FDA Agrees to New Trials for MDMA as Relief for PTSD Patients

Re:FDA Agrees to New Trials for MDMA as Relief for PTSD Pati... by evo_9 on Wednesday November 30, 2016 @02:46PM (#13074002)

I would recommend starting with LSD; it's much easier to take compared to something like mushrooms, and it's easy to reduce dosage.

I often took a 1/4 hit when I was in college; aka cut a normal hit into 4 pieces. I found this to be a really nice, 'mellow' (well for LSD anyway...) trip; You won't hallucinate much (probably none at all), and so you'll still be able to function and get around, go on a hike, that sort of thing. You'll still have an incredible experience full of self discover and personal insight, but of course each persons milage may vary.

At some point once you have a feel for it you'll want to take a full hit and experience the full effect. But that takes more planning and you should definitely find a designated 'watcher' because you can make some really irrational decisions on this stuff, esp. if you are inexperienced. Always good to have a straight friend around to stop you from making phone calls to family (bad idea), going out for a hike in a blizzard (also attempted this one), you get the idea.

Mushrooms in my experience are much more unpredictable and given the option I personally always chose LSD.

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Re:FDA Agrees to New Trials for MDMA as Relief for PTSD Pati... by alasdair_ on Wednesday November 30, 2016 @03:25PM (#13074374)

A big problem with LSD it that it can last an insanely long amount of time. The first time I took it I was tripping 16 hours later.

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Re:FDA Agrees to New Trials for MDMA as Relief for PTSD Pati... by evo_9 on Wednesday November 30, 2016 @05:06PM (#13075150)

True, my first full trip was similar. That's also why I recommend taking a small dosage the first time (hell most times); my 1/4 hit trips last around 6-8 hours. I also found I could sleep without trouble on that dosage as well, another major issue if you take a full hit (you tend to not be able to sleep at all that night).

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Re:FDA Agrees to New Trials for MDMA as Relief for PTSD Pati... by Jarwain on Wednesday November 30, 2016 @05:46PM (#13075410)

I find I can't sleep while I'm affected by the drug, but when I am able to sleep again, I know the drug's worn off. I also try to plan accordingly and drop earlier in the day

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Re:FDA Agrees to New Trials for MDMA as Relief for PTSD Pati... by Jarwain on Wednesday November 30, 2016 @05:45PM (#13075406)

Do you know what the dose was? If it was a tab, what did it taste like? Did you swallow or leave it under the tongue?

Unfortunately, there are a lot of Research Chemicals that are sold as LSD. They can have wildly different effects and durations, and are much less 'known' compared to LSD.

My first trip was 10 or 11 hours and that was on ~200ug.

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