Thread: LSD explained for what it is.

I've taken mushrooms about 9 or 10 times and LSD about 13 or 14 times, and to be honest I find LSD much easier to handle. Don't get me wrong, I love mushrooms, but mushrooms (at least for the doses I've taken) are much more intense. I need to have a safe-house where I can chill when I eat mushrooms, and I need to be around people I trust and love. With acid however, I have no problem being in a public place with lots of strange people such as a festival or a phish show where I'll dance my ass off, something I could never do on mushrooms. I have never had a flashback, and I have never talked to anyone who has (I know a lot of people who use LSD). However this doesn't mean they don't happen. Here is a youtube video which discusses flashbacks pretty thoroughly. I'm not an expert, but it seems to me that it's something you only have to worry about with frequent, heavy LSD use.

As far as the actual experiential differences of the trip, a mushroom trip lasts about 5-6 hours, and an LSD trip lasts about 9-12 hours. I only sometimes experience visuals from mushrooms, but I almost always get very pretty visuals from LSD. I have never had a bad trip from LSD, and I have only had a few moments during my LSD trips where anxiety started to creep in. However for me, I almost always experience anxiety for extended amounts of time during my mushroom experiences. It always resolves though, and I end up feeling much more whole and happier than I did before I tripped.

If you've tripped mushrooms more than 20 times then I'm pretty confident you would have no problem having a great trip from LSD. If you feel hesitant, there's no harm in taking a half hit or a hit your first time, but like I said, you would probably have no problem taking 2 hits your first time.

O yes one more thing. On mushrooms I usually just like to listen to silence or the subtle sounds of nature: crickets, wind blowing through the trees, rain, etc. There things are all very nice to listen to while on LSD too, but I have found that LSD enhances music soooo much more than anything I've ever experienced. If you do try it, make sure you bring a CD of some awesome music you want to listen to.

Years ago I was a person who dabbled in such things..."I" of course referring to a very fluid concept. The fungus is potent, but earthy and "darker", however not implying negative. High doses do induce deeper trips, but these still feel more earthbound. Uncle Cid is more like a crazy wild animal - it doesn't just take you places, it rips you out of your body to worlds beyond imagination. Be careful with that one, it can rip you to shreds if you're not careful...I've met some high dosing folks who never came off the merry-go-round. For a while I was one.

Originally Posted by MrFantasy

I've taken mushrooms about 9 or 10 times and LSD about 13 or 14 times, and to be honest I find LSD much easier to handle...

It's strange that you would say that... out of all the people I've talked to about differences/ similarities between caps and acid you're the first person I've heard say that you think LSD is less intense. I've always heard it was a cry baby shroom experience (you trip so much harder and longer than shrooms that you're crying to come down).

The fact that flashbacks (hopefully) aren't as coming for a first timer is uplifting, and I certainly would like to see some very good visuals. The most I've gotten out of caps (4 grams, holy shit) was seeing colors that weren't there actually emerge and swirl around out of nowhere and thinking a wall was breathing. Usually things just get a lot brighter, sometimes colorful, and shimmers. One of the reasons I'm so fond of shrooms is that I feel ULTRA connected with nature, and the environment, which is truly a divine feeling. Plus you're able to see things in a new light and different perspectives that can change the way you view some topics for the rest of your life. Incredible. So far it sounds to me that acid is more of a visual thing. Now tell me if I'm wrong, but my perspective is: take acid, see shit and get freaked out. Take caps: connect with nature, bring out your inner voice, let your body fuse with the world. I'll probably try LSD but I doubt I'll like it, I'm just a shroom guy I guess.

It's true, listening to nature is one of the best things you can do. Being outside in the rain is MIND BLOWING. Listening to music while tripping caps is a good thing to do, but not marvelous.

There's something else I've been wondering, if you've tried Salvia before, what's that compared to an Alice trip.

I have never taken a large enough dose of LSD to actually "hallucinate," such as see things that completely are not there. When I say visuals, I mean objects breath, clouds will swirl around and morph, bunches of leaves in a tree will move in geometric fractal patterns, ripples in water will blow your mind, and other things like the grain in wood will swirl and move when you look at them.

I have done salvia a few times. Most of the times I tried it I only felt it a little bit, but one of the times I actually "got off." It was the most intense/weirdest/scariest drug experience of my life and I haven't done it since, but I'm thinking I might sometime. Salvia is nothing like LSD, at least not at the doses I've taken. Acid is much calmer, you won't forget your name on acid. Acid can freak you out a little bit, but it can also make you laugh your ass off, and weep for joy. It's really all about set and setting, but you probably already know that being an experienced mushroom user.

One thing you should know if you try it, it takes about 45 min-1.5 hours to kick in, and because it peaks right away the come-up is the most intense part. This graph from erowid shows it well. You will probably feel anxious, tense, and a little nervous/weird during the first hour of it, but once you get over the initial hump just go with the flow and you'll be groovin'.

Originally Posted by MrFantasy

I have never taken a large enough dose of LSD to actually "hallucinate," such as see things that completely are not there. When I say visuals, I mean objects breath, clouds will swirl around and morph, bunches of leaves in a tree will move in geometric fractal patterns, ripples in water will blow your mind, and other things like the grain in wood will swirl and move when you look at them.

I have done salvia a few times. Most of the times I tried it I only felt it a little bit, but one of the times I actually "got off." It was the most intense/weirdest/scariest drug experience of my life and I haven't done it since, but I'm thinking I might sometime. Salvia is nothing like LSD, at least not at the doses I've taken. Acid is much calmer, you won't forget your name on acid. Acid can freak you out a little bit, but it can also make you laugh your ass off, and weep for joy. It's really all about set and setting, but you probably already know that being an experienced mushroom user.

One thing you should know if you try it, it takes about 45 min-1.5 hours to kick in, and because it peaks right away the come-up is the most intense part. This graph from erowid shows it well. You will probably feel anxious, tense, and a little nervous/weird during the first hour of it, but once you get over the initial hump just go with the flow and you'll be groovin'.

In my previous post I wrote "coming" instead of "common" ha ha. Oops. Oh trust me I know exactly what you mean when you say you've never actually "hallucinated" while tripping Alice/ shrooms, as in you believe that someone or something you perceive with your ears or eyes is, in fact, 100% real. Only stuff like certain Alkaloids and DMT can do that shit. From all the posts and reviews about taking LSD that I have read, it sounds a lot like I've experienced "RELATIVELY" close to the same visual experience while on P. Cubensis.

I have done salvia also, but both times I tripped way to hard to enjoy it. I was just wondering if it was like acid, because if you would have said "yes" then that would definitely be a turn off. (Whew!)

Oh yes ha "set and setting, set and setting", the most common thing you'll ever here from a previous tripper.

I know about how long it takes, and I think I'm pretty accustomed to long periods of pre trip time. Is acid like caps in the sense that it creeps up on you and than smacks you in the face?

Hey, thanks for answering all of my questions BTW. This is more help than what I could have gotten from 20 other websites.