First of all, I’d like to point out that this guide was inspired by Foop’s Ecstasy and Mushrooms guides. I would not have took the time to do this, if I couldn’t just look at his guide and change it to apply to LSD
That said, lets talk about LSD. LSD, which stands for
d-Lysergic Acid Diethylamide is the most potent Psychedelic known to man. It is one of the few substances powerful enough to have extremely profound effects in humans at the microgram level. Lately there seems to be a lot of threads on this site asking about LSD, and many of those threads are replied to with misinformation, hopefully this guide can help those people who have some basic questions about LSD.
LSD Bits
LSD-25 was invented in 1938 by Swiss chemist Albert Hoffman while studying Ergot derivatives. When it was first researched it did not seem to have the effects that Sandoz Pharmaceuticals, the company that Albert Hoffman worked for, desired. At this point, it was pretty much forgotten about for 5 years. BUT, Dr. Hoffman felt that there was something about LSD that made him want to synthesize it again, so in the spring of he repeated the synthesis. During the final steps of purification in the synthesis, he started feeling “unusual sensations”, which later on led him to take more of the compound to see what was going on. He prepared 0.25mg (250 Micrograms), which he thought based on his research with Lysergic Acid compounds would be a minimal dose… That’s a pretty big dose, especially for somebody who did not know the full power of this compound at the time. That’s how LSD was discovered.
As time went on, LSD got more and more popular in the medical research field. Ken Kesey and Timothy Leary, who I’m sure you have heard of, were both in some way associated with LSD research. Leary was a lecturer of psychology at Harvard University, and Ken Kesey was a janitor I believe in a mental hospital where it was being tested on people who suffered from schizophrenia. I don’t exactly have enough time to go into the whole history beyond that, but if your interested check out the video “LSD – The beyond within”, which can easily be watched online.
LSD Myths “There is no pure LSD around anymore”
Technically, this is somewhat correct… But what it is usually meant to imply is that almost everything sold is LSD is actually some research chemical… Wrong. Let me put it this way. I live in the bay area where most of the LSD in the world is believed to be made, it isn’t as hard for me to get good acid as it is for most people on grasscity. But I also have an interest in research chemicals, you know how long it took me to find most of the DOx Compounds? Like two fucking years of non-stop searching. ALSO, a standard quarter inch of blotter cannot hold most of the compounds believed to be sold as LSD… For example, DOB is the most potent of the DOx compounds, and probably the one most commonly passed off as LSD. You can fit a very small dose of DOB onto a regular sized blotter paper, but if you sold it, you’d be known for having some of the weakest acid out there… A good hit of DOB CANNOT be fit onto a quarter inch blotter, believe me, I tried. Another thing to keep in mind is that LSD is extremely potent… So yeah, there may not be a lot of “Pure” LSD, but that does not make much of a difference. Generally, acid is laid out to be 100
µ per hit. Standard blotter that was made with good purity crystals will generally be 60
µ-80µ, because LSD is a very fragile compound which is destroyed by heat, air, and moisture. This is one of the reasons LSD is so hard to make, this whole class of compounds is VERY fragile. So, by the time it goes from the cook, down all the lines in the distribution chain, it is going to lose quite a bit of purity. A standard hit of LSD is recognized as 50
µ, but that 50 micrograms that are in there are still pure LSD, the rest of it just degraded. Its not like cocaine or methamphetamine that are very stable and have to be manually cut, it is just fragile.
“Strychnine is used as a binding agent to get LSD onto Blotter”
*Sigh*… No. I really just want to beat the shit out of anybody that says this… Its annoying, its absolutely wrong, and I don’t know why the hell people say this. People Do NOT but fucking rat poison in LSD. Why would they? What purpose would that serve? When somebody is laying a sheet, the only thing that they need to do is dissolve the LSD, and then they soak the solution into blotter paper. This is usually done with 1g of LSD crystals at a time, and they usually lay it out into 10,000 hits of LSD. Why would somebody who took the time to get this connected into the LSD market just decide to put rat poison in their precious LSD? Even if it were true, it would not do anything. Just like with RC’s, there is a very small limit that you can fit onto a piece of blotter. The most you can usually fit is less than 1mg. You would have to take a hell of a lot of that acid to have any negative effect on you. But that’s irrelevant…Right? I mean, people DON’T PUT RAT POISON IN ACID…
“LSD can be made from beer/bananas/or any other household items”
No. LSD is usually made from ergotamine tartrate and Lysergic acid, along with diethylamide. I have been noticing a lot of people saying these kinds of things lately, and I have a feeling most of the people on this website who ask this sort of thing are underage… I mean, they gotta be younger than 15 or so, because I took high school chemistry at 15. The law of probability tells that you do not know anybody who has ever made LSD… You might know people who have attempted this, by using absolutely ridiculous methods, but I guarantee you they failed. Like I have said earlier, LSD is EXTREMELY fragile, and if you ever ordered diethylamide, chances are you are in prison for attempting to manufacture a schedule one substance. And, if you thought is was hard to get LSA to make Lysergic Acid Monohydrate to make LSD, you would not believe how hard it is to get
Claviceps purpurea just to go through a shit ton of chemistry to get Ergotamine Tartrate. No, you cannot make LSD from fosters beer or anything else that can be bought at the store. Aside from the fact that it is very difficult to make, you would need some crazy good chemistry connections to get all the chemicals and lab equipment you need to pull that off… Remember, any lab purchase over $100 by an individual is reported to the DEA, and you need several thousands of dollars worth of crap to pull this off.
