LSD Fact sheet---- A Sticky?

[astro_righteous]

Ok so all you kids who are looking for info on what to expect for your first trip, here is some things i have picked up on over the past 7 years of my use. And please dont question my validity, i know what im talking about, and any of this info can be found if you know where to look.

Lysergic acid diethylamide, or LSD is a Semisynthetic psychoactive drug. meaning that it occurs naturally in a fungus called Ergot, but must be broken down in a laboratory to extract the actual active compound.

HISTORY
One day during research in a lab, Albert Hoffman was synthesizing some of the ergot, for research in ergot alkaloids. When he accidentally contaminated himself through vapors and through absorbing the chemical through his skin, he later reported odd feelings and felt beside himself. Some time later purposely ingested the chemical and dictated how he felt and his basic experience, which later he wrote a book called The Bicycle Ride that Changed History.

After some research on LSD and Psilocybin, some drug companies offered to therapists capsules containing either of these compounds in various doses, for the purpose of better understanding schizophrenic tendencies and other psychoactive therapies. Usually the tests came out with positive results.

During WWII and the Cold War, many tests on animals and some tests on humans proved the capabilities of mental manipulation when given massive doses to a subject. The secret CIA agency known as MK-ULTRA is known for their uses of LSD and has been accused of mind control. The truth, which I'm not justifying at all, is that they forcibly dosed patients with high amounts of LSD and forced them to endure certain tasks and documented their performance. But after WWII the US Government learned of the secret tests going on in the intelligence side of the Nazi military. They learned that there were tests of mind control going on, so they hired the Nazi scientists to continue research here in the good old USA.

Soon Britain followed suit in attempts to find a truth telling drug. But when some of this information caught wind of the public, things started to get controversial and testing was forced to stop.

In the early 60's, Harvard professor, Dr. Timothy Leary was given permission to experiment with the chemicals psychoactive capabilities. Soon he and fellow professor, Dr. Richard Alpert, found that in most patients tested, they claimed to be spiritually enlightened, and that they seemed to have found some insight into "the meaning of life".

After LSD was banned in the US in 1967, Leary and Alpert moved their research to an estate in California to continue looking into its ability for enlightenment and spirituality.

Thus a revolution of art and music followed. "The Hippie Age"

Nowadays research has continued under close governmental supervision, but nonetheless shows that LSD can and does help with mental problems, and few to no adverse health problems have been reported.

FACTS
LSD is known to be the most potent chemical of all known drugs, with reactions to as little as 20 micrograms, or 1 millionth of a gram. Your average single blotter strip will contain between 50 and 150 micrograms.

The human body does build up a tolerance to LSD somewhat rapidly, which is why most users often will recommend waiting about a week for another trip. There is also report of cross tolerance between LSD, mescaline, and psyilocbin. As for addiction, LSD is not considered to have any addictive properties, but like any other psychoactive chemical there is risk for psychological dependence, but still that risk is very low.

For most psychoactives there is no known remedy for a bad trip but some reports say that Valium can lower the effects of LSD. Also another possible remedy is administration of Niacin, although not recommended due to possible occurance of heat rash due to over expansion of blood vessels near the skin.

EFFECTS
Physical reactions to LSD are highly variable and may include the following: uterine contractions, and muscle tension or soreness are also commonly reported, and this may be a result of the drug's effect on soft tissues hyperthermia, elevated levels of blood sugar, goose bumps, increase of heart rate, jaw clenching, perspiration, pupil dialation, excessive salivation, mucus production, sleeplessness, paresthesia, euphoria (which is the purpose of LSD). Crampssuch as the uterus.

When it comes to the trip itself, every person is different when it comes to if they will have visualizations, or if they will "feel" anything at all. For most, the feeling is good, not painful, all though some activities may seem to be uncomfortable but only because the user isn't "in the mood". Sort of like "I don't feel like it". But the user's mood often will change at a moments notice. All of these effects can be expected to last from at least 4 hours and some reports as up to 15 hours for one dose of 50 to 150 micrograms.

