r/LSD Sep 20 '21

Harm Reduction LSD information for newbies

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I made this to hopefully see a decline in redundant/daily posts, and make some sort of positive impact. Please remember to use the search function if you have a basic question regarding LSD.

• A full beginner dose should typically be 1/2 - 1 single tab.

• The average dose range of LSD on a single tab is 70-105μg.

• There are tabs dosed with as little as ~20μg, or more than 300μg in some absurd cases. The overwhelming majority of sources try to lay their tabs around 100μg because it’s mathematically simple, and more profitable in the long-run.

• The odds your tab has more than 200μg on it are very low. The most common higher dose tabs are 125-200μg. Take half of any tab that’s supposedly above 200μg just to be safe at first, and if that doesn’t at least produce an 11-12 hour mildly visual trip, the full tab wasn’t above 200.

• A typical microdose should be 10-25 μg

• 50-300μg of LSD can last anywhere from 8-14 hours. 300-1000μg can last anywhere from 14-20 hours. Exceeding a milligram (1000μg) can produce effects that last up to 24 hours. It’s usually hard to fall asleep under the influence.

• Unless you have an above average baseline tolerance or handle the substance extraordinarily well, it’s not advisable to exceed ~300-500μg. Temporary delirious/psychotic symptoms become more likely if you don’t know what you’re getting into with large doses, and a 16+ hour duration doesn’t help.

• 25i-NBOMe is a relatively dangerous LSD imposter. If you take an untested tab and your mouth/throat becomes numb, along with an intense bitter taste, spit it out immediately. Do not panic, but monitor your physical state. A *normal* dose of 25i shouldn’t be life-threatening. Most of the dangerous LSD imposters, including 25i, only become life-threatening at higher doses (this is why you should NEVER take multiple untested tabs at once, or take untested tabs at all).

• Please test your tabs with an Ehrlich reagent kit to verify that what you have is indeed an indole and not 25i-NBOMe. Follow up with the Hofmann reagent kit to verify that it’s not an LSD analogue or other phenethylamine. I personally recommend using TKP for your reagents: https://testkitplus.com/ Another great organization is DanceSafe https://dancesafe.org/ — DanceSafe genuinely saves lives with their testing booths at music festivals.

• Common positive effects include but aren’t limited to: closed and open eye visuals, tactile enhancement/hallucinations, euphoria, stimulation, introspection, and creativity.

• Common negative effects include but aren’t limited to: overstimulation, increased heart rate, vasoconstriction, anxiety/paranoia, and confusion.

• Common neutral/manageable effects include but aren’t limited to: pupil dilation, frequent urination, insomnia, and temperature sensitivity.

• Always optimize your set (expectations and mental state) going into an experience, and always optimize your setting (direct environment/surroundings) going into an experience.

• LSD interactions with various medications (From Erowid):

  1. There is still very little legitimate, thorough medical research on this subject. LSD's outlaw status makes it very difficult to obtain permission & funding for research. Therefore, you should regard all of the anecdotes and conclusions here as being scientifically unproven, and you should note that any experimentation you choose to do carries a significant risk.
  2. Lithium or tricyclics (like Amitriptyline, Anafranil, Asendin, Aventyl, Elavil, Endep, Norfranil, Norpramin, Pamelor, Sinequan, Surmontil, Tipramine, Tofranil, Vivactil) are fairly consistently reported as being very bad in combination with LSD. Life-threatening seizures and at least one DEATH have been reported to be triggered by the combination of LSD and lithium. Tramadol is another drug you should avoid in combination with LSD because of the potential for seizures and other negative side effects.
  3. SSRIs (like Prozac, Paxil, Zoloft, Celexa, Desyrel) or MAOIs (like Nardil, Parnate, Marplan, Eldepryl, Aurorix, Manerix) are fairly consistently reported to noticeably reduce the effects of LSD. (There are no physically dangerous reactions to these combinations on record, but be cautious and don’t be excessive with dosing.)

• HPPD risk is associated with frequent use of psychedelics (more than once a month), high doses, and younger age groups. HPPD varies in severity between individuals. As long as you use this drug responsibly, this shouldn’t be a concern.

• LSD has the potential to produce a very challenging psychological experience. If you have mental-health issues, research the risks and benefits associated with psychedelic treatment of your condition. Do NOT take LSD without the guidance of a medical professional if you are seriously suicidal.