“LSD makes you go fucking crazy man”
Another commonly used mantra by the ignorant, this is not true. People who have schizophrenia don’t usually realize it until they are in their twenties, but what could happen is if you have it, and you don’t know it yet, your symptoms may start to show while you are tripping. LSD does not make you go crazy, but it may bring out the symptoms of whatever illness you may have.
“Dude, last time I took LSD I took 5 hits and was tripping balls for four days straight”
I don’t know why people insist on lying. When people say this to me, you know what I think? They have never taken LSD in their life. LSD has this strange tolerance to it, like most psychedelics. Its not like meth or coke where you can go on a binge and keep boosting you high for several days at a time… When you do acid, or most other psychedelics for that matter, there is an immediate tolerance, rather than a long term tolerance like with meth or coke. This tolerance with LSD usually lasts like 3-5 days for most people, and it makes it so your body is almost completely immune to the drug. I get my acid from these elderly hippie folks around Oakland and Berkeley, and I trust them pretty damn well. Sometimes they talk about doing “thumbprints” back in the 70s and 80s, that’s when you take pure crystal LSD, lick your thumb, dip it into a pile of crystal, and lick the pure LSD off you thumb. This is equal to taking several hundred hits of acid, maybe even thousands, so I believe them when they say those things… But nobody trips for four days off of 5 hits. The longest trip I ever had was off a ten-strip of very good gel, the “trip” lasted like 15 hours, and the come down trippiness lasted till about the 24 hour mark.
“Dude, LSD is so awesome lol, I was trippin’ balls and saw crazy unicorns and mushrooms when I was trippin’ man"
I find that this is usually said by young 15 year old kids who have never done LSD, and they usually talk about how they tripped for four days off 5 hits…Crap like that. LSD is not a hallucinogen, despite what the government tells you. LSD visuals are NOT hallucinations. By definition a hallucination is:
“a sensory experience of something that does not exist outside the mind, caused by various physical and mental disorders, or by reaction to certain toxic substances, and usually manifested as visual or auditory images.” – Dictionary.com
Does not exist outside the mind, huh? When you are on LSD you experience what is known as a Cognitive Shift, where you mind temporarily changes the way you conscious and unconscious mind communicate with each other, this is what causes the changes in perception. LSD does not make you see things that are not there – It changes the way you perceive them. Those of you who have done LSD may understand this difference more than others, but LSD makes you see things expand and shrink in wave like patterns, you also perceive colors, sounds, and works differently. Your thoughts can help to synthesize patterns and colors when you close you eyes, but it is NOT a hallucination. Sorry if this is confusing…
Dosage (assuming you have standard blotter which is about 50 micrograms per hit)
Different forms of LSD usually have different levels of LSD. According to erowid, blotter usually has between 30-100 micrograms of LSD per hit. A standard hit is recognized as 50 micrograms. But gel tabs usually have more – not because more LSD was put into it, but because it protects the LSD from some of the things that destroy it, rather than leaving the LSD in the open like on blotter paper.
1 Hit- A single hit of blotter paper will usually make me have a “wavy” feeling. It kind of feels like when you have had a few drinks and you get the good feeling, but it has another feel to it – you feel VERY chilled out, like with a small dose of alcohol, but you also have a kind of feeling like things make more sense, and you seem to think much more. The visuals are not very profound at this level, but they are definitely there. It kind of goes together with the wavy feeling, you see walls beginning to have that breathing effect we all love, and sounds seem “wider” and colors are noticeably brighter.
2 Hits- Two hits of blotter is where it starts to get fun. There is a lot more of the visuals present, with rushes of euphoria and happiness. You start to really want to explore the outside world – Going on walks through a forest or on a beach is Beautiful. I highly recommend this dose for first timers, grab a few friends and have a good time.
3-4 Hits- This is the maximum dose I would recommend for beginners, or going out in public. This is where the closed-eye visuals start to have that kind of cliché 70s look to them. You feel connected to everything and every one. For me the visuals give me this feeling like we are all one – we all work live separate lives, but we all have the common goal of peace and love… Yeah, that’s the kind of thoughts you get at this dose.
