first time trying physchedelic tips

I have never tried any psychedelics or any other "drugs" besides marijuana and I was thinking about trying shrooms in a week or two(whenever i can buy them) and I was wondering what should I pay for them and some tips for the first trip.

 

Now I only have experience with LSD, but I've been researching a LOT on mushrooms, because I want to try them the second I can get some. I have a good friend who has experimented with lots of psychedelics, mushrooms being one of them, he's tripped acid like 50 times, and shrooms just shy of 10 times. So I can tell you what I've heard of them.

So first choosing between LSD and shrooms, you have to know what type of trip you want, though similar, they have different effects, and every psychedelic will. Now I have no clue about different strains of mushrooms, but based off what my friend has experienced this is what I can tell you. LSD is a longer trip in general, about 8-12hrs of solid tripping, shrooms are about 6-8, but can sometimes get "stronger"

Visually, Shrooms will be more goofy, kind of that stereotypical jump into a cartoon world. Cars may grow like 3x there normal size, the world will sparkle in a rainbow effect and objects will breathe and ripple in coordinence with your other senses. To me it kind of sounded a lot like Disney and Mario inspirations, very goofy, very silly, and very confusing. Shrooms will be more confusing, and so for this psychedelic, you should try it in a VERY safe enviornment, and with some friends and/or sitter. Don't be doing this behind your parents back, because you will have no idea where you are, time will no longer be linear.

LSD is more "controlled" but I wouldn't say weaker. I mean of course I can't compare them like that myself yet, but by that description of shrooms, LSD may sound weak, and it's not at all. LSD will usually be dosed on candies or blotter, you will eat them and about 30m-1:30mins afterwards your senses will highly improve. Everything will be kind of normal right here, and everything will start to sync up, you are still in the real world here, but you will notice your changing. Don't take this part for granted though, because it seems to define your trip, so set and setting are always important.

Emotion will start to amplify like no other, you will overthink in cycles about everything you sense. Your being overstimulated by your senses as you get higher and higher until you reach your peak. Everything is very misguided and impulsive here, like a fazy dream, than you plateau and it's like you wake up in your dream and the world is trippy and time SLOOOOWS. Time alterations are during the whole stage, but after the peak has always been my most evident alteration. Everything comes in waves, you hit reality every once in awhile than get sucked up into a vortex. It's nearly impossible to describe what it's like. To get the best idea, myself and many others on this forum have posted trip reports, I enjoyed reading those before my first drop.

Acid can be done solo if you think you can handle it, but is also advised to have a sitter or friendly tripper. My first was solod on 3 with both my parents upstairs, It was ok for me, but I can't say I recommend it, I don't want to accidentally get someone else screwed over. You definitely don't want to come in contact with someone who would be mad at you tripping. But I did it at night and stayed up all night in my room and went crazy, and I do that about monthly, so it's possible is my point. With acid, everything is in your head, so aside from your HUGE pupils, you'd look normal to an outside observer. You'll be able to control yourself though, it's not like you'll jump out your window or try and fly. Those actually are some true reports from the CIA I have found, BUT acid only ever got that bad when people were secretly dosed. If you've never done acid, and you started tripping out of the blue, that would really fuck with you. Knowing that your taking it makes all the difference, and when you willingly take it, acid has surpassingly few bad/side-effects that are not wanted. You will be thinking in circles though, contradicting your very thoughts, so it's not that everything will be sublime.

So it kind of depends what you want, I'd say LSD is more surreal/dreamlike, and shrooms (from what I've heard) sound more cartoony/goofy. Shrooms will carry a higher body load, and you may vomit on them, like you may have experienced with weed, but then it feels better. And my friend said vomitting made his trip get way stronger, so maybe it's better.. Either way, you will of course have to do your own research, but hopefully this gets you started! Happy trails, you will have fun since you're into lucid dreaming

 

Also soon to try my first shroom trip. All I am paying for is some of the basic materials and the spores. Seems nice to know exactly where your stuff comes from.

My advice from doing other stuff: have fun! Find a way to have a light heart at the negative stuff you may see or feel. "haha this is so intense, look at this shit" rather than taking it to heart and your mind or move on to something else if shrooms is a lot like DXM + weed (from what I read there are some similarities).

 

thanks for the help guys, and @black lotus the reasons why i don't want to try lsd is because the duration is a little to long and I heard their are more physical risks with lsd

 

Black lotus has it all wrong

LSD only really lasts a few hours most I ever heard was 3 hours. Mushrooms she got right though 6-8, the first hour will be "Droopy/Watery" feeling almost like your floating on water. After that you will hallucinate visuals that will be hard to comprehend if you do enough, Last time I did mushrooms I did about 6.5 grams. WAY too many! My mind and my eyes were the same.