I find that if I just sit and think about something for a few minutes, eventually I will get up and do it. Or if the group of people I am with are doing something, I will want to also. Which is another good reason why you should enjoy your trip with other people.

Dr. Leary coined the phrase "Set and Setting", meaning that the trip will most often depend on the mind set of the user. If the user is enthusiast about taking LSD and not afraid of it then more than 95% of the trips will be pleasant. And the setting means the people he/she is with, and the environment they will be in. it is mostly recommended to stay in the home and not go into public because there are too many unpredictable elements that can cause a bad trip at any time, and when in public and having a bad trip it is often hard to hide the fact that you are not yourself.

After the dose is first administered, the effects will begin on average between 30 minutes to an hour. I always say, be sure about yourself before you take another dose. LSD is a very powerful chemical that can cause powerful effects and if you arent ready for it then you can be caught off guard and just flip out and end up trying to kill your best friend. Actually no that most likely wont happen but you can soon be overwhelmed by the power of LSD if taking more than one dose. So wait it out.

Changes in aural and visual perception are common, ranging from mild to profound. These sensory changes include basic "high-level" distortions such as the appearance of moving geometric patterns, new textures on objects, blurred vision, image trailing, shape suggestibility and color variations. Users commonly report that the inanimate world appears to animate in an unexplained way; for instance, objects that are static in three dimensions can seem to be moving relative to one or more additional spatial dimensions.

Despite some physical dangers, there has never been a single recorded death from LSD use.

LSD is considered an entheogen because it often causes intense spiritual experiences where users feel they have come into contact with a greater spiritual or cosmic order. It is common for users to report insights into the way their mind works, and some users experience permanent or long-lasting changes in their life perspective. Some users consider LSD a religious sacrament, or a powerful tool for access to the divine. Many books have been written comparing the LSD trip to the state of enlightenment of eastern philosophy.

LSD is sold under a wide variety of street names including Acid, Trips, Alice Dee, 'Cid/Sid, Barrels, Blotter, Doses, Fry, "L", Liquid, Liquid A, Lucy, Microdots, Mind detergent, Orange cubes, Orange micro, Owsley, Hits, Paper acid, Sacrament, Sandoz, Sugar, Sugar lumps, Sunshine, Tabs, Ticket, Twenty-five, Wedding bells, Windowpane, etc., as well as names that reflect the designs on the sheets of blotter paper.

As for the administering of LSD I have seen people take it in many forms. Liquid, pure crystals, blotter papers, on candy, on sugar cubes, and even as far as eye drops, which I wouldn't recommend.

But if you have a blotter as you will most commonly find, I tend to use the following measures:

The morning of my planned trip, if possible, I drink a glass of milk.
About 30 minutes prior to my dose, I drink a glass of cranberry juice and smoke some weed, this will open up you blood vessels in time.
5 Minutes before I take the tab, I chew a tablet of Vitamin C
I place the Tab under my tongue and either chew some gum, or eat something sour, while keeping the tab under my tongue. It may not be comfortable but its only going to be there for a few minutes so suck it up.
After about 10 minutes of letting it sit there, I just swallow the tab.
Then I take a few sips of the cranberry juice, and I wait.
It will usually take about 30 minutes to an hour to kick in but you will definitely know that you are intoxicated, just because you have more feeling in what you are talking about or doing.
Using this method I can expect my trip to last about 10 hours on average. with the same overall feeling the whole way through.

Now after 7 years of having my fun with LSD I can say that I dont think I will stop. I have used this method for the past 4 years and I haven't had a bad trip since, and my trips are very smooth and mellow and I tend to have good thoughts and when I meditate I tend to have better visualizations.

Any other questions I will be glad to help.

[Sleeze]

Cool, I dislike you less now.