5+Hits- This is my stay at a friends house dose. I like to go into a forest or something at this dose, but I don’t like to go out into public or anywhere where there might be cops. This is the dose level where ego death starts becoming more and more possible as dose goes up, and it has more of a dissociative feel to it. You begin getting lost in the colors and waves of energy around you, and your thoughts start really becoming strange, yet interesting. This is the dose where inexperienced people may have a bad trip. A word of caution- Don’t fight it. If you take this level of a dose, just let your self go. Wanting to come back to reality is how people freak out at this level.
The best way to take acid is to just put it under you tongue and let it dissolve into the lining in your mouth for about 15-20 minutes, and then just swallow it.
Uses For LSD Recreational/Have a good time – This is a great reason to do LSD. Take a few friends with a few tabs and having a good time, nothing beats it. Just be sure to not be with anyone who tends to try and freak people out when their high, cause that shit is not cool on acid.
Spirituality – LSD is absolutely incredible as a tool to help you find a better life. If you depressed or feeling lost LSD can help you find the way from that dark depression crap to finding the true beauty in things… Although, if your in any way angry or suicidal, Please do not take LSD. You have to want to get better, if you go into a trip prepared and seriously wanting to get better, you will.
To Escape/get away from it all – I don’t know why people would think this is a good idea. LSD does not make you escape, it take the deepest darkest shit in your mind and presents them to you through a series of colures and patterns. Its to help you with your problems and to improve your life. In my experience bad trips don’t happen as often as people would like to believe, but they do happen. If you having problems and think psychedelics can help, you right… They can. But you have to want to feel better.
Things to do on LSD
There is a lot of things you can do. My favorite is to go to the beach or go on a hike through a forest. Whenever I trip I always need a few people to share the experience with, but if we go into public, we always have a sober friend come along. One thing I love to do is drive around in cool areas that have a cultural history when I’m tripping (have a sober friend drive, of course). I love going to Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, or pretty much anywhere in Berkeley while I’m on LSD. If I’m going on a high dose trip, I like to trip at someone’s house, but not my own (bad area), if you have any friends who have some rich parents, plan out a time when they are not going to be there. I got this friend whose parents own a wedding business at their house, fucking beautiful place to trip, lots of flowers and whatnot, that’s the kind of place to hang out in a high dose trip. Just don’t do anything that has negativity surrounding it, and try not to go into large bodies of water, unless they are shallow…I Don’t want to read in the news how you drowned under the influence of LSD.
Mixing LSD and other Drugs Other Psychedelics: Many psychedelics don’t go hand in hand with one another. They have this sort of cross-tolerance. Many people might want to mix shrooms and LSD, but this, to my knowledge does not work. Im not exactly sure why, but I hear that some of the psychedelics fight for the areas of the brain that they work on, and this therefore negates the effect of them. One combination I do enjoy though is DMT and LSD – smoke the DMT, and then take LSD after.
Cigarettes – I hate cigarettes in a sober mindset. I don’t really care if somebody does them, I just cant stand the fact that I can take huge bong rips and not cough one little bit, and then one small puff off of a cigarette makes me feel like I am going to cough up a lung…It sucks. BUT, cigarettes are very soothing when you are on LSD. I have noticed that the more “speedy” drugs like LSD, 2C-x, MDxx, Coke/Crank, Mescaline, I sometimes enjoy a menthol or something, but if I smoke more then one or two I start to feel really sick. The smoke is also cool to watch though.
Weed: Fantastic. What doesn’t cannabis go with? Its great to pass around a joint while you are tripping, but I don’t like to smoke out of a pipe/bong when in this mindset. Me and my friends really like to smoke with some nice flavored papers like juicy jays, its awesome.
Cocaine/Methamphetamine
I don’t recommend cocaine in any way to go along with LSD, unless maybe you have enough to last the entire trip. I don’t enjoy the feeling of coming off of a stimulant while Im on a psychedelic. Cocaine, I really don’t recommend. But, I do enjoy getting myself into a really nice mindset with a little speed. Of course, crank is not good for everybody, but it is a really good enhancer when your having a lack of motivation to do something – it is only natural that I want to mix it with my LSD, so if you can handle meth without being a dumbshit, go for it. BUT, don’t do a lot of speed. You want to enhance the acid with the speed, not boost the speed with some acid.
MDMA/MDA
Awe yea… Candyflip. This is my absolute favorite mixture. You cant go wrong doing this – unless of course you dose you E first. What I usually do is take my acid, and then wait until Im at or near what I can tell is the peak of the acid experience, that is the Perfect time to drop some MDMA. However, when it comes to street ecstasy – I personally would not candyflip. You never know what’s in those fuckers. In general I only take molly in powder form, but I know most people just pop pills and hope for the best. When it comes to LSD, I would not want to risk getting a bunk pill.
Well, that’s about it… Hopefully this helped someone with something, good luck with all you acid endeavors