r/LSD Sep 20 '21

Harm Reduction LSD information for newbies

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I made this to hopefully see a decline in redundant/daily posts, and make some sort of positive impact. Please remember to use the search function if you have a basic question regarding LSD.

• A full beginner dose should typically be 1/2 - 1 single tab.

• The average dose range of LSD on a single tab is 70-105μg.

• There are tabs dosed with as little as ~20μg, or more than 300μg in some absurd cases. The overwhelming majority of sources try to lay their tabs around 100μg because it’s mathematically simple, and more profitable in the long-run.

• The odds your tab has more than 200μg on it are very low. The most common higher dose tabs are 125-200μg. Take half of any tab that’s supposedly above 200μg just to be safe at first, and if that doesn’t at least produce an 11-12 hour mildly visual trip, the full tab wasn’t above 200.

• A typical microdose should be 10-25 μg

• 50-300μg of LSD can last anywhere from 8-14 hours. 300-1000μg can last anywhere from 14-20 hours. Exceeding a milligram (1000μg) can produce effects that last up to 24 hours. It’s usually hard to fall asleep under the influence.

• Unless you have an above average baseline tolerance or handle the substance extraordinarily well, it’s not advisable to exceed 500μg. Temporary delirious/psychotic symptoms become more likely if you don’t know what you’re getting into with large doses, and a 16+ hour duration doesn’t help.

• 25i-NBOMe is a cheap and dangerous LSD imposter. If you take an untested tab and your mouth/throat becomes numb, or an intense bitter taste is present, spit it out immediately.

• Please test your tabs with an Ehrlich reagent kit to verify that what you have is indeed an indole and not 25i-NBOMe. Follow up with the Hofmann reagent kit to verify that it’s not an LSD analogue or other phenethylamine. I personally recommend using TKP for your reagents: https://testkitplus.com/ Another great organization is DanceSafe https://dancesafe.org/ — DanceSafe genuinely saves lives with their testing booths at music festivals).

• Common positive effects include but aren’t limited to: closed and open eye visuals, tactile enhancement/hallucinations, euphoria, stimulation, introspection, and creativity.

• Common negative effects include but aren’t limited to: overstimulation, increased heart rate, vasoconstriction, anxiety/paranoia, and confusion.

• Common neutral/manageable effects include but aren’t limited to: pupil dilation, frequent urination, insomnia, and temperature sensitivity.

• Always optimize your set (expectations and mental state) going into an experience, and always optimize your setting (direct environment/surroundings) going into an experience.

• LSD interactions with various medications (From Erowid):

  1. There is still very little legitimate, thorough medical research on this subject. LSD's outlaw status makes it very difficult to obtain permission & funding for research. Therefore, you should regard all of the anecdotes and conclusions here as being scientifically unproven, and you should note that any experimentation you choose to do carries a significant risk.

  2. Lithium or tricyclics (like Amitriptyline, Anafranil, Asendin, Aventyl, Elavil, Endep, Norfranil, Norpramin, Pamelor, Sinequan, Surmontil, Tipramine, Tofranil, Vivactil) are fairly consistently reported as being very bad in combination with LSD. Life-threatening seizures and at least one DEATH have been reported to be triggered by the combination of LSD and lithium. Tramadol is another drug you should avoid in combination with LSD because of the potential for seizures and other negative side effects.

  3. SSRIs (like Prozac, Paxil, Zoloft, Celexa, Desyrel) or MAOIs (like Nardil, Parnate, Marplan, Eldepryl, Aurorix, Manerix) are fairly consistently reported to noticeably reduce the effects of LSD. (There are no physically dangerous reactions to these combinations on record, but be cautious and don’t be excessive with dosing.)

• HPPD risk is associated with frequent use of psychedelics (more than once a month), high doses, and younger age groups. HPPD varies in severity between individuals. Short episodes of visual tracers, morphing surface textures, patterns, and light sensitivity etc., during experiences of anxiety, fatigue, or overstimulation are most common.

• LSD has the potential to produce a very challenging psychological experience. If you have mental-health issues, research the risks and benefits associated with psychedelic treatment of your condition. Do NOT take LSD if you are seriously suicidal or have a family history/symptoms of schizophrenia or psychosis.

