r/LSD • u/Wonderful-Ad8370 • 2h ago
r/LSD • u/Fractal-Entity • Sep 20 '21
Harm Reduction LSD information for newbies
I made this to hopefully see a decline in redundant/daily posts, and make some sort of positive impact. Please remember to use the search function if you have a basic question regarding LSD.
• A full beginner dose should typically be 1/2 - 1 single tab.
• The average dose range of LSD on a single tab is 70-105μg.
• There are tabs dosed with as little as ~20μg, or more than 300μg in some absurd cases. The overwhelming majority of sources try to lay their tabs around 100μg because it’s mathematically simple, and more profitable in the long-run.
• The odds your tab has more than 200μg on it are very low. The most common higher dose tabs are 125-200μg. Take half of any tab that’s supposedly above 200μg just to be safe at first, and if that doesn’t at least produce an 11-12 hour mildly visual trip, the full tab wasn’t above 200.
• A typical microdose should be 10-25 μg
• 50-300μg of LSD can last anywhere from 8-14 hours. 300-1000μg can last anywhere from 14-20 hours. Exceeding a milligram (1000μg) can produce effects that last up to 24 hours. It’s usually hard to fall asleep under the influence.
• Unless you have an above average baseline tolerance or handle the substance extraordinarily well, it’s not advisable to exceed ~300-500μg. Temporary delirious/psychotic symptoms become more likely if you don’t know what you’re getting into with large doses, and a 16+ hour duration doesn’t help.
• 25i-NBOMe is a relatively dangerous LSD imposter. If you take an untested tab and your mouth/throat becomes numb, along with an intense bitter taste, spit it out immediately. Do not panic, but monitor your physical state. A *normal* dose of 25i shouldn’t be life-threatening. Most of the dangerous LSD imposters, including 25i, only become life-threatening at higher doses (this is why you should NEVER take multiple untested tabs at once, or take untested tabs at all).
• Please test your tabs with an Ehrlich reagent kit to verify that what you have is indeed an indole and not 25i-NBOMe. Follow up with the Hofmann reagent kit to verify that it’s not an LSD analogue or other phenethylamine. I personally recommend using TKP for your reagents: https://testkitplus.com/ Another great organization is DanceSafe https://dancesafe.org/ — DanceSafe genuinely saves lives with their testing booths at music festivals.
• Common positive effects include but aren’t limited to: closed and open eye visuals, tactile enhancement/hallucinations, euphoria, stimulation, introspection, and creativity.
• Common negative effects include but aren’t limited to: overstimulation, increased heart rate, vasoconstriction, anxiety/paranoia, and confusion.
• Common neutral/manageable effects include but aren’t limited to: pupil dilation, frequent urination, insomnia, and temperature sensitivity.
• Always optimize your set (expectations and mental state) going into an experience, and always optimize your setting (direct environment/surroundings) going into an experience.
• LSD interactions with various medications (From Erowid):
- There is still very little legitimate, thorough medical research on this subject. LSD's outlaw status makes it very difficult to obtain permission & funding for research. Therefore, you should regard all of the anecdotes and conclusions here as being scientifically unproven, and you should note that any experimentation you choose to do carries a significant risk.
- Lithium or tricyclics (like Amitriptyline, Anafranil, Asendin, Aventyl, Elavil, Endep, Norfranil, Norpramin, Pamelor, Sinequan, Surmontil, Tipramine, Tofranil, Vivactil) are fairly consistently reported as being very bad in combination with LSD. Life-threatening seizures and at least one DEATH have been reported to be triggered by the combination of LSD and lithium. Tramadol is another drug you should avoid in combination with LSD because of the potential for seizures and other negative side effects.
- SSRIs (like Prozac, Paxil, Zoloft, Celexa, Desyrel) or MAOIs (like Nardil, Parnate, Marplan, Eldepryl, Aurorix, Manerix) are fairly consistently reported to noticeably reduce the effects of LSD. (There are no physically dangerous reactions to these combinations on record, but be cautious and don’t be excessive with dosing.)
• HPPD risk is associated with frequent use of psychedelics (more than once a month), high doses, and younger age groups. HPPD varies in severity between individuals. As long as you use this drug responsibly, this shouldn’t be a concern.
• LSD has the potential to produce a very challenging psychological experience. If you have mental-health issues, research the risks and benefits associated with psychedelic treatment of your condition. Do NOT take LSD without the guidance of a medical professional if you are seriously suicidal.
• Weed often potentiates the effects of LSD. Some users report that the effects of weed are indefinitely altered to some degree after their first few experiences with LSD (It often becomes more psychedelic).
• Various benzos like alprazolam and clonazepam can be used as “trip-killers,” but you don’t need to take more than a single medical dose, and not all of the psychoactive effects will be negated. This should be a last resort.