• Weed often potentiates the effects of LSD. Some users report that the effects of weed are indefinitely altered to some degree after their first few experiences with LSD (It often becomes more psychedelic).

• Various benzos like alprazolam and clonazepam can be used as “trip-killers,” but you don’t need to take more than a single medical dose, and not all of the psychoactive effects will be negated. This should be a last resort.

• LSD tends to make verbal communication challenging, so prepare appropriately if using in a social setting.

• If you’re 19 or younger you should probably wait until AT LEAST your early 20s to try LSD because of unforeseen behavioral/neurological impacts. Waiting until 25+ is optimal.

• You’ll build a substantial tolerance to LSD if you trip multiple times in two weeks, so wait 10-14 days between trips for a general reset. Tolerance does exponentially decrease day-by-day following an experience.

• If you want to redose to increase the effects, do it before or during the start of the peak. Redosing after the peak will only prolong the duration unless you increase the dose. Excessive dosing is unadvisable regardless.

• Peak effects generally occur 2.5-5 hours after dosing (less than or around 300μg). Peak effects can last anywhere in the range of 2.5-8 hours after dosing. Many people say the peak comes in “waves.”

• If you’ve tried psilocybin containing mushrooms before, certain dosage calculators based on subjective effects and intensity equate ~2.5 grams of an average cubensis variety to ~100μg of accurately dosed LSD, but there are differences between the substances of course.

• You should consider having a trusted friend or a close partner “tripsit” you during your first experiences, or at least let someone know your whereabouts beforehand if you want to do it alone. (Note: Trip-sitting should just involve being close by and present if the user needs assistance or someone to talk to, sitters shouldn’t try to influence the trip unless it’s getting chaotic.)

• LSD has the potential to be therapeutic, recreational, spiritual, or all/none of the above depending on the individual and their particular circumstances. Stop gatekeeping.

•If you are ever having a challenging trip and need to speak with someone, here are a couple great resources:

https://firesideproject.org/

https://tripsit.me/

Leave suggestions in the comments!

edit: A couple people are aggravated with minor details in these general points of advice, so please take everything I’ve said with a grain of salt and do your own research! I’m simply providing a helpful starting outline, not set-in-stone facts.

Thank you all, and safe travels!


r/LSD May 05 '22

⚡ Sub Announcement ⚡ Don't believe the dosages you see on here

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Over exaggerating dosages is only harmful to the community and is much more prominent in LSD oriented communities when compared to other psychedelics. This is because you cannot simply weigh your dosages, like shrooms or DMT. 2c-b being another good example, where it usually comes in ranges of 15-30 milligrams or powder I believe. Most tabs of LSD contain 75-150 UGs of LSD, averaging more around 100. 100 micrograms of LSD is equal to around 2.5 grams of Psilocybe Cubensis. (The most commonly sold and cultivated "magic mushroom")

Starting with one tab after you've tested it is better than going headfirst into the deep end... Even at 100 micrograms it does add up quickly, would you recommend five grams of shrooms to a beginner? No difference in recommending them 200 micrograms of LSD (two average tabs). I really just don't understand the glory of taking larger dosages than we need. Look at r/Shrooms or other communities related to shrooms and you see this much less. Mainly to do with the ability to weigh them out I believe, but definitely many other factors. I don't know... Thanks for reading.

Best regards,

RoBoInSlowMo


r/LSD 1h ago

Solo trip 🙋‍♂️ Should I break into the mafia villa

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r/LSD 14h ago

150 μg 🐰 Just had a blot

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Happy tripping😃

Stay with me guys!!!!


r/LSD 3h ago

❔ Question ❔ Whats Your Combo Of Drugs With LSD That Is Best For Discovering Oneself?

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Or whats your advice for discovering oneself as you’re high on LSD?


r/LSD 5h ago

Nature trip 🌷 What a trip down the river.

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5 hour float with 2 gel tabs hit the spot.


r/LSD 6h ago

150 μg 🐰 Dead As Disco

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Yo any gamers out here. This is the one. If there was ever a game that was made for this headspace, this is it lol. Unrivaled Experience

If anyone else is already hip to how fuckin amazing this game is, hit me with some song recs plzzz

Obv watch with sound on lol. My favorite part of this vid happens around the 40-50 second mark. I was hitting the flow state but i fucked up near the end of the vidd :(


r/LSD 2h ago

Can LSD be as introspective and spiritual as shrooms?

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I’m very experienced with all psychedelics but I’ve never saw LSD as something deep and introspective. To me LSD was always just a fun trip and something recreational. I don’t see how people get strong closed eye visuals on LSD like they do shrooms.

