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I agree with this from personal experience - LSD makes you feel more productive, but actual tasks that require concentration are more difficult. I would not rec

I agree with this from personal experience - LSD makes you feel more productive, but actual tasks that require concentration are more difficult. I would not recommend it for healthy people. However, I strongly recommend it for people who struggle with chronic depression or anxiety. Microdosing is a way to break rumination, the asshole uncle of meditation whose constant shitty thoughts in the back of your mind are the fuel that keep you feeling depressed or anxious. LSD Microdosing is the Aspirin (and I use that word very intentionally, it is not a cure, it is relief) that lets you start to interrupt that cycle, which will give you back enough of your life that you can start to make other more long-lasting changes

randall 6y ago
Thanks for your analysis. It seems like it could be an ativan for chronic depression or bi-polar.
- penagwin 6y ago
  I have either very volatile MDD or bipolar type 2 (I don't think it matters which one specifically). My thoughts fundamentally change depending on if I'm up, down, or center. It'd be incredible to be able to give a "kick" to the negative thoughts a bit when I'm down. I imagine it could be similar to klonipin for panic attacks - it doesn't fix anything, but it temporarily allows my mind to function (instead of spiraling), and allows me to work on treating the cause of anxiety.
throwaway967 6y ago
| will give you back enough of your life that you can start to make other more long-lasting changes This is it. It gave me enough of a bump to move forward in a positive direction. It's a good tool.
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asdfman123 6y ago
The real benefit of it is not mind blowing creative epiphanies, but breaking yourself free from unhelpful mental pathways. The change in chemistry temporarily gets you to think in different ways, which is a big help for people who are stuck in negative ruts. I suppose that sort of thing also might lead to creative breakthroughs to brilliant people who have been stuck on problems for a long time, but lets face it -- while lots of developers are intelligent people, we aren't working at the edge of science. Deciding to throw in a Redis cache to speed up requests or something isn't a groundbreaking innovation.
- kinghtown 6y ago
  Code monkeys deserve mind blowing creative epiphanies, too.
  - Florin_Andrei 6y ago
    Or the surrogates thereof.
- z3ncyberpunk 6y ago
  Depends on your work. If you chose to do boring, menial code monkey work, that's on you. Fix your situation or stop complaining
artagnon 6y ago
Depression and anxiety are independent. It's possible to be depressed and anxious, depressed and non-anxious, anxious and manic, and manic with no anxiety. I wouldn't recommend LSD to people with anxiety, as raises anxiety. I would _mildly_ recommend it to people who suffer with depression, but have a low level of anxiety. And yes: it does help break out of rumination cycles, and weaken old neural connections. You make it sound like negative thoughts are the _cause_ of depression. This is not the case, although they are correlated: when you're depressed, you tend to have negative thoughts, which can drive you deeper into that very depression. What I would recommend strongly to people with depression is a prescription anti-depressant (it can take a long time working with a good psychiatrist to find one). Possibly light smoking as well, if the person is otherwise healthy. There is no silver bullet here. Certain people have certain imbalances in neural chemistry, and small doses of the right prescription drug can help correct that. For chronic symptoms, people have to be on the drug for a lifetime; for others, a few years.
- thebean11 6y ago
  Can you expand on the light smoking? Haven't heard that one before!
  - awinder 6y ago
    I’m gonna go out on a limb and guess that it’s for the MAOIs in tobacco, which is cute and I thought about that occasionally when I was smoking. I would highly suggest that no one smoke, because if you’re getting a benefit from the MAOIs in cigarettes then you’d probably be a great candidate for any number of low-dose ssris and the rest of the pro/cons list tilts heavy con for smoking.
    - pmiller2 6y ago
      Not to mention there are much less unhealthy ways of consuming nicotine, such as gums and patches.
      - anaisbetts 6y ago
pmiller2 6y ago
As a sufferer of depression and anxiety, I would love to do this, but I have no real idea where to safely get LSD. :/
- krimpenrik 6y ago
  Order it on darknet, send one tab off to get tested and start dosing with the others.
  - zelon88 6y ago
    "Buy an illegal substance via completely tracable means from someone you've never met who therefore has no "skin in the game" whether or not you'll live or die because he's never going to see you again." Yeah, don't do that.
    - vonseel 6y ago
      Most people who buy LSD consider darknet sources to be much more reliable than street sources. Of course, there are bad apples everywhere, but with LSD if you’re reagant testing it to at least verify the presence of indoles (LSD or one of its many analogs), you can be pretty sure it’s not an NBOME substance, because there’s no good reason for a seller to put both LSD and NBOME in the same tab. Or you can just swallow it instead of taking it sublingually, apparently NBOMEs are not metabolized by the stomach.
    - LocalH 6y ago
      You’re more at risk of screwing up security and getting phished (and money stolen) or busted than you are getting bad stuff. Trusted vendors exist for a reason, and small quantities of LSD are virtually undetectable in transit.
- rv-de 6y ago
  depends on where you live. have a look at 1cp-LSD.
- mistermann 6y ago
  An alternative approach is to grow your own magic mushrooms, lots of step by step instructions on reddit, youtube instructional videos, etc. Psilocybin has the additional advantage of shorter trips. https://doubleblindmag.com/shrooms-vs-acid/ https://doubleblindmag.com/shrooms-vs-acid/ > In addition to the contrasting content of the experience, the onset, duration, and intensity of the trips are distinctly different. Psilocybin takes approximately 45 minutes for effects to be felt and lasts between four and six hours, with these effects peaking around two hours into the experience. Psilocybin highs are also sometimes described as “coming in waves” with emotions oscillating between extreme euphoria and bliss to anxiety and trepidation. There is also anecdotal evidence to suggest a mushroom experience and can be potentiated or re-invigorated by ingesting cannabis a few hours into the experience. Alternatively the effects of LSD can last around twelve hours and are typically reported to be more steady, gradually intensifying until a peak around two hours into the experience, plateauing, then gently declining from approximately seven to nine hours in.