What is LSD like at lower doses?

[skidoo]

Originally Posted by Sleeze

What is LSD like at lower doses?

Giggly.

So astro righteous: Does your blotter taste bad?

[astro_righteous]

Well at low doses one can expect to only feel slightly disoriented. just like it depends on how good the weed is. the better the weed, the more THC and the more you ingest, the higher you get.

so really to answer that, you just wont feel it as intensely at 50 micrograms than if you had a strip of 150 micrograms. but ofcourse its hard if not impossible by regular means of testing to fully know how much is in one of your doses, unless you go to the source yourself and he tells you how much is on that one paper.

as for the taste. LSD has no taste. it is slightly bitter but even 150 micrograms you wont be able to taste. all you taste is the paper itself and that tastes like... paper. which again is sad for those who dont know who they are getting their acid from because you could be buying bunk paper with nothing on it. those kinds of dealers deserve as kickings.

[skidoo]

Originally Posted by astro_righteous

as for the taste. LSD has no taste. it is slightly bitter but even 150 micrograms you wont be able to taste. all you taste is the paper itself and that tastes like... paper.

Yeah, I was just wondering, cause in your original you post you said you eat a bunch of mints and whatnot.

Oh man. This thread is bending my stoned-ass brain. I don't know quite what to make of it. lol

EDIT: And I'm not a mod or anything, but I don't see how this thread rates a sticky. I'm sure the Wikipedia entry has more info yo.

[astro_righteous]

well i dont recall anything about mints, but you are the one that is stoned so maybe you looked at something wrong.

but as for info wise, no this isnt all the info ever compiled into one things before, and i have read the wikipedia article, but i figured that has more info than any average person who is first looking to start dropping needs.

i mean befoer i ever try a substance i always look into the side effects and the ways to prevent bad things from happening. and i have provided more than enough info for that in my opinion.

and who is to say there is all the info in that DXM FAQ. I think that there is a lot of info there that still hasnt been covered. i dont know really anything about DXM and i dont really need to know cuz i dont need to go use my money on some cough medicine, but its whatever you are into. and because i see a good amount of people out here asking about LSD, and i tend to be the one who puts a lot larger amount of info into the answers for them, and that about finishes that thread. then i figured i would compile as much info as i figure they need, to ultimately make an intelligent decision as whether or not to use it in a responsible manner.

if you like the wiki info better then please use that rather than trust some guy off the internet. i wont take any offense. in fact please keep asking questions, dont do acid till you are absolutely 100% sure of yourself. its the safest way.

[skidoo]

Originally Posted by astro_righteous

well i dont recall anything about mints, but you are the one that is stoned so maybe you looked at something wrong.

You wrote:

I place the Tab under my tongue and either chew some gum, or eat something sour, while keeping the tab under my tongue. It may not be comfortable but its only going to be there for a few minutes so suck it up.

if you like the wiki info better then please use that rather than trust some guy off the internet. i wont take any offense.

Just seems kind of like a random post.

in fact please keep asking questions, dont do acid till you are absolutely 100% sure of yourself. its the safest way.

Hahaha! OK.

[Ktwizzy]

I think astros write up taught me more than wikipedia. I've looked at wikipedia's a couple times, but astro's was easy to understand

edit : i forgot to say that it should be stickied

[astro_righteous]

ok im sorry i did write that didnt i

well i didnt mean to say that the acid tastes bad, maybe i should have also explained that the reason i do that is because sour things make you salivate. and your saliva breaks down the acid, thus you metabolize it faster and more thoroughly, and as for the cranberry juice that is to help flush it through your system more evenly and so you get full feeling of it, not just like in flutters where a big group of it passes through sensitive spots in your nervous system.

as for the vitamin C, i have heard that it helps prevent damage to your nervous system and because i use it often i dont want any damage to be done even though there is no proof that it does any physical damage to you any ways. plus it helps push the acid to the sweat glands in your skin and it will be out of your system in a few days.

and when i mean a few days i dont mean it sits in your spinal nerves for the rest of your life, it gets processed through your liver and your kidneys just like everything else that is put through your body.

