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You likely did a starter dose of LSD. Also, it doesn't depend on stomach processing to activate, which means its not diet dependent - shrooms very much are. Ple

You likely did a starter dose of LSD. Also, it doesn't depend on stomach processing to activate, which means its not diet dependent - shrooms very much are. Plenty of people make a mistake of taking shrooms after eating a meal, not getting anything after an hour, taking more thinking their shrooms are weak, and then when it hits they are taken for quite a ride. The right way to dose shrooms IMO is not eating 4 hours prior, ground up fine (and optionally put into gel capsules if you can't stand the taste), and taken with OJ. This gives you a very strong and peaky trip at minimal doses, but the peak lasts for 2-3 hours, whereas LSD is generally a whole day affair event at lower dosages. Its also worth while imo to grow your own shrooms. There is this philosophical meta element of taking charge and creating your own medicine which then you take can better your own life, which can be a very positive thought during the trip.

TaylorAlexander 4y ago
Oh sure. Yeah I've done all that, including growing them. And I always take them on an empty stomach. The thing is that shrooms bring up a lot of deep emotions for me which can be hard to handle. I don't have much experience with LSD but that trip was more cerebral and easier to deal with than the emotional roller coaster of shroom trips I've had. Maybe it was just the dosage, I don't know.
- denton-scratch 4y ago
  I'm sure your LSD dose must have been low. A good dose of LSD creates the most powerful experience I've ever had, and it's not really controllable. Shrooms are much more gentle; it's much easier to "look away" from the experience.
  - LocalH 4y ago
    N,N-DMT is my preferred psychedelic when my intent is a strong, "reset" trip. It's given me the absolute highest amount of focus control and seems to diminish the effects of my dopamine deficiency almost entirely for the better part of a couple of months, and the positive effects are still very slow to fade from there. Even today, three years after my last deep DMT trip, I find I still pull personal philosophy from it that guide me in the direction of kindness and warmth towards others. Especially for such a short duration in consensus time (my trip was about 45 minutes, a bit on the long side but again I smoked a cigarette directly before consuming DMT, which I understand has MAOI properties and thus can extend the duration of DMT), DMT is one of the most powerful substances known to mankind. Perhaps 5-MeO-DMT might be more powerful, but there is physical risk involved there in such a way that isn't present with N,N-DMT.

TaylorAlexander 4y ago

Oh sure. Yeah I've done all that, including growing them. And I always take them on an empty stomach. The thing is that shrooms bring up a lot of deep emotions for me which can be hard to handle. I don't have much experience with LSD but that trip was more cerebral and easier to deal with than the emotional roller coaster of shroom trips I've had. Maybe it was just the dosage, I don't know.

denton-scratch 4y ago
I'm sure your LSD dose must have been low. A good dose of LSD creates the most powerful experience I've ever had, and it's not really controllable. Shrooms are much more gentle; it's much easier to "look away" from the experience.
- LocalH 4y ago
  N,N-DMT is my preferred psychedelic when my intent is a strong, "reset" trip. It's given me the absolute highest amount of focus control and seems to diminish the effects of my dopamine deficiency almost entirely for the better part of a couple of months, and the positive effects are still very slow to fade from there. Even today, three years after my last deep DMT trip, I find I still pull personal philosophy from it that guide me in the direction of kindness and warmth towards others. Especially for such a short duration in consensus time (my trip was about 45 minutes, a bit on the long side but again I smoked a cigarette directly before consuming DMT, which I understand has MAOI properties and thus can extend the duration of DMT), DMT is one of the most powerful substances known to mankind. Perhaps 5-MeO-DMT might be more powerful, but there is physical risk involved there in such a way that isn't present with N,N-DMT.