LSD: Not Even Once • Hacker News Board

Re: LSD: Not Even Once

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Post by MrBuddyCasino » Sun, Apr 23, 2023, 8:39 PM UTC

„the psychedelic experience sells you your own soul back to you, tried to bribe you with what was already yours, presenting it as you receiving a gift from the Powers, when in reality you have been burgled

then it tries to sneak in little untruths in between the truths that were already yours and already inside you, such as "you should encourage other people to do psychedelics, because they reveal all this wisdom and insight to you"

you stand to gain nothing you don't already posses, and you risk prelest. best case scenario is nothing happens, worst case scenario is you go insane and lose everything and become a literal demon“

https://twitter.com/cumlasagna1/status/1648670301406863370

Re: LSD: Not Even Once

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Post by timeon » Sun, Apr 23, 2023, 8:39 PM UTC

mberning wrote: post #28

I have had really, really bad trips on weed and alcohol. No way in hell I am trying anything else. It makes me really uneasy to hear normies going on about trying this and that. They all have some vague yet beneficial reasoning for why they did or might try shrooms or LSD. I always ask them, tell me of somebody that significantly and measurably improved their life after getting involved with psychedelics. Nobody ever…

> Same person, same job, same family, same everything.

Maybe point is not to have radical change but something else.

But anyway what I find more surprising are people taking Datura stramonium. They usually know that it will be mostly bad trip. But they still do it.

Re: LSD: Not Even Once

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Post by reyqn » Sun, Apr 23, 2023, 8:40 PM UTC

BulgarianIdiot wrote: post #25

Visual noise and tinnitus are both basically perception noise. So the author had their "noise filters" reset basically, and their brain had to relearn this. This is interesting and somewhat supports the notion that LSD can "reset" your mind in some ways.

I've got both visual noise and tinnitus, guess I should try LSD

Re: LSD: Not Even Once

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Post by x86x87 » Sun, Apr 23, 2023, 8:40 PM UTC

lxe wrote: post #14

Sounds like a CNS injury with symptoms that are pretty much mirror benzodiazepine and alcohol withdrawals. No matter how unusual or rare it is to experience this, it's really worth surfacing cases like these. I'd rather not take the risk at all, even if the risk is really low.

Hmm. Not sure about "risk is really low" part. How low? Is it greater than the risk of dying in a car accident? Are you going to rather not drive a car at all, even of the risk is really low?

What are the pros and cons?

Re: LSD: Not Even Once

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Post by sambapa » Sun, Apr 23, 2023, 8:40 PM UTC

I know someome who choked to death on a piece of banana

Re: LSD: Not Even Once

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Post by version_five » Sun, Apr 23, 2023, 8:40 PM UTC

lsdont wrote: post #26

I've never tried LSD, but a single dose of magic mushrooms screwed my mind up for years. It took me a very long time to get over the anxiety attacks. I wish I'd never tried it, the experience was terrifying.

Are you sure it didnt have LSD in it? I've done mushrooms many times (in the 90s) and in retrospect, based on differences between trips, I think sometimes I may have had some with acid in them. I don't know how common this practice is / was amongst dealers.

Re: LSD: Not Even Once

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Post by Loeffelmann » Sun, Apr 23, 2023, 8:40 PM UTC

I had the same experience with tinnitus and visual snow, and unfortunately, they are still present. While I had one bad trip, I was okay after that one. However, after waking up from another trip, I simply wasn't the same. The depersonalization was the worst part - it left me in an awful state of mind. It's been so long now that I'm not even sure if it's still there or if it's become the new normal. In fact, I couldn't even tell you what normal feels like anymore.

For me, the few hours of fun weren't worth the amount of stress that followed. I got nothing out of it except some temporary entertainment.

I strongly believe that using LSD in therapy is malpractice. It is not right to give such a potent and mind-altering drug to people who are already dealing with mental health issues. I worry that in the future, we will see a rise in similar cases to mine, as LSD becomes more commonly used in therapy. And although I turned out OK and I can deal with the condition I am scared about how people who might already be suicidal deal with such a life altering event.

Re: LSD: Not Even Once

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Post by [deleted] » Sun, Apr 23, 2023, 8:40 PM UTC

PuppyTailWags wrote: post #24

I think it's useful to consider this blog post as an anecdotal experience of someone who had a significant, traumatic experience with LSD for which they were entirely socially unprepared for even when those those experiences seemed to be known among those who take LSD (no one expressed surprise or confusion at their condition in their group). There is plenty of questions to ask here: why didn't this person's friends…

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Re: LSD: Not Even Once

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Post by Trasmatta » Sun, Apr 23, 2023, 8:40 PM UTC

macleginn wrote: post #48

Thousands, if not millions, of people in India and increasingly across the world take Indian ginseng aka ashwagandha for anxiety and other psyche problems. My wife ate several kilos of the stuff during her BSc programme; it helped her with exams and general stress. At some point I was very anxious for a perfectly valid exogenous reason, and she recommended I take it. Three pills in (recommended daily dose, taken over…

Ashwaganda is known to cause anhedonia as well. It’s really helpful for a lot of people, but IMO should only be used occasionally.

Re: LSD: Not Even Once

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Post by pyrophane » Sun, Apr 23, 2023, 8:41 PM UTC

trhr wrote: post #32

I went up into the Catskills with a big bag of mushrooms and a trunk full of rice and beans and didn't come down for a year. I learned what it means to be grounded. I'm fucking unshakable now. "Everyone's different" is the real lesson here. That being said, the way Silicon Valley uses this shit makes me want to rage. Treat it like it's sacred, and it'll treat you like you are.

Couple of questions for you about this, if you don't mind:

1. What kind of situation where you in in terms of lodging, social isolation, and access to nature?

2. How often were you taking mushrooms and how much did your dose vary?

3. We're you consuming any other drugs at the time?

4. What time of day did you typically take mushrooms and what did you do during?

5.Did you get sick of rice and beans and how much did you supplement your diet with other foods?

Interested in your experience.