^Thats All I could see for 8 hours, and hour after that I decided to get high again for god know why. Everytime I would see a cop driving around I sware I would have a heart attack..

PLEASE if you do mushrooms only do about, 2.5 grams. Especially for your first time, dont take this post lightly. I can no longer look at life as if it has meaning.

And a tip

When you trip, get rid of all electronics. Make sure you have good friend around, and make sure you have something to do! Like a party or rave, if you dont then your probably gonna not know what to do with yourself. You will know what I mean soon.


Goodluck my friend.

 

^ I don't know what kind of acid you are getting but LSD's duration is definitely longer than mushrooms.

Mushrooms were my first psychedelic trip, I took 3.5 grams. 2-3.5 grams is a great dose range for an initial psychedelic experience from Mushrooms.

Mushrooms usually take 30 mins to about 1 hr to kick in, so be patient and don't expect it to hit you right away like weed. The onset can be characterized by yawning, restlessness, a somewhat cold feeling and possibly nausea. For me the onset of mushrooms creates a paradox of feeling simultaneously sedating yet energetic. Once the trip kicks in, there is extreme slowing down of time, much more significant than weed. Common effects are objects change shades of color, objects change their appearance and size and your surroundings may take on new meaning that can range from profound new connections/views to somewhat silly and nonsensical perception of your surroundings. Mushrooms create closed eye patterning/images so you can't really 'hide' from the trip so just be prepared to go with it. There are some mushrooms which create more body oriented trips where you get perceptions of like fusing to the blanket, couch or whatever object you may be laying/sitting/standing on. I enjoy taking mushrooms with a buddy or two because I find myself laughing a lot, engaging in deep conversation, and connecting on a deeper level with them. Music sounds really good on Mushrooms, so I highly recommend preparing some music to listen to. Switching rooms or settings can cause significant changes in your trip and you will be way more into your emotions and sensitive to various stimuli so I'd recommend not having anything that requires full attention and concentration: chores, errands, school, cell phones, etc. that you may find yourself worried having to attend to. It's ideal to take them in a setting where you can do everything from lay down to walk around. Nature is great for mushrooms but if you do them in a house taking them in a place where you don't have to be confined to one room may be good.

 

Aesthetic, that was a really whack post

Shrooms were also my first and I love em, but partying or raving on shrooms wouldn't be the best way to utilize them since most of the time I just wanna lie down and absorb myself(once you sit/lie down you'll want to stay there for a very long time ), but that's just me. On the come up I suggest taking a nice long walk, somewhere natural if possible. It gives you something to do so you're not just sitting there waiting, it eases you into the experience nicely and then you get to experience nature looking, feeling, and sounding so much more amazing.

 

I can personally promise you I was right about LSD, if anything, what I said about mushrooms could have been false. If you got a 3 hour acid trip, you weren't on acid... The peak of an acid trip is 3-4 hours itself. I think my shortest trip was about 9-10 hours on 3 and my longest 16 hours on 8. It's kind of hard to determine when a trip is over, it's usually when you can fall asleep by my standards. Though that's not entirely accurate

Being into lucid dreaming I suggest you at least try LSD sometime in your life, i think my favorite part is the length of it, it's just the right length that you enjoy it the whole time, and by the end you kind of want to stop tripping.

One more suggestion, from what I've heard, shrooms usually make a better outside nature trip if your leaning more on that end. So have fun!

 

The only problem I have with the long duration of lsd is the fact i never have that much alone to my self so it would prove a problem having to dodge questions and the such, but definitely something I'm going to try when I move out.

 

For sure, even risking its a bad idea, because you could get paranoid and freak yourself out. I think I'm gonna try mushrooms myself this weekend!

 

Yeah i have a problem getting lsd or mushrooms in my area, so it won't be trying to for a while anyway

 

When all else fails: look for bikers. Bikers usually have the best stuff.

 

never would have guessed bikers, thanks

 

I am not going to give you a long list of things that you should due to the fact, that everyone is different. what works for some may not work for others. However, there is a rule that me and my friends have when tripping on psychedelic mushrooms. The number one rule is " Just keep breathing, nothing bad can happen if you just keep breathing."

 

Can anyone tell me how much i should buy and for how much so i don't get ripped off because i'm finding it hard to find a realistic price scale on the internet.

 

Shrooms you're gonna want 2-3g for 20-30$
LSD 2-3 hits 8-10$ a hit

 

I usually get 3.5 grams (an eighth) for $20-$25 for shrooms.

Prices will probably vary depending on the availability in your area.

 

yeah i just found out from a friend that their dealer sells an eighth for 30, but im still gonna wait till the summer to try them out

 

Buy 'em now man! If he goes dry before summer you'll be kicking yourself!

 

Actually it lasts 8-12 hours

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