• Weed does in fact potentiate the effects of LSD. Some users report that the effects of weed are indefinitely altered to some degree after their first few experiences with LSD (It often becomes more psychedelic).

• Various benzos like alprazolam and clonazepam can be used as “trip-killers,” but you don’t need to take more than a single medical dose, and not all of the psychoactive effects will be negated. This should be a last resort.

• LSD tends to make verbal communication challenging, so prepare appropriately if using in a social setting.

• If you’re 19 or younger you should probably wait until AT LEAST your early 20s to try LSD because of unforeseen behavioral/neurological impacts. Waiting until 25+ is optimal.

• You’ll build a substantial tolerance to LSD if you trip multiple times in two weeks, so wait 10-14 days between trips for a general reset. Tolerance does exponentially decrease day-by-day following an experience.

• If you want to redose to increase the effects, do it before or during the start of the peak. Redosing after the peak will only prolong the duration unless you increase the dose.

• Peak effects generally occur 2.5-5 hours after dosing (less than or around 300μg). Peak effects can last anywhere in the range of 2.5-8 hours after dosing. Many people say the peak comes in “waves.”

• If you’ve tried psilocybin containing mushrooms before, certain dosage calculators based on subjective effects and intensity equate ~2.5 grams of an average cubensis variety to ~100μg of accurately dosed LSD, but there are differences between the substances of course.

• You should consider having a trusted friend or a close partner “tripsit” you during your first experiences, or at least let someone know your whereabouts beforehand if you want to do it alone. (Note: Trip-sitting should just involve being close by and present if the user needs assistance or someone to talk to, sitters shouldn’t try to influence the trip unless it’s getting chaotic.)

• LSD has the potential to be therapeutic, recreational, spiritual, or all/none of the above depending on the individual and their particular circumstances. Stop gatekeeping.

•If you are ever having a challenging trip and need to speak with someone, here are a couple great resources:

https://firesideproject.org/

https://tripsit.me/

Leave suggestions in the comments!

edit: A couple people are aggravated with minor details in these general points of advice, so please take everything I’ve said with a grain of salt and do your own research! I’m simply providing a helpful starting outline, not set-in-stone facts.

Thank you all, and safe travels!


r/LSD May 05 '22

⚡ Sub Announcement ⚡ Don't believe the dosages you see on here

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Over exaggerating dosages is only harmful to the community and is much more prominent in LSD oriented communities when compared to other psychedelics. This is because you cannot simply weigh your dosages, like shrooms or DMT. 2c-b being another good example, where it usually comes in ranges of 15-30 milligrams or powder I believe. Most tabs of LSD contain 75-150 UGs of LSD, averaging more around 100. 100 micrograms of LSD is equal to around 2.5 grams of Psilocybe Cubensis. (The most commonly sold and cultivated "magic mushroom")

Starting with one tab after you've tested it is better than going headfirst into the deep end... Even at 100 micrograms it does add up quickly, would you recommend five grams of shrooms to a beginner? No difference in recommending them 200 micrograms of LSD (two average tabs). I really just don't understand the glory of taking larger dosages than we need. Look at r/Shrooms or other communities related to shrooms and you see this much less. Mainly to do with the ability to weigh them out I believe, but definitely many other factors. I don't know... Thanks for reading.

Best regards,

RoBoInSlowMo


r/LSD 32m ago

Nature trip 🌷 The greatest view that i might ever see.

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Tripping on acid and staring at the mighty nanga parbat is the best thing i have done in my life so far. The pace my mind is at right now is the peace ive been yearning for. 200ug and this is a life changer.


r/LSD 2h ago

250 μg 🚲 2.5 tabs to go see Evangelion

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taking 2.5 alone to go see my favorite movie ever in theaters, the end of evangelion!


r/LSD 1d ago

300 μg 🦅 Is this normal?

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r/LSD 1h ago

🎨 Psychedelic Art 🎨 Sunshine in mountains

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r/LSD 6h ago

One of my most profound takeaways from LSD

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For context I haven’t done LSD for a few years but I thought I’d share my ideas with you here. Basically I have realised that in life you only ever have yourself because everyone else only knows versions of you but only you know yourself to the fullest extenct and you are the only one you can really depend on the most. It was a little lonely feeling at first but you have to realise also that were all the same so we all have everyone. So at times I’m feeling down or lonely I remember that I will always have myself and it’s really comforting. I hope my ideas came across clearly english isn’t my first language.


r/LSD 27m ago

My new stash spot has arrived!

