How did my trip go from amazing to terrible? (first experience on shrooms)

Hey,
I'm new to shrooms and I know bad trips can happen. But I found it very odd how quickly my trip changed and I'm wondering if this is normal or if its possible I overdosed...

This past weekend I finally decided to try shrooms. I was SO excited as I've wanted to for a long time. I was at my cottage with 3 best friends who have done them before so I felt very safe.
I wasn't worried about the trip because I've been smoking marijuana for years and have always been very comfortable being high. I've also done MDMA various times and E once, so I've experienced the whole extreme high feeling (though it's obviously pretty different).

I ate 2 grams of shrooms (little blue and white ones- very neat looking) but split them up.. I did about 1.5 in the morning and saved the last little bit. My first trip was incredible. It lasted from about noon-4 and I've never been happier and felt so at peace with everything. I was legitimately rolling around in the sand haha, exactly how I hoped my first psychedelic trip would feel. I never wanted it to stop... I kept telling my friends I'd "found the high I've been searching for forever" hahaha.

So, naturally, I was 100% down to keep tripping so I ate my last .5 grams around 4:30. But it's like that little last mushroom pushed me too far. Suddenly everything that I once loved (the moving walls, the colours, the way the earth looked like it was breathing) became dark and terrifying. I burst out crying and couldn't stop... and for some reason kept saying I wanted my ex boyfriend who I haven't even talked to for over a year. I kept whimpering (? haha) his name and all my friends, who were still having great trips, were completely worried and confused. I was TERRIFIED I was never going to come down, and ended up locking myself in my bedroom just sobbing in bed. I didn't understand because I'd gone into the second part of my trip SO excited and ready to go.

I know 2 grams isn't a huge amount , so I'm not sure if I overdosed or jsut pushed myself too far by doing that last little bit? Anyone have any advice on how to avoid this/is this normal?

 

Meh, could have happened on any psychedelic or on any dose (it comes from YOU, not the drug). Bad trips often come out of the blue and you must work with them. So they can't be avoided, really. Pre-trip anxiety over having a bad trip is common and doesn't really help. Just go with the flow.

 

A psychedelic was eaten and issues came out . . . mushrooms are especially prone for this kind of reaction it seems . . . nothing you can do about it except be at peace with issues (like your ex) when you decide to trip. otherwise tripping is going to do this pretty often; bring out things you should know

 

you will ALWAYS come down (for next time)

eat all your mushrooms at once, and don't re-dose. your brain needs to rest after a trip.

 

ive done almost the exact same thing as you. I awoke one morning about 2 years ago and me and a buddy each ate 3.5 of some mushies probably around 10:30. then later on that night, oh i want to say around 8 or so i was looking at my bag and i saw this beautiful looking mushie. the veil on it was just breaking, nice gold colored cap with minimal blue bruising on the stem. i remember it weighed 1.2 grams. so my dumbass decides to eat it. that sent me on the worst trip of my life.

i went to lay down in bed and started pouring out sweat. i tried getting up to go get a drink of water and blacked out at least 5 times on the way to the kitchen. i would be walking and all of a sudden im waking up on the ground. my whole body just gave and i would colapse. i managed to make it through by laying back down in bed and attempting to meditate. but never again will i double dose in one day.

 

unless you die! you dont come down if you die

 

pay no attention to the peanut gallery, only girl in ny.

 

wassat supposed to mean?

 

you never think about dying when you trip? i cant imagine thats healthy

 

i guess i've thought about the topic of dying while tripping, which is one thing, but worrying that you're gonna die cuz you took drugs is pointless. since psychedelics are "pretty safe," you're 90% just making yourself freak out and are gonna be fine.

she's already worried and you saying something like that doesn't really help. i've worried once or twice that i took too much and might never be normal again, but like i said...you ALWAYS come down. unless you do a thumbprint or something insane!

 

OP:

You had problems because you were decidedly ignorant of psychedelics and their nature, and unprepared to trip.

 

I've had a few bad trips where I thought I was going to die, on mushrooms in particular. Never on LSD, although I have had scary experiences on higher doses.

The thing that I usually do is beforehand, I will be sure of what I'm getting and where I'm getting it from. Then I'll ask the person if they got all of the mushrooms from the same source, and if they've tried them personally. Once that's out of the way, I have it 100% in my head before tripping that the mushrooms I'm taking are safe, so that the, "Oh, shit, I've been poisoned!" doesn't come into my head while tripping. Seen a couple of people lose their shit completely on mushrooms because they were tripping hard and suddenly thought that maybe they'd gotten poisonous mushrooms.

Keep in mind that you're going to probably get nausea even on good mushrooms (which is what has tripped people I've seen have awful trips out, a lot of the time) and just tell yourself that you're not going to die.

I've also found that there have been times where I thought I might die, and I've been able to convince myself that it would be okay if I did, just so I could continue on and ride the trip out without having a panic attack or something and further being frightened.

I'm generally in a really, really good head space when I trip now, so bad trips haven't been a problem for me in the past couple of years or so, but just remind yourself that you're going to be okay and think of anything that might freak you out while tripping before you even start tripping, and you'll be fine.