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Re:Psychedelics Promote Structural and Functional Neural Pla... by moyya on Saturday July 21, 2018 @07:40PM (#17584460)
I can echo this sentiment, as a normally soft-spoken guy who was arrested while completely out of his mind on psilocybin. My perception of reality was utterly shattered; I thought I had died and that my mind was transported into a realm of eternal torture. I'll never forget the dread I experienced while being forced to the asphalt and handcuffed by police officers on the side of the road. They took me to a hospital where I believed the medical staff were preparing to physically mutilate me (keep in mind, I was handcuffed the entire time...I felt helpless). When a nurse asked my name and address, I just broke down and started bawling. Apparently they gave me a sedative, and I woke up later to find my family sitting around me crying.

Psychedelics have an amazing propensity for good, but they can also destroy you. Tread carefully.

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Re:Psychedelics Promote Structural and Functional Neural Pla... by iamforreal on Saturday July 21, 2018 @08:40PM (#17584656)
Sober trip sitters are a requirement, in my experience. Like, cigs and alcohol at most for them
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Re:Psychedelics Promote Structural and Functional Neural Pla... by moyya on Saturday July 21, 2018 @09:38PM (#17584809)
Agreed about the trip sitter!

In fact, my downward spiral was instigated by another person who was tripping with me. He told me we were severely dehydrated (no, we were just severely high) and needed water asap. This prompted frantically running to a residential area asking people for water, and the rest is hell.

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Re:Psychedelics Promote Structural and Functional Neural Pla... by TomMarius on Sunday July 22, 2018 @06:40AM (#17586150)
Seems like you were missing the three most important parts of a safe psychedelic experience: Set, setting and a trip sitter.
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Re:Psychedelics Promote Structural and Functional Neural Pla... by juskrey on Sunday July 22, 2018 @05:05AM (#17585925)
Sounds like it was a fake LSD, more like dxm or something
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Re:Psychedelics Promote Structural and Functional Neural Pla... by CynicalDio on Sunday July 22, 2018 @03:48PM (#17588548)
It is entirely possible that this was real LSD. To believe that the "real" stuff can't cause these kinds of psychotic episodes is absolutely naive. It is also very unlikely DXM would ever be passed off as LSD, the dosage range is in the 200-800mg area and as such is IMPOSSIBLE to fit on any standard blotter. DXM is also a disassociative drug primarily effecting the NMDA receptor sites in the brain whose effects are markedly different from the sertonergic-centric tryptamine effect produced by LSD and related substances.
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Re:Psychedelics Promote Structural and Functional Neural Pla... by ionised on Monday July 23, 2018 @06:25AM (#17591743)
It could have just been LSD.

Going into a trip with anything weighing on your mind, or any stresses or worries can lead to a bad trip.

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