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r/LSD 1h ago

First trip 🥇 LSD first time (not asked before questions)

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I’m planning my first LSD next Monday so I’m informing myself as much as possible. I got this super small frame who my plug said was 250 Mc ( he didn’t sell 125 MC frames). I have experience with no more than 2 gr of dried mushrooms.

A good friend of mine who has tripped hundreds of times told me that is not common to have 250 mc frames, that more likely than not it’s a 125 mc. So for my first trip he recommended me to try half of the frame (the one I shared on this post) What’s your take on this? Sounds legit, whether the frame is 125 or 250.

Second question, do I put just the half of the frame in my tongue and it will dissolve on it? Or how much time should I put it on my tongue? Thanks!

Any other tips for my first time would be appreciated. I only have experience with 20 mg weed edibles and 2 mg Psylocibin mushrooms.


r/LSD 8h ago

What are your fondest memories of tripping?

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Let me know :)


r/LSD 2h ago

Solo trip 🙋‍♂️ I did a thing...

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So i was playinf this game ovewrwatch

And i called him "deathmatch" somehow, idk what's going on

I love you gyss so muchh


r/LSD 9h ago

What’s your list of underrated activities during a trip

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r/LSD 4h ago

❔ Question ❔ How to test gel tabs?

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Believe it or not, I found 39 tabs of pink gel tabs on the ground at my local Applebees the other day. I’m trying to read up on testing kits and I’m not seeing any that specify gel tabs in their descriptions.

Is there a certain test that can do gel tabs or will any of them work if I follow the “blotter” directions on the kit?

Haven’t tripped in about 6 years so I feel like this was fate. Any advice is helpful! TIA!!


r/LSD 2h ago

❔ Question ❔ Cinema?

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honestly im planning to go to the cinema tomorrow with my cousin and we planning on watching the odyssey and ive got a tab here and i was planning on taking it yall think its a good decision? also i was a bit sick the last days and got like antibiotics and stuff like that is there a reason i shouldnt?


r/LSD 1d ago

Nature trip 🌷 acid visuals pt 2

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made another photo edit of high dose acid visuals. pics art and ibis paint x, no ai used


r/LSD 6m ago

First trip 🥇 Had my first trip about a day ago now

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I’m not gonna lie it was one of the best experiences I’ve had in a long time I took 200mg and then smoked an eight of weed on the very comedown then I went and got my passport photo taken whilst still mildly tripping and I just wanted to share that,

Everytime I look at my passport or driving license for the next ten years it’ll be of me tripping which I think is really cool


r/LSD 1d ago

Nature trip 🌷 I just wanted to say this: whoa

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r/LSD 3h ago

Candy Flipping with MDA

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I'm interested in candy Flipping with MDA. I've done both substances by themselves as well as candy flipped with 6-apb and LSD (have also nexus flipped and hippie flipped with MDMA and always do ket at the tail end of my rolls). More experienced with LSD than MDA (have tripped many times with LSD with my usual dose being 100ug, only rolled twice with MDA at 85-90mg doses). Would y'all recommend a flip with acid and sass as well? I plan on solo rolling, going out on a walk around the neighborhood and nearby suburban park trails then coming home and listening to music/chilling. Does this plan sound ok?

How would dosing both substances be as well as timing the doses?

Thank you!!


r/LSD 3h ago

❔ Question ❔ Microdose gummies shelf life

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I've had microdose LSD gummies sitting on my shelf (in a box) for a maybe 13 months. Are they still good? Will I still get the medicinal effects?


r/LSD 4h ago

❔ Question ❔ How to enjoy lsd after a bad trip?

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Has anyone else successfully gone back to having good trips after a bad one? Is there any amount of time someone should wait? I’d like to give it another shot at some point but now I’m a little afraid. Thanks


r/LSD 5h ago

Questions about storing in freezer.

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I have heard storing in the freezer is best for the long term to ensure no potency gets lost.