[Trailblazer420]

I want to know about the whole Flashback thing. I hear a lot about old hippies like Ozzy having flashbacks every once in a while. These flashbacks may be lies, just like the lies I used to hear about weed rotting your brain, but I've read tons of credible experiments disproving the weed damage. I have only read one article on LSD flashbacks, and all it said was "there has been no scientific proof that flashbacks actually exist." But that means absolutely nothing...

Along this line, astro, have you ever had a flashback? Or anyone here who has done acid?

[dbpwattack]

Originally Posted by Sleeze

Cool, I dislike you less now.

What is LSD like at lower doses?

haha that shit was funny

[astro_righteous]

well really what the flashback is, is a memory of a trip.

like the day after you trip you are trying to remember what you did or something, but all of a sudden you remember like weeks or months, sometimes years later after you are done and out of your acid phase.

i have studied a little about neurology and i think that what it is really is that your mind has certain pathways that electrical pulses that retrieve information in your memory go by and when you are thinking of something that you were doing possibly the day you were frying, the info may possibly be stored in that same region of the brain, and so that electrical pulse sweeps through a neuron and picks up a little bit of a memory of your trip. then that triggers more pulses of information and you start to feel like you are on acid again, but for just a moment when you realize you are just remembering things and you say damn that was a fun day.

but of course that is just my opinion, but there is some speculation as to if that really happens. it has happened to me thats for sure.

[skidoo]

Originally Posted by Trailblazer420

I want to know about the whole Flashback thing. I hear a lot about old hippies like Ozzy having flashbacks every once in a while. These flashbacks may be lies, just like the lies I used to hear about weed rotting your brain, but I've read tons of credible experiments disproving the weed damage. I have only read one article on LSD flashbacks, and all it said was "there has been no scientific proof that flashbacks actually exist." But that means absolutely nothing...

Along this line, astro, have you ever had a flashback? Or anyone here who has done acid?

Flashbacks are bullshit. At least in the sense that you'll never just suddenly have a random hallucinogenic experience. Nuh-uh. Dudn't happen.

Now, that having been said, under the right circumstances it's easy to induce (or even sort of slip into) a trippy-like state, where you might get mild visuals (e.g. trails, slowly oozing patterns) and slight auditories (e.g. tinkles). But I'm pretty sure that has more to do with your mind being more open to experiencing/noticing these sorts of effects than any sort of risidual presence of the drug.

Also, I see trails permanently (yes, I've done gallons of acid over the years). They've been a permanent sort of visual effect for 10 years or more I guess. If something moves between me and my focal point (or if something I'm not focusing on moves), I just always see trails. And a cigarette cherry in the dark? Hell, I could write the Pledge of Allegiance before it would fade.

But yeah, flashbacks (at least as they are popularly conceived) are bullshit.

[astro_righteous]

to a point i do have to agree with you skidoo, a flashback is truly a memory, but i do meditate at least once a week and i will set myself into a temporary state of bliss and i will feel like im really fucked up. but i know that im not. its all about how you perceive the moment and how you feel about that moment. like i said before and like clinical studdies have shown LSD has a half life of around 72 hours so it is impossible for the LSD to still be in your system 3 days post-trip.

but there is still that memory of the feeling. like you ever notice when you are thinking so hard about something and you have a picture in your head of what you are thinking about, then you realize what you are really looking at. and it looks nothing like what you were seeing in your head, you were just spacing out. well i think that is possible to remember how something feels, and get lost in that memory. i know there is a word for that but i cant remember. like seditory senses or something.

[Trailblazer420]

Interesting. I feel like I should try LSD at least once, just for the spiritual experience. I was reading up on Timothy Leary and his experiments; sounds extraordinary.