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Just remember: There are a lot of chemicals that produce LSD-like effects. The farther away you are from the chemist, the less likely you know the actual drug t

Just remember: There are a lot of chemicals that produce LSD-like effects. The farther away you are from the chemist, the less likely you know the actual drug that you're getting. This is especially the case at concerts / festivals, where the "game of telephone" might mean that you don't really know what you're taking. After reading many trip reports on Erowid for LSD, I suspect that the authors often unknowingly took something else. A classic case is STP/DOM, which often comes in paper / tabs and is visually indistinguishable from LSD. If you ever hear the familiar, "I took some crazy acid. At first it didn't work, so I took another, and then I finally came up after an hour and had an intense trip," it was probably STP/DOM instead of LSD.

FuriouslyAdrift 2y ago
At Bonnaroo, one of our party got STP instead of acid and we had to babysit all frickin weekend. Of course, I had already taken my mescaline so it was not fun at all.
Traubenfuchs 2y ago
Same thing for ecstasy: Can be anything from filler scam, to an MDMA dosage that will probably send you to hospital, to drugs that work very similar to MDMA and can also be called ecstasy to weird ass hard drugs that are something completely different. In Vienna we have an organization that checks pills or powder from the batch you bought and tells you what exactly it is.
LoganDark 2y ago
even LSD doesn't usually work immediately. it usually takes something like 30 minutes to an hour to start having effects. i think one of my records is something like 12 hours after dosage to start feeling the effects. which i think happened because i also ate a bunch of food before taking i use LSD recreationally every 1-2 weeks or so
- Etheryte 2y ago
  Checking out your profile, did you already have dissociative identity disorder before finding your way to LSD? How do you think the two interact? No judgement or implications, curious.
  - LoganDark 2y ago
    > Checking out your profile, did you already have dissociative identity disorder before finding your way to LSD? yes. I believe the reason I first tried LSD was because another friend with DID said that LSD permanently gave them the ability to "think in parallel". unfortunately it did no such thing for me but it does do something else interesting that makes it still worthwhile. also I experienced an accidental ego death once and it was probably one of the most interesting things that's ever happened to me. (I think ego death can only ever happen by accident because the moment you realize it's happened, that realization means it's over.) > How do you think the two interact? In my experience, LSD allows for a clearer identification of parts, especially in memories. That means while normally I can recall memories and feel like I was always the only one there, on LSD others can recall the same memories and realize that they were there too and had some influence on what happened at the time. I think there are also some memories where I wasn't at all and that can only be recalled while on LSD. LSD I think also helps with switching and like "identity" of parts. It's easier for them to be completely themselves, I think. Less blurry/fusion/unknown/etc. stuff
- justlikereddit 2y ago
  I frequently eat before taking LSD and it never takes 12 hours to hit, after 1 hour it's always live and peak will occur within 3-4 hours. With a light meal or empty stomach it comes on a bit faster to a noticable state (but the hidden hunger can interfere with well being during the trip )
- shlant 2y ago
  > i think one of my records is something like 12 hours after dosage to start feeling the effects. ugh that would suuuuck. Can't imagine waking up for work on a Monday after a seemingly failed trip the Sunday before lol
01100011 2y ago
Yep. Pretty sure I got DOx in 1990 as a teenager. 24 hour trip that left me with panic attacks and HPPD for years(well, I still have HPPD decades later). It was tie-dye blotter my friend got at a dead show. 2 hits. My friend took 5 and started throwing up within an hour which is not something I've ever heard of LSD causing.
- gavinray 2y ago
  I willingly took DOI once. Also had a pretty awful experience.

FuriouslyAdrift 2y ago

At Bonnaroo, one of our party got STP instead of acid and we had to babysit all frickin weekend. Of course, I had already taken my mescaline so it was not fun at all.

Traubenfuchs 2y ago

Same thing for ecstasy: Can be anything from filler scam, to an MDMA dosage that will probably send you to hospital, to drugs that work very similar to MDMA and can also be called ecstasy to weird ass hard drugs that are something completely different. In Vienna we have an organization that checks pills or powder from the batch you bought and tells you what exactly it is.

LoganDark 2y ago

even LSD doesn't usually work immediately. it usually takes something like 30 minutes to an hour to start having effects. i think one of my records is something like 12 hours after dosage to start feeling the effects. which i think happened because i also ate a bunch of food before taking i use LSD recreationally every 1-2 weeks or so

Etheryte 2y ago
Checking out your profile, did you already have dissociative identity disorder before finding your way to LSD? How do you think the two interact? No judgement or implications, curious.
- LoganDark 2y ago
  > Checking out your profile, did you already have dissociative identity disorder before finding your way to LSD? yes. I believe the reason I first tried LSD was because another friend with DID said that LSD permanently gave them the ability to "think in parallel". unfortunately it did no such thing for me but it does do something else interesting that makes it still worthwhile. also I experienced an accidental ego death once and it was probably one of the most interesting things that's ever happened to me. (I think ego death can only ever happen by accident because the moment you realize it's happened, that realization means it's over.) > How do you think the two interact? In my experience, LSD allows for a clearer identification of parts, especially in memories. That means while normally I can recall memories and feel like I was always the only one there, on LSD others can recall the same memories and realize that they were there too and had some influence on what happened at the time. I think there are also some memories where I wasn't at all and that can only be recalled while on LSD. LSD I think also helps with switching and like "identity" of parts. It's easier for them to be completely themselves, I think. Less blurry/fusion/unknown/etc. stuff
justlikereddit 2y ago
I frequently eat before taking LSD and it never takes 12 hours to hit, after 1 hour it's always live and peak will occur within 3-4 hours. With a light meal or empty stomach it comes on a bit faster to a noticable state (but the hidden hunger can interfere with well being during the trip )
shlant 2y ago
> i think one of my records is something like 12 hours after dosage to start feeling the effects. ugh that would suuuuck. Can't imagine waking up for work on a Monday after a seemingly failed trip the Sunday before lol

01100011 2y ago

Yep. Pretty sure I got DOx in 1990 as a teenager. 24 hour trip that left me with panic attacks and HPPD for years(well, I still have HPPD decades later). It was tie-dye blotter my friend got at a dead show. 2 hits. My friend took 5 and started throwing up within an hour which is not something I've ever heard of LSD causing.

gavinray 2y ago
I willingly took DOI once. Also had a pretty awful experience.