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Re:LSD microdoses make people feel sharper, and scientists w... by yunocat on Monday April 24, 2017 @11:44AM (#14185200)
one thing not mentioned here but hinted at is tolerance -

The 4 day window between doses hinted at is pretty much required in order to have anywhere near the same effect with the same quantity so doing this in a regular way is more like 'regular chemical therapy' a couple times a week than a 'morning pick me up' like cofee

not sure how tolerance builds over the long run - so could be wrong here if it actually plateus; that said probably not the best idea to be on LSD every single day if even in small doses..

Re:LSD microdoses make people feel sharper, and scientists w... by Mo3 on Monday April 24, 2017 @12:30PM (#14185628)
I've done it 30 days in a row once. Tolerance is really quite negligible at these doses. However you do definitely notice full +50ug trips between for about 1-2 days afterwards.

Also, tolerance is maybe the wrong word as it suggests that all effects are diminished. With psychedelics, pretty much all of them except DMT when microdosing, it seems more like this for continous microdosing without days off:

Day 3-4: Loss of the psychedelic "touch" in thought and perception, including associated creativity and easier ability to psychedelic thinking, now feels more like a stimulant without associated amphetamine bodyload

Day 5-6: Slight loss of clarity

Day 8-9: Further loss of clarity and beginning loss of energy and stimulation

Day 12-13: Sober state becomes indistinguishable from microdose - true tolerance sets in

Re:LSD microdoses make people feel sharper, and scientists w... by Diederich on Monday April 24, 2017 @12:35PM (#14185673)
> negative bodyload

Can you expand on that? Thanks. (:

Re:LSD microdoses make people feel sharper, and scientists w... by Mo3 on Monday April 24, 2017 @01:21PM (#14186112)
Amphetamine bodyload? Shotgun 7-8 coffees and you'll know ;)

Nervous energy would be a better word, I guess.

Re:LSD microdoses make people feel sharper, and scientists w... by beat on Monday April 24, 2017 @12:25PM (#14185593)
Back in my carefree youth, I often took LSD multiple times a week. I never noticed any sort of "tolerance"... tripping was tripping. Of course, not microdosing, and not daily, but it doesn't feel like a "tolerance" drug, really, the way, say, opiates are a tolerance drug.