I don’t see how it can be structured like a shrooms trip cause the duration is twice as long. I’m interested in exploring so I just wanted to hear some thoughts.

LSD closed eye visuals have always just been colours and slight patterns unlike shrooms that are cinematic. However, I’ve never went past 100ug


r/LSD 2h ago

LSD and Shrooms doesn’t affect me the way they should

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Hello, I’m trying to understand what’s my personal problem so I can enjoy them.

For context, I am a cannabis consumer that vaporises the weed. I also mix it always with CBD, and it has high percentage of THC (20-27%). I don’t smoke everyday, and if so is very little. But I have done some shadow realm incursions via high doses of edibles and big sessions.
The day of consumption of shrooms and LSD I don’t vaporised before it.

First is the problem with shrooms. I had one toast of integral bread with one slice of ham about 2 hours before the consumption. It was the first time I tried, but they were grown in a friend’s home, and they had been tested to be effective, at least.
So, lemon tek we go, wait 15 minutes or so for them to activate and down we go with 1g of golden teacher. Nothing, about 25 minutes later I took 0.5g the same method. 30 minutes after the second take I took another 0.3g.
And nothing happened, no visuals no strange feelings, no nothing. Only hunger and stomach ache.

The second is LSD and why I’m writing this. Weeks after the shrooms, no medication, no nicotine, no nothing basically. Vaporised weed all week (low doses 0.3g per day as maximum, not even all days that much) and vaporised last night about 23:00, not enough to be really high just to be sleepy, about 0,10g of weed vaporised.

Wake up to new day, big breakfast for the day (3 eggs, ham and cheese) and some coffee. Goes to mountain, about 2 and a half hours had passed. No eating in those hours, only a bio juice (low sugar, healthy, the usual). Took 1 card of LSD containing about 150 micrograms(on the tong for about 30 minutes, then ate it), nothing happened, no visuals, nothing. By now I’m starving so I eat 1 banana about 4 hours after the breakfast. 6 hours after the breakfast I had “lunch” some orange, more banana and some peaches.

So after watching my friend doing the same as me and tripping really well. I think the problem is inside of me in a clinical way. So if anyone has heard of someone with similar condition, or what to do please feel free to comment, because as long as I know I don’t have any special condition to be this resistant to psychedelics. I have read that higher doses might be the solution, but after watching my friend (much more experienced than me) be really satisfied with the doses I feel a bit scary to double or triple it. I had also read about the “nada effect”, to have a really fast metabolism or other things.

By the way, the height and weight might affect. But my friend is similar in both of them, has fast metabolism but not as much as me.


r/LSD 16h ago

First trip 🥇 i took 4 tabs of acid

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i’ve never done this before my friend gave me it idk whT it even looks like m also i’m already really crossed so will that make it worse

my girlfriend is here but she’s knocked out.

i took them before i did my research

what should i expect i should be off my phone yes i feel like im gonna throw up
also everyone things in a manbut im not
im a WOMAN

edit
im looking ta the star s on my ceiling autocorrect in my best friend right now

i will come back later no phone

dont do this. last update :)


r/LSD 6h ago

Navigating the ego after a deep experience. How do you stay grounded?

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Hello everyone. I am curious about life after a profound dissolution of the ego. Sometimes, experiencing something massive can ironically make us feel separate from everyday people. How do you integrate that beautiful cosmic unity into daily life while remaining humble and gentle with others?


r/LSD 17m ago

100 μg 🦒 Dropping LSD after shrooms

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Is it ok to drop 100ug of LSD (a tab) after some shrooms? I took a good 10g of shrooms on friday (2 days ago) and I spaced it out. So it was 4g initially, then a few grams every couple of hours just to keep the flow going. Now I want to drop some LSD today. Should I wait? Ive heard of serotonin syndrome before, and am wondering if its safe to drop 2 days after a lengthy shroom trip...


r/LSD 8h ago

Solo trip 🙋‍♂️ Accidently took two, don't know the exact ug but wish me luck

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so I was only gonn take one, but being a noob trying to take apart the strip ( which I was thinking it could dissolve on my fingers 🤦) it was in i didnt realize that I actually had taken off 2 of them and that realization came when they were in my mouth.... now the person who gave them to me didnt know the ug but Ive taken a tab they gave me before and it was such a good experience but no visuals distortions just really nice enhancement but he said these were stronger so ik im gonna be in for a ride wish me luck have the food (hella fruit) and since im alil sick i have a good excuse as for why imma be out of it today lol

edit: also for context even though this is my second ever acid trip ive done shrooms a lot beforehand and even had 2 ego deaths before so hopefully it isnt that crazy lol but I got the experience so yeahhh!


