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Low Doses of LSD Acutely Increase BDNF Blood Plasma Levels in Healthy Volunteers

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Re: Low Doses of LSD Acutely Increase BDNF Blood Plasma Levels in Healthy Volunteers

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Post by dqpb »

dvduval wrote: post #45

For me, I don't believe I really ever saw anything that was different than reality, but the attention to my senses was heightened. It was a new curiosity about everything I saw or heard. if you wave your hand in front of your face there's a trail behind it. This sort of thing is heightened. I remember going to a racquetball court and it seems like they were many balls in the court when there actually there was only o…

> I don't believe I really ever saw anything that was different than reality

> I remember going to a racquetball court and it seems like they were many balls in the court when there actually there was only one

Re: Low Doses of LSD Acutely Increase BDNF Blood Plasma Levels in Healthy Volunteers

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Post by aaronharder »

nix23 wrote: post #21
IncRnd wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Maybe this microdosing thing is why so many people write incorrect and vulnerable crypto.

Or maybe it's the other way around.

Incorrect and vulnerable crypto is why people are microdosing LSD?

Re: Low Doses of LSD Acutely Increase BDNF Blood Plasma Levels in Healthy Volunteers

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Post by __blockcipher__ »

dvduval wrote: post #45

For me, I don't believe I really ever saw anything that was different than reality, but the attention to my senses was heightened. It was a new curiosity about everything I saw or heard. if you wave your hand in front of your face there's a trail behind it. This sort of thing is heightened. I remember going to a racquetball court and it seems like they were many balls in the court when there actually there was only o…

Are you talking about a full dose? I’ve had the effect of watching a kid throw a ball on a beach and it split into 8 balls and then merged back into one.

But such effects are only present when you take like 100ug, not the few micrograms that would constitute a microdose.

Re: Low Doses of LSD Acutely Increase BDNF Blood Plasma Levels in Healthy Volunteers

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Post by dvduval »

__blockcipher__ wrote: post #55
dvduval wrote: post #45

For me, I don't believe I really ever saw anything that was different than reality, but the attention to my senses was heightened. It was a new curiosity about everything I saw or heard. if you wave your hand in front of your face there's a trail behind it. This sort of thing is heightened. I remember going to a racquetball court and it seems like they were many balls in the court when there actually there was only o…

Are you talking about a full dose? I’ve had the effect of watching a kid throw a ball on a beach and it split into 8 balls and then merged back into one. But such effects are only present when you take like 100ug, not the few micrograms that would constitute a microdose.

The strongest effect I had was from a liquid dose, and for a minute or two I had what I would characterize as a white out. Everything in my field of vision turned white and I couldn't move very well. My friends were worried about me but it only lasted a short time. I guess it could be said that because I saw multiple balls in the racquetball court that I did see something that was different from reality. But unfortunately when I was taking it we were not so scientific

Re: Low Doses of LSD Acutely Increase BDNF Blood Plasma Levels in Healthy Volunteers

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Post by c-c-c-c-c »

celticninja wrote: post #49
stupidcar wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I used it at a birthday party a few years ago. My main takeaways were twofold: First, it made me understand the concept of good and bad "vibes" w.r.t. to drug use. It was clear that the experience of taking LSD recreationally in a group of people was a much a social experience as a chemical one. Keeping the "vibe" positive, by playing the right kind of music, staying chill, and saying and doing the right things, was…

Psychological breakthroughs or revelations tend to come while tripping alone or in a small group.

Yeah it's crazy how much set and setting can affect your psyche and the outcome of your trip

Re: Low Doses of LSD Acutely Increase BDNF Blood Plasma Levels in Healthy Volunteers

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Post by tprice7 »

dqpb wrote: post #51
dvduval wrote: post #45

For me, I don't believe I really ever saw anything that was different than reality, but the attention to my senses was heightened. It was a new curiosity about everything I saw or heard. if you wave your hand in front of your face there's a trail behind it. This sort of thing is heightened. I remember going to a racquetball court and it seems like they were many balls in the court when there actually there was only o…

> I don't believe I really ever saw anything that was different than reality > I remember going to a racquetball court and it seems like they were many balls in the court when there actually there was only one

There isn't necessarily a contradiction there, e.g. you could just see a single ball at any given moment but feel like it was a different ball than the one you saw a few seconds ago. Ditto for the sounds. So you aren't literally seeing anything that isn't there but you may still form higher-level impressions that are not accurate.

Re: Low Doses of LSD Acutely Increase BDNF Blood Plasma Levels in Healthy Volunteers

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Post by brian_herman »

kaikai wrote: post #5

They don’t break it down in the abstract, but BDNF is brain-derived neurotrophic factor, which is associated with neuron growth and long term memory.

Yes, thanks very insightful comments this is exactly why I go on hacker news! The comments are worth their weight in gold.

Re: Low Doses of LSD Acutely Increase BDNF Blood Plasma Levels in Healthy Volunteers

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Post by c-c-c-c-c »

throwaway5938 wrote: post #6
iamgopal wrote: post #2

Anyone with first hand experience of LSD ?

Please, you're on a discussion site where the main demographic is actively microdosing to improve their productivity at startups inbetween two editions of Burning Man. You'd be hardpressed to find someone without a first-hand experience of acid. But yeah, you pretty much tend to remember everything that happens to you during a trip, even years afterwards, which naively makes me believe your brain and memories become…

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