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Re:Not-Such-Better-Living Through Chemistry by w1nst0nsm1th on Saturday January 07, 2023 @01:23PM (#34290915)
LSD can mess you up big time even with a single intake in your life.
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Re:Not-Such-Better-Living Through Chemistry by still_grokking on Saturday January 07, 2023 @02:32PM (#34291715)
Is this backed by research? Or even some serious anecdotes?
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Re:Not-Such-Better-Living Through Chemistry by w1nst0nsm1th on Saturday January 07, 2023 @03:06PM (#34292097)
Bad trip ?
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Re:Not-Such-Better-Living Through Chemistry by sterlind on Saturday January 07, 2023 @02:36PM (#34291764)
If you have a family history of psychosis, it can trigger schizophrenia or bipolar.

If you're not predisposed to psychosis, can it really do anything besides give you a bad trip? Bad trips are traumatizing and may take a while to work through, psychologically, but it's not permanent damage.

Personally, I had a very bad trip that led me to stop doing drugs and, ultimately, to a lot of very positive changes in my life.

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Re:Not-Such-Better-Living Through Chemistry by astrange on Sunday January 08, 2023 @03:29AM (#34297206)
The problem with advice like this is, how do you know you're not predisposed to psychosis if you haven't tried it yet? It needs to be more actionable.
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