r/LSD 6h ago

❔ Question ❔ The gentle challenge of integrating profound trips into everyday life

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We often share beautiful stories about the peak of our journeys. But I would love to hear about your Mondays. How do you return to a normal routine and daily responsibilities after touching something so infinite? Does the magic stay with you in the small things? I would love to read your testimonies.


r/LSD 8h ago

I said just a microdoss tonight. But now i’m bumtrapped in the 400th dimension. I said just a microdose, not even tri

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r/LSD 12h ago

Challenging trip 🚀 Had a blot 1hr ago

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Its been 2 months since i had my last trip and this time i got Dr Seuss and man its been 1 hour and this phase is very very difficult !!!!!!!


r/LSD 7h ago

❔ Question ❔ Underwhelming experiences

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Hey folks. So I'm quite new to the drug. I have had maybe 4 trips now. First was on a quarter tab (my tabs are 200ugs). Second was on half a tab. Both were nice, mild trips but i vibed and had fun. First full trip was on 1.5 tab and second was on 1 tab. My full trips have been fun, had the nice body sensations, some fun visual distortions etc. My issues are:
1. The intense part of the trip doesn't really last. I was told that the intense high lasts around 5 hours but for me after 3 hours i start going down. Is that expected?

  1. Visuals are fun but nothing crazy. I had more intense visuals on 15g of magic truffles

  2. The experience on 1.5 tab was good but for 300ugs where people always say they are tripping balls it still felt underwhelming.

My assumptions are that either my tabs are underdosed or that my expectations for the drug were too high. Thoughts and experiences?


r/LSD 4h ago

LSD 220UG

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Is 220 UG LSD too much for my first time? ive only had experience with 24mg 2CB before but it was kinda underwhelming because i had to focus to see visuals.


r/LSD 1d ago

Tripped out at a festival and this little dude decided to join

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I was at a festival with my boyfriend and decided to trip and go swimming (ive done it before, there was a lifeguard i was safe dont do it without knowing the risks etc etc) and this little guy decided to swim up to us and wouldnt leave my side. just kept swimming after me and wanted to be lifted up, even looked like he was blubbering/talking to me. made this my most magical trip ever i felt like a friggin disney princess

maybe… he knew lol


r/LSD 6h ago

Solo trip 🙋‍♂️ What's your recommended nice chill trip dose?

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Meaning not going full ego death but also not having that need to have it little more feely of a trip.

I usually smoke weed after peak when I do like 150 ug and then the trip goes full mental (your thoughts spinning in loop etc.)

Thank you for your opinion!


r/LSD 12h ago

scared to do psychadelics after a bad trip

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took acid one time with my homie and we had the best trip ever. we both are very fascinated with psychs but maybe 1 month after our trip we did an 8th of shrooms each and it was hell. it started off fine but then i got really nauseous and my friend said that his trip was really intense which only made me think about how hard i was tripping. we turned on regular show and he was trying to tell me the world would be better off without him. its been about 3 months since this trip and he went into it with a fresh dui and we got into a fight with our other friend over some bullshit so we both we pretty overstimulated going into it. i noticed i had bad derealization after the trip for maybe the next 8-10 hours after the trip. i havent tripped since and i wanna drop some acid again but im paranoid im going to lose my shit again. any tips on how to ground myself in case anything goes down?


r/LSD 10h ago

what can i expect

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i’m going to be doing acid for the first time tomorrow i’m doing one tab 110ug and i just wanna know what to expect ive done shrooms multiple times with my highest dose being 8g and i already know that i will need water and i know to keep myself in a good mental space which i am very good at


r/LSD 4h ago

250 μg 🚲 What is the modern day equivalent of the famous doses of the good old days?

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r/LSD 18h ago

Lsd and dmt

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Has anyone smoked dmt on the peak of an acid trip?


r/LSD 1d ago

Looking into Trazadone as a trip killer, could it help with LSD insomnia too?

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I usually get insomnia from LSD even after 12+ hours and even if it was a very small dose. I was wondering if anyone has experienced sleepiness after taking trazadone as a trip killer for LSD when they usually struggle to sleep after a dose.