• LSD tends to make verbal communication challenging, so prepare appropriately if using in a social setting.
• If you’re 19 or younger you should probably wait until AT LEAST your early 20s to try LSD because of unforeseen behavioral/neurological impacts. Waiting until 25+ is optimal.
• You’ll build a substantial tolerance to LSD if you trip multiple times in two weeks, so wait 10-14 days between trips for a general reset. Tolerance does exponentially decrease day-by-day following an experience.
• If you want to redose to increase the effects, do it before or during the start of the peak. Redosing after the peak will only prolong the duration unless you increase the dose. Excessive dosing is unadvisable regardless.
• Peak effects generally occur 2.5-5 hours after dosing (less than or around 300μg). Peak effects can last anywhere in the range of 2.5-8 hours after dosing. Many people say the peak comes in “waves.”
• If you’ve tried psilocybin containing mushrooms before, certain dosage calculators based on subjective effects and intensity equate ~2.5 grams of an average cubensis variety to ~100μg of accurately dosed LSD, but there are differences between the substances of course.
• You should consider having a trusted friend or a close partner “tripsit” you during your first experiences, or at least let someone know your whereabouts beforehand if you want to do it alone. (Note: Trip-sitting should just involve being close by and present if the user needs assistance or someone to talk to, sitters shouldn’t try to influence the trip unless it’s getting chaotic.)
• LSD has the potential to be therapeutic, recreational, spiritual, or all/none of the above depending on the individual and their particular circumstances. Stop gatekeeping.
•If you are ever having a challenging trip and need to speak with someone, here are a couple great resources:
Leave suggestions in the comments!
edit: A couple people are aggravated with minor details in these general points of advice, so please take everything I’ve said with a grain of salt and do your own research! I’m simply providing a helpful starting outline, not set-in-stone facts.
Thank you all, and safe travels!
r/LSD • u/RoBoInSlowMo • May 05 '22
⚡ Sub Announcement ⚡ Don't believe the dosages you see on here
Over exaggerating dosages is only harmful to the community and is much more prominent in LSD oriented communities when compared to other psychedelics. This is because you cannot simply weigh your dosages, like shrooms or DMT. 2c-b being another good example, where it usually comes in ranges of 15-30 milligrams or powder I believe. Most tabs of LSD contain 75-150 UGs of LSD, averaging more around 100. 100 micrograms of LSD is equal to around 2.5 grams of Psilocybe Cubensis. (The most commonly sold and cultivated "magic mushroom")
Starting with one tab after you've tested it is better than going headfirst into the deep end... Even at 100 micrograms it does add up quickly, would you recommend five grams of shrooms to a beginner? No difference in recommending them 200 micrograms of LSD (two average tabs). I really just don't understand the glory of taking larger dosages than we need. Look at r/Shrooms or other communities related to shrooms and you see this much less. Mainly to do with the ability to weigh them out I believe, but definitely many other factors. I don't know... Thanks for reading.
Best regards,
RoBoInSlowMo
Solo trip 🙋♂️ Second time tripping and ended up in the ER with testicular torsion NSFW
Today was my second time tripping, took 2 tabs and was brilliant, thoroughly enjoyed every moment; beautiful sunset, until I got sharp pain in my balls lying down and just knew I had to go to ER. Knocked on my neighbours door to drive me to hospital while tripping balls, im still there currently and will likely need surgery. this is fucked
r/LSD • u/catcherintherye222 • 11h ago
Group trip 👨👩👧👦 Tripping at phish dicks again, finally. Such an amazing night. Visuals were top tier and the jams got evil 😈
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r/LSD • u/hawtdawg33 • 7h ago
Challenging trip 🚀 I fuckd up
Didnt think it eould hit this much i gotta work in 2 hrs lmao. Damn I really hope no one calls. Pray for my ass 😂
r/LSD • u/hopenomania • 3h ago
bipolar meds you can take with LSD?
i realise this is a stupid-ass question, but i'm basically in denial about probably having bipolar. i get hypomania which i know is pretty bad for your brain so i should get medicated, but i'm way too attached to being able to still do LSD the handful of times a year that i do.
are there any meds that would treat bipolar that wouldn't stop me doing acid?
i already had to talk myself into taking meds that dull the experience; i'm gonna have a hard time talking myself into never being able to trip again
r/LSD • u/olik70_2008 • 50m ago
Hi i was just wondering how frequently can i use lsd recreationally
Hi as the title says also if i pop 1 blot today and a quarter tmrw after a few weeks will my tolerance be set to normal?
r/LSD • u/GiveMeTheFullerenes • 3h ago
Additional recommendations for young (22) first timer? (I’ve read the info post)
So ive read the info for newbies post, but still curious on a couple things.
