anxiety in life. I don’t get anxious from LSD. I _have_ felt anxiety on it that I had been repressing, felt it kind of wash over, but it was ... useful. Not difficult. I knew what it was. I wasn’t lost in it. It wasn’t like being swallowed by the uncomfortable anxiety from marijuana that kind of takes over or drives. And, well, I think a low LSD dose actually helped me resolve a thread of anxiety I had had since I was a child. An permanent and obsessive safety-seeking walk down an endless tree of decisions and judgement. Kind of a background thread. I kind of ... found it again? Had forgotten it was there? And could revisit it and ... know to stop. “Just stop judging”, i.e. judging the situation. And it felt like I could. It still feels like something was let go of. But idk!; Anecdotal! There are studies that show that when starting with low doses, then very few people get anxious. Other studies show that when people _do_ get anxious, there are still lasting benefits to well being. As I understand it. There’s a decent seeming summary of this on http://tripsafe.org http://tripsafe.org

lame-robot-hoax 7y ago
Have you done shrooms? Wondering how shrooms work on someone who can get anxiety from weed.
- 19793378 7y ago
  Not the poster, but I had to stop smoking weed because of anxiety and paranoia. I have also taken magic mushrooms in a variety of doses, up to 7g dried, and have not experienced any anxiety or paranoia like I did with weed. I had one magic mushroom experience that started out as a really bad trip, but I was able to manage the anxiety and ride it out until halfway through, when it became a wonderful, uplifting, euphoric experience. Contrast that to that one time I did a dab and had a panic attack and couldn't do anything about it.
  - fjabre 7y ago
    I have to disagree. While weed certainly can and does induce anxiety on occasion it is no where near as intense as magic mushroom trips. It’s not on the same level. A mushroom trip can leave you feeling refreshed regardless but if you have a bad trip it may expose you to your deepest and darkest fears and become a terrifying nightmarish experience that weed couldnt induce if you tried. The horror of a bad a trip didn’t necessarily teach me anything other than to respect mushrooms much more than weed. I have had friends say the same. There is no comparison of the paranoia from weed vs the absolute horror of a bad trip. I feel that people who say there is havent really done a lot of either to know the difference.

noodle_face_ 7y ago

I have always gotten anywhere between no and way-to-much anxiety when using pot, just depends on quantity, setting, etc. I prefer doing it alone, in small amounts. If I'm going to get stoned it's almost definitely alone. Psychedelics are the same, for me, times like ten. Fortunately I handle it relatively well, and I just let it ride as "part of the experience" when I trip. Usually the uncomfortable parts go away after the peak, and then it's just awesome for hours. The peak is amazing in its own ways too, but there is (for me) no doubt a have anxiety/body buzz that is just uncomfortable as all get-out.