It's more plausible then blaming weed for breathing walls. Even on edibles when i have actually hallucinated i've never seen breathing of any kind. LSD can cause profound changes man.
I don't mean to be senor psychiatrist here, but can you tell us some more about the trip (realizations, experiences, etc.?) Some of the things sound like the psychological aftermath (loss of motivation, loss of attention and interest in things you used to like) of a trip where you realize that everything is just meaningless repetition. So I'm wondering if maybe that occurred to you during the trip? (And I truly think that most people's natural evolution involves a period of angst and deep, deep depression- acid/enthogens simply speed up the evolutionary process, and happens to leave some people at that stage of evolution, while others don't get there, and yet others pass through it quickly and maybe even during the trip) As for the personality and perception changes, that's probably related more to the drug itself, and not your psyche as much. This is a serious suggestion, but have you tried getting really hammered since then? I found alcohol to be like the antithesis of tripping, it always sort of reset my brain if I wanted that. (Opiates too, to a lesser extent). I don't mean to suggest robbing Peter to pay Paul, but sometimes they can help. Does anyone in your family have bipolar or schizophrenia? Lastly, if you can/do realize that realizations from the trip left you nihilistic, it might be best to try something else, probably mescaline to make another evolutionary move. But that's only if on reflection you know the difficulties to be psychological. Of course, this could all be total BS since it's only my opinion, so beware and take responsibility for whatever actions you choose.
Persisting visual distortions can be common after a psychedelic experience, especially when you use other psychedelic drugs like cannabis on a fairly regular basis. Unless you seize the use of cannabis you should probably start welcoming them (the visual distortions). At least that's how it ended up for me, visually speaking, 3-4 years after my first LSD experience, and stubbornly consistent use of marijuana and even more acid despite the case. Really, define feeling "wacked out" (rhetorical), it's a matter of perspective. You're not really wacked out, you're seeing and feeling new things, as well as some old things. Coming from someone who's been in your shoes, the best advice I can offer is not to let any changes in day to day life frighten you. Things like anxiety can be beaten by proper breathing exercises, as the lingering fear in you may actually start to cause abnormal, as well as shallow breathing patterns, which in turn brings about side-effects something similar to this mess . Social awkwardness and the anxiety which underlies it can bring about all sorts of weird complexes. Get those breathing exercises down on the double. Extend exhales. Hope that helps. Much love
well obviously it depends on the persons experience, but for me when the walls are breathing, its like....there moving in and out, like how your chest moves when you inhale and exhale.
Thanks a lot guys for responding to this, when I originally posted this, I felt an influx (I hope thats the right context you use the word influx) of negative emotions, since then however, I really haven't felt an overwhelming amount, although I am kind of in a rough spot currently, but that's due to a lot of other things... I've read a lot of what people have said, and I'm happy to say that I feel that I can now embrace this different perspective in a way, it hasn't bothered me as much, and now really comes out when I'm smoking, and I feel assured from these posts that I can enjoy them now, esp cause every now and then I can get some gnarly open eye visuals. But overall, thanks a lot guys.
Almost two years later, im so happy i found this... A lot of desperation went into this, holy shit hahaha. My poor little head at that time had no idea how to take it in at the time. Anyways to make this short, there was a happy ending filled with a lot more lsd. I love how this drug has changed my life. I probably learned more from bugging out over those breathing walls than i did from my first trip. Breathing walls is a sign to me now that my head is becoming unnecessarily negative whether it be anxiety, frustration, whatever. cool story
Ok well a couple years ago I was tripping on mushrooms just about every three days for a few months, it was probably not the best thing but hey I can't go back and un-do it. I also did a hit of acid while on extasy around this time. So yeah sometimes I still get the breathing walls effect and other visual distortions simular to tripping but not as intense. for a bit I was kinda worried about what this meant about my mental state but I kinda got used to it and if nothing else now its really easy for me to entertain myself when I am bored simply by looking at trippy things. Also I've tripped on acid twice recently and I've noticed when I've smoked since then it triggers the minor visual distortions making the high more intresting also now it seems I sometimes see random flashes of what I call acid colors. So yeah I am quite sure all the psychedelics I've done have had some long term effects on my mind....after all the term psychedelic indicates a head change so it kinda goes without saying that things probably wont be quite the same after a psychedelic trip. That is probably why you don't feel 'normal.' also you're dwelling on it which is only making it seem more severe, more negative and more noticeable, just try to chill and go with it. If you really did not enjoy the experiance and feel it screwed you up that much I don't recommend you take any more psychedelics. Thing is acid will change your perspective and even how you perceive some things...if you want to trip you have to be concious of that and aware that there is a good chance you won't come out of the trip feeling the exact same way you did before or percieving things the exact same way as before. If your not looking for or ok with a major head change like that I would say psychedelics are not for you.