Ive got a vague/numbered idea what a micro dose, standard dose, and ego death dose(?) are, and want to avoid the last one as much as I can; What sort of effects do microdoses give? For what reason would I chose a microdose over a regular dose and vice versa?
I‘m studying physics and the moment and wondering if LSD once every couple months will impact understanding of it as a whole, or improve problem solving - i’ve heard heresay about that, has one had experience with something like that?
other than the studies, finding myself more and more driven to experience life and not just keep my head in the books - new and recent perspective shift and I feel like i’m riding the high of “I can just do things”; like the exact opposite of a suicide - could LSD change this perspective? Does it ever subdue these types of feeling and make you more reclusive?
What is a good time, perspective to have when approaching LSD?
And how much of the “my personality changed” kinda thing is true? Can that happen for micro-standard doses? I like who I am now
I plan on getting a test kit since I don’t trust SA sources
Any and all unrelated thoughts welcome
r/LSD • u/Difficult-Slip-1060 • 3h ago
Harm Reduction LSD dosing for first trip
Hi there. I appreciate any advice surrounding this, but I mostly want some unbiased opinions. To start it off, I’ve done shrooms before, but every time it was a heavy body load and very introspective, yet the visuals were a little underwhelming. I’ve got a 250ug tab, and I’m planning on taking it when the time is right and my environment adds up, I’m planning it so that I have at least 2 full days off at the time of taking it. I’m considering taking the full tab, because I want intense visuals with morphing, fractals and a peak with visuals so strong they almost seem alien-esque. Every time I’ve taken shrooms, I haven’t gotten fractals, but only that flowy morphing effect and at the peak it intensifies. But I’m seeking something just as introspective or slightly less introspective and more visually appealing. Should I take the full 250ug tab, or cut it in half and take 125ug instead?
r/LSD • u/Objective-Slip-9475 • 9h ago
❔ Question ❔ Splitting MDMA and LSD, two days. NSFW
I’m going to a music festival for two days and I’m trying to understand how to approach the situation because I have 1g of what I believe is pure MDMA and multiple LSD tabs that are 200µg each. I’ve used ecstasy pills before, usually around 250mg per pill, and when I used those I would normally split the pill into two portions and take the second part later. However, I’ve never used supposedly pure MDMA that has been dissolved in water rather than taking it as a pill, so I’m confused about how the amount would even be measured accurately and whether the amount should be treated differently from what I’m used to with ecstasy.
Because the festival is two days long, I’m also wondering how people generally think about spacing things across both days rather than taking everything on one day. I’m unsure whether it would make more sense to have LSD on the first day and MDMA on the second day, or whether doing it the other way around would make more sense.
r/LSD • u/I_Luv_LSD_ • 14h ago
CEVs Tip
Hey all! I recently found that using an app that strobes your phone flashlight on LSD makes your CEVs go crazy. Absolutely beautiful fractals and patterns that go on for infinity. Hope this helps someone out there :)
r/LSD • u/Pumpkin_Nervous • 17h ago
❔ Question ❔ Should I try psychedelics again?
A few years ago I used to do LSD a lot, but never doses that strong. It was just giggly, laughing, but nothing intense. The last acid I took was with friends and I saw patterns and did feel high, but nothing TOO strong. So I never experienced ego death on LSD, didn’t see entities or anything. I also tried mushrooms a couple times, the strongest was at a ceremony with a shaman, and it was pretty intense. I remember seeing everything in 2D with patterns, and when I closed my eyes I saw horrible faces that felt like they were being thrown at me. The trip lasted a long time and was super tiring.
But as time has passed, I’ve developed a lot of anxiety and health/death anxiety. (I also started doing other, dumber drugs like coke.)
I’d like to try psychedelics again, but honestly, I’m scared and I don’t know if I could handle it or if I’d end up inducing a bad trip myself :( I’d like some tips, to know if it’s a good idea or maybe not.
I want to add that obviously my approach would be different, and I’d like to go back to psychedelics to expand my knowledge and I also feel it could help me heal a lot of things. Like relationships with certain people and also grief.
r/LSD • u/Intoxifaded420 • 1d ago
Up late
Im on a nice 3.5 👽
May someone find this album who needs it. It's pure art and magic. Happy trails
r/LSD • u/OkLaw1527 • 1d ago
Not Safe For Tripping just learned the lesson again
will never ever take acid on a sunday again i my life if i have to work next day!!!
such a stupid decision, barely slept, iam annoyed of to be alive and to be working, also iam confused as fuck, damn i should have called sick in the morning but me idiot will work now till 5
i even had a super small dose yesterday only of about 25ug, was still enough to hate my life today lol
r/LSD • u/randomburner688 • 18h ago
250 μg 🚲 Still haven’t slept but I’m mostly sober from a 270ug trip but I’ve made so many realizations about myself
If I’m being honest most of this I subconsciously knew but this trip really showed me in a way nothing else has. I haven’t done lsd in 7 months. But I’ve been tripping off of rc mushroom bars (shrumfuzed) in the meantime. I’ve only recently started actually trying to look inside myself and explore my regrets, my actions, things I’ve missed out on and just overall just me. I somehow for months tricked myself into thinking I was doing these for introspection when in reality I was just trying to get high, somehow with all the psychedelics I’ve done I was even able to reinforce this idea more and more but recently that idea has been starting to crack, I knew deep down what I was doing but didn’t want to confront it.
