How strong is an acid trip?

I know that obviously it depends on the amount you take, but for a first time user taking a moderate amount, during the trip would you be able to differentiate the hallucinations from reality, or does it completely take over. If I wouldn't be able to tell what's real and what isn't, I think that would be a bit too intense for me.

 

take 1 dose and it wont completely take over, just some things will look weird or have patterns on it.

 

LSD and all other psychedelics DO NOT cause hallucinations in the manner you are thinking. They only alter your perception of what is there, internally and externally.

The intensity of any psychedelic experience comes more from the content of your mind and memories more so than any visual things.
Visually things can get weird and intense, but your not going to see anything that isn't real.
There are only a few substances that cause true hallucinations, deliriants, such as belladonna (jimsonweed) for example and they really aren't "fun" substances whatsoever.

 

I don't think I have ever been unable to distinguish between hallucination & reality. I have been so messed up that things like normal visual cues to 'up' & 'down', like green=grass=down, blue=sky=up were useless....I've had trouble telling where an object's surface begins, but that was from 'shrooms. Saw a guy on acid watch a TV that wasn't turned on for quite a while, but he was having a good time doing it.

 

only at very high doses do you lose touch with reality. most if not all of my LSD trips have been fairly aware that i was under the influence of a drug, and never made any decisions based on the assumption that what i was seeing is "real". I have seen some pretty visuals in my day, but never had any hallucinations.

 

It will be stronger then any experience you had in your life. It will come full force and leave nothing left behind. Your whole mind, body, and soul become a dancing parade of tripitude! It is beyond the most crazy thing you can imagine.

 

thiiiiiiiiiiiiis *stretches arms* strong

 

i like this description

 

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaghh i was gonna post that as soon as I read the thread title.

 

Little melodramatic, don't ya think?
What if he only takes 50ugs?

How strong an LSD trip can be is dose dependent. Higher the dose, the stronger the effects. Most doses are around 100ugs, although there are some very potent, 200+ugs, doses going around all over this summer.
Use common sense.
Often it is easier to go for a large dose, 200-300ug, experience rather than a smaller dose, but an initial small dose as an introduction isn't a bad idea, especially if you have no experience with psychedelics.

It is a very profound and often life changing experience, but not one to be afraid of.
The above description, while being a little dramatic, isn't completely off course.
LSD makes use of everything in your world, both internal and external as source material for your journey. If you do take a high dose, be prepared to get a very honest look at yourself. LSD does not pull any punches. For some this results in a revelatory, wonderful, beautiful experience, for some it is a journey through their own personal hell.
For most it is at times one or the other, maybe even during the same trip.
I have been through heaven and cast down into hell thanks too Lucy. But they have always ended up being beneficial to some extent or another.

It is completely 100% safe physiologically and 98% safe psychologically.
If you have a history of mental illness or any family history of illness such as schizophrenia, approach with a cautious attitude. Less than 1% of people that have taken LSD since it's synthesis in 1938 have developed lasting mental issues.

Hope that helps.

 

the three times i've did acid, I've did two hits each time. It was a MIND FUCK that i enjoyed so much. but i don't think I ever forgot that I was still in reality, and that no matter how much it felt like I was not, I was still bound by natures laws. Maybe thats because I've taken rather mild doses (mild????????!!!!) all three times.

 

Contrary to what some have said LSD is not strictly dose dependent, It's very much set and setting dependent as well. You can take 500 micrograms and just lie in your room and drift off in bliss to whatever music it is you enjoy for the night and be perfectly ok or you could take 150 micrograms over at a strangers house and feel completely uncomfortable and out of your element and freak out a bit.

LSD's strength is dependent on those key elements I would say the dose taken and the set and setting. The higher the dose just accentuates whatever feelings you are having to a greater degree and probably adds more visually. There is a point past a certain threshold where it becomes kind of disorienting and overwhelming but usually you remember you are on a drug and what drug on medium doses.

The Hallucinations or distortions of reality usually aren't the scary part, the scary part is usually your feedback off other people or the feedback from your own mind.

 

You are correct, I forgot to include that facet of a psychedelic journey. DOH!
Set and setting can make a huge difference in subjective effects. I can't believe I left that component out of my post, especially considering my experience on the 4th. Boy did I have a brain fart or what?

(PB slaps himself upside the head)

 

I'm saying a full on LSD trip is of this multitude. And why should you settle for anything less then the full experience?

I don't believe that it is melodramatic at all, in feel it is really un-dramatic considering what I feel like doing is grabbing a megophone and screaming in everyones face, "This is beautiful, this will change your life, this right here, this is the key to the truth, right here inside this tiny paper!"

I have yet to experience an event as jaw dropping and awe inspiring as a 10 hit trip of acid, or a 5 hit trip for that matter.

 

I took 1 hofmann at a concert last night and I was with my dad who doesn't approve of drugs. He did not know I was on anything. The trifecta of psychedelic experience is Set, Setting, Dosage.

 

How do the Hoffman's compare to the Shiva's?
Oh, how was Steve Hacket anyway.?

 

I have known sensitive people to have incredibly intense experiences on a half tab which AT MOST would have been 150 or 200 micrograms on first outing - but could have been 50 or EVEN LESS. LSD is just too unpredictable for me to reccommend, unless one feels the need for some existential revelation - not for kicks or to be one of the cool crowd. I don't want to be thought of leaving a record of personal experience but I'm not confirming or denying personal experience

 

I'd say about 2 hofmanns make 1 shiva.

hackett was killer played all the classics . . . firth of the fifth, spectral mornings, los endos, and some of his new stuff like still waters, sleepers. his bassist dressed up like a chick with golden locks hahaha, i really really dug his playing.

it was in a small bar and i was pushed right up on stage in front of him could smell his breath almost haha

 

Thats awesome! Small venues like that are always great. So I take it your dad is a Genesis/Hacket fan?
But that shouldn't be too odd, your dad and I are probably close in age and I'm a Genesis fan.
Damn I'm feeling old. But I do have a stepdaughter your age.

 

ORLY

yeah he is a huge fan, of all kinds of progg and classic rock, I grew up with this stuff playing in my house, and now that I am old enough to appreciate it it is my passion