randall 6y ago

Thanks for your analysis. It seems like it could be an ativan for chronic depression or bi-polar.

penagwin 6y ago
I have either very volatile MDD or bipolar type 2 (I don't think it matters which one specifically). My thoughts fundamentally change depending on if I'm up, down, or center. It'd be incredible to be able to give a "kick" to the negative thoughts a bit when I'm down. I imagine it could be similar to klonipin for panic attacks - it doesn't fix anything, but it temporarily allows my mind to function (instead of spiraling), and allows me to work on treating the cause of anxiety.

throwaway967 6y ago

| will give you back enough of your life that you can start to make other more long-lasting changes This is it. It gave me enough of a bump to move forward in a positive direction. It's a good tool.

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asdfman123 6y ago

The real benefit of it is not mind blowing creative epiphanies, but breaking yourself free from unhelpful mental pathways. The change in chemistry temporarily gets you to think in different ways, which is a big help for people who are stuck in negative ruts. I suppose that sort of thing also might lead to creative breakthroughs to brilliant people who have been stuck on problems for a long time, but lets face it -- while lots of developers are intelligent people, we aren't working at the edge of science. Deciding to throw in a Redis cache to speed up requests or something isn't a groundbreaking innovation.

kinghtown 6y ago
Code monkeys deserve mind blowing creative epiphanies, too.
- Florin_Andrei 6y ago
  Or the surrogates thereof.
z3ncyberpunk 6y ago
Depends on your work. If you chose to do boring, menial code monkey work, that's on you. Fix your situation or stop complaining

artagnon 6y ago

Depression and anxiety are independent. It's possible to be depressed and anxious, depressed and non-anxious, anxious and manic, and manic with no anxiety. I wouldn't recommend LSD to people with anxiety, as raises anxiety. I would _mildly_ recommend it to people who suffer with depression, but have a low level of anxiety. And yes: it does help break out of rumination cycles, and weaken old neural connections. You make it sound like negative thoughts are the _cause_ of depression. This is not the case, although they are correlated: when you're depressed, you tend to have negative thoughts, which can drive you deeper into that very depression. What I would recommend strongly to people with depression is a prescription anti-depressant (it can take a long time working with a good psychiatrist to find one). Possibly light smoking as well, if the person is otherwise healthy. There is no silver bullet here. Certain people have certain imbalances in neural chemistry, and small doses of the right prescription drug can help correct that. For chronic symptoms, people have to be on the drug for a lifetime; for others, a few years.

thebean11 6y ago
Can you expand on the light smoking? Haven't heard that one before!
- awinder 6y ago
  I’m gonna go out on a limb and guess that it’s for the MAOIs in tobacco, which is cute and I thought about that occasionally when I was smoking. I would highly suggest that no one smoke, because if you’re getting a benefit from the MAOIs in cigarettes then you’d probably be a great candidate for any number of low-dose ssris and the rest of the pro/cons list tilts heavy con for smoking.
  - pmiller2 6y ago
    Not to mention there are much less unhealthy ways of consuming nicotine, such as gums and patches.
    - anaisbetts 6y ago

pmiller2 6y ago

As a sufferer of depression and anxiety, I would love to do this, but I have no real idea where to safely get LSD. :/

krimpenrik 6y ago
Order it on darknet, send one tab off to get tested and start dosing with the others.
- zelon88 6y ago
  "Buy an illegal substance via completely tracable means from someone you've never met who therefore has no "skin in the game" whether or not you'll live or die because he's never going to see you again." Yeah, don't do that.
  - vonseel 6y ago
    Most people who buy LSD consider darknet sources to be much more reliable than street sources. Of course, there are bad apples everywhere, but with LSD if you’re reagant testing it to at least verify the presence of indoles (LSD or one of its many analogs), you can be pretty sure it’s not an NBOME substance, because there’s no good reason for a seller to put both LSD and NBOME in the same tab. Or you can just swallow it instead of taking it sublingually, apparently NBOMEs are not metabolized by the stomach.
  - LocalH 6y ago
    You’re more at risk of screwing up security and getting phished (and money stolen) or busted than you are getting bad stuff. Trusted vendors exist for a reason, and small quantities of LSD are virtually undetectable in transit.
rv-de 6y ago
depends on where you live. have a look at 1cp-LSD.
mistermann 6y ago
An alternative approach is to grow your own magic mushrooms, lots of step by step instructions on reddit, youtube instructional videos, etc. Psilocybin has the additional advantage of shorter trips. https://doubleblindmag.com/shrooms-vs-acid/ https://doubleblindmag.com/shrooms-vs-acid/ > In addition to the contrasting content of the experience, the onset, duration, and intensity of the trips are distinctly different. Psilocybin takes approximately 45 minutes for effects to be felt and lasts between four and six hours, with these effects peaking around two hours into the experience. Psilocybin highs are also sometimes described as “coming in waves” with emotions oscillating between extreme euphoria and bliss to anxiety and trepidation. There is also anecdotal evidence to suggest a mushroom experience and can be potentiated or re-invigorated by ingesting cannabis a few hours into the experience. Alternatively the effects of LSD can last around twelve hours and are typically reported to be more steady, gradually intensifying until a peak around two hours into the experience, plateauing, then gently declining from approximately seven to nine hours in.