My last few trips I’ve been getting more introspective and this trip really showed the stark contrast of 17 year old me taking acid on a school night pretending I learned so much about myself when in reality I learned nothing other than I liked watching the wall melt, and 18 year old me sitting in my bed genuinely thinking about what’s making me unhappy.
I thought about all the hobbies I essentially stopped when I started smoking weed and even more when I started tripping super often (not saying tripping often or smoking weed will make you stop doing the things you love it’s just for me I was trying to replace the happiness I would get from these things with drugs) and how even when I was actively invested in these hobbies I would never really try to be great at them. I’m a photographer but don’t really know shit about it other than how to properly expose a shot, I’m a guitar player but I would always give up learning a new song or something more when it got too hard, I threw away what could or could not have been the love of my life because I didn’t want to try to love her (I ended up really fucking hurting her mentally, but I believe she’s doing far better now).
I’ve been a pretty shitty fucking person and I’ve been wanting to change but I just never did, it was always “tomorrow I’m gonna change”. I wish I could’ve gotten off my lazy ass without needing an acid trip to tell me that, but that’s what it took and I’d much rather it happen from an “artificial high” than not at all. I’m a shitty person but I’m going to change. I’m going to replace the broken string on my guitar and learn how to play guitar the way I’ve always wanted to. I’m going to start doing photography again and learning more than just “I like how this shot looks”. If I’m ever truly in love with a girl or boy again I’m going to give them my all. Fuck shrumfuzed, fuck how I gave up on everything, and most of all fuck whoever I was before this point. I love lsd and I love life.
r/LSD • u/animekido • 18h ago
300 μg 🦅 Trip expectations
So to clarify i had tripped before on 100 ug. I really just wanna stop with all substances and I've decided I'll finish it with a high acid dose. Now im contemplating whether i should take 300 or 250. Now the reasoning for 250 is just that Albert Hofmann did it, but i really don't think i wanna cut a tab in half and leave it.
Now what i wanted to ask. Wtf am i going to see, experience and feel. I know that i wanna be in nature at one point but also be in the city around people, buildings just so i can observe other humans (ik the tonr of the message is a bit dicord mod-y but ykwim).
Ill also bring my schetchbook and pen because i love drawing.
So yeah, i really look forward to your suggestions :)
r/LSD • u/AnalysisReady4594 • 21h ago
100ug, how long will it take to feel like im tripping. Im almost 2 hours in and don’t feel shit
r/LSD • u/TheTendieBandit • 1d ago
200 μg 🐧 Sheep Meadow trip yesterday
What do you like doing when you trip in the city?
Increases creativity after first LSD trip
Only took 1 tab, wasn’t expecting much, got to about 4 hours in and it was a mild trip so we decided what better idea than to smoke a little, little did I know it was gonna be the best idea we’d ever had, increased the trip incredibly, we ended up watching music videos on YouTube for 2 hours, then had to get the bus into our main city on one of the busiest nights ever 😂😂 but ever since the trip my friends have all mentioned I’ve been much more creative, I’ve noticed it too I’ve recently just got addicted to buying clothes and making outfits and trying to redecorate my bedroom, I don’t know if that’s just based off of me buying one outfit and then getting addicted or what, but does anyone else know if maybe that has something to do worth the trip I had? Also looking to try 2 tabs at some point kinda looking forward to it as 1 was insane
r/LSD • u/ElGringoConSabor • 1d ago
You Will Regret Not Listening to This Album
Duke Ellington - Far East Suite
If you love jazz, or decent music at all, and have never heard this album, save it for right after you peak. Put on headphones and lie down. You’re welcome.
r/LSD • u/Fresh_Interview_8802 • 1d ago
450 μg 🐘 Saturday adventures
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This had be terrified, why’d it take my drink!!🙏
r/LSD • u/grass-whore • 1d ago
Trip tip: tidy your space beforehand
just picking up/organizing the room(s) you'll be in will do. Your brain will release dopemine after you complete this task, putting you in a gentle headspace to start the journey
r/LSD • u/SignalForeign7402 • 23h ago
First timer
Hi yall, friend is going to take it for the first time, whats the recommended dosage for her not to tweak out? Thnx