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Yes, first time was on a canal boat (EDIT: my father-in-law's boat, but he was away) with just my wife. Very safe and secure setting. Second time was at a very

Yes, first time was on a canal boat (EDIT: my father-in-law's boat, but he was away) with just my wife. Very safe and secure setting. Second time was at a very small psytrance festival with my wife and her parents. I trust them completely and they are both very nice, and there were not any scary people about.

PoachedSausage 6y ago
Also hoping you move towards recovery and it sounds like you have good people in your life to support that. I would say that a festival (even small and friendly) is possibly not the ideal place to take psychedelics, unless you're very experienced. If you are particularly prone to paranoia, it can surface with psychedelics (even Cannabis) even in good settings.
- joeberon 6y ago
  I suffer from diagnosed generalised anxiety disorder (GAD). Weirdly that second trip was actually much more relaxed and enjoyable during the trip than the first alone with just my wife on the canal boat, even if I did almost pass out at the start.
  - PoachedSausage 6y ago
    Thinking back, your experience of the seizure thing sounds similar to what a friend of mine experienced, not with LSD but MDMA. It is possibly related to the motion sickness and brain poisoning reflex.[0] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motion_sickness#Defense_against_poisoning https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motion_sickness#Defense_agains...
    - joeberon 6y ago
      I did experience motion sickness on LSD so could be related
    - slfnflctd 6y ago
      This is what it made me think of as well. My first experience with MDMA started out in the grips of anxiety, trembling and feeling multiple uncomfortable symptoms, afraid I had taken too much. I don't think I was able to even stand or walk for several long minutes. I went on to have a wonderful & memorable experience, feeling closeness & positivity with every human interaction for hours. The worst part after I got over the initial freakout was coming back down. I've heard people talk about such early-stage freakouts happening on other psychedelics, too, but I don't have much experience there.
    - anonzzzz 6y ago
      Serotonin is involved in regulating the digestive system so if you take drugs that act on serotonin like LSD or MDMA symptoms like nausea are quite common.

PoachedSausage 6y ago

Also hoping you move towards recovery and it sounds like you have good people in your life to support that. I would say that a festival (even small and friendly) is possibly not the ideal place to take psychedelics, unless you're very experienced. If you are particularly prone to paranoia, it can surface with psychedelics (even Cannabis) even in good settings.

joeberon 6y ago
I suffer from diagnosed generalised anxiety disorder (GAD). Weirdly that second trip was actually much more relaxed and enjoyable during the trip than the first alone with just my wife on the canal boat, even if I did almost pass out at the start.
- PoachedSausage 6y ago
  Thinking back, your experience of the seizure thing sounds similar to what a friend of mine experienced, not with LSD but MDMA. It is possibly related to the motion sickness and brain poisoning reflex.[0] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motion_sickness#Defense_against_poisoning https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motion_sickness#Defense_agains...
  - joeberon 6y ago
    I did experience motion sickness on LSD so could be related
  - slfnflctd 6y ago
    This is what it made me think of as well. My first experience with MDMA started out in the grips of anxiety, trembling and feeling multiple uncomfortable symptoms, afraid I had taken too much. I don't think I was able to even stand or walk for several long minutes. I went on to have a wonderful & memorable experience, feeling closeness & positivity with every human interaction for hours. The worst part after I got over the initial freakout was coming back down. I've heard people talk about such early-stage freakouts happening on other psychedelics, too, but I don't have much experience there.
  - anonzzzz 6y ago
    Serotonin is involved in regulating the digestive system so if you take drugs that act on serotonin like LSD or MDMA symptoms like nausea are quite common.