My favorite way of starting a psychedelic trip..
My absolute favorite way (keep in mind I've only done mushrooms though),
is to take it then play a video game.
A video game is perfect.
Your mind will be concentrated on the game instead of on paranoia.
And..
Once they start to kick in.
You can tell VERY easily because the game will start to play a lot differently...then the colors start to warp..
Then..