What I was going to do is vacuum seal tabs then wrap and tin foil then put in an airtight plastic container or tupperware container. Would it also be a good idea to put a few silicone gel packs in there?

Really I'm just looking for tips on how to ensure no moisture or frostbite.

And what would the process be for putting liquid in the freezer? Just throw them in a airtight container wrapped in tin foil maybe?


r/LSD 9h ago

❔ Question ❔ Numbness, weird hearing

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I've recently took a tab that was supposed to be 200ug, I didn't believe that but it was god damn dosed correctly.

After coming down off it I've felt this really weird numbness in my head mouth and stomach, eating was quite hard and I didn't know if im eating my tongue or the food. I didn't feel my stomach so I was going to the toilet a lot cus i didnt know if im gonna shit myself or what, definitely not "Comfortably Numb" type of thing

I also couldn't feel any vibrations, I couldn't feel whether someone was opening the door or walking etc. I was being jumpscared every time someone came into my room. It was so fucking weird and uncomfortable

My hearing was also really weird, everything had an echo and I could hear very clearly the things people outside were talking about but when someone was talking to me I could barely hear them and it was really hard to locate where a certain sound is coming from

There was even a hard thunderstorm at some point, it was so surreal when a lightning strike close to our home and i could only slightly hear it, not a single feeling of vibration in my bones

I took the tab around 11pm and i still felt like this to 10pm, when i fell asleep

Have anyone of you also experienced it? Is it normal?

I might also need some recommendations for something to fall asleep quicker on the comedown...


r/LSD 1d ago

Harm Reduction Does anyone has/had a friend who becomes incoherent on acid?

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For example whenever a buddy of mine takes acid he lowkey goes crazy for a few hours. I’m talking about spewing random, incoherent thoughts, ranting about shooting himself or someone else, wanting to have sex with everybody, jumping on every impulse, being unable to be reasoned with or argued against and NEVER SHUTTING THE FUCK UP until comedown arrives.


r/LSD 17h ago

500+ μg 🐬 800ug off 10 bowls off of bud

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About a month ago, I had a trip that made me never want to do acid again. I met up with my guy like I usually do. I'm not new to acid or weed, and I've had some pretty intense trips before, so I figured I'd grab five tabs and have a good time. When I got home, I sat down on my bed getting ready to take four tabs(update: I assumed the tabs were 100 each was not planning on doing 800), but my roommate convinced me to start with two instead. I listened and took the two tabs, then smoked five bowls like I normally would. About 15 minutes later, I could already feel the acid hitting hard, which made me paranoid because I always thought it took around an hour to kick in. I tried to ignore it and smoked about five more bowls to calm my nerves.

Around 40 minutes into the trip, I took the last hit from that tenth bowl and suddenly felt like I was seeing myself in third person, almost like I was a character in a video game. Nothing felt real anymore. My eyes felt like they were in the back of my head, the room looked like it was breathing, and I constantly felt like I was falling. I started freaking out, so I went outside to smoke a cigarette, hoping it would help. When I came back inside, my whole body was shaking violently like I was freezing. I wrapped myself in a blanket and sat on my bed, but then I started hearing a man's voice and a woman's voice yelling at me. I knew they weren't real because my roommate was the only other person in the house.

In that state, I somehow managed to call the guy I bought the tabs from and started yelling, asking what the hell he had given me. He asked how many tabs I'd taken, and when I told him two, he said they were supposedly 400 micrograms each. Hearing that sent me into a complete panic. I curled up into the fetal position and completely lost it. A little later, I suddenly felt extremely sick and unbearably hot. I ripped my shirt off, ran to the bathroom, and threw up everything in my stomach. I was dripping with sweat. When I looked at myself in the mirror, it felt like I could see every pore in my skin, like they were wide open, and I had like 7 pupils in my eyes. Everything I heard sounded unbelievably loud, even though nothing around me had actually changed.

That's about all I can clearly remember. The trip lasted well into the next day, and it honestly felt like years had passed. I even had to go to work while I was still tripping. Ever since that experience, I've felt like something changed. Before that night, I never shook when I got cold, but now even being slightly cold makes my whole body shake violently. Whether it's actually related or not, that experience was enough to make me never want to touch acid again.


r/LSD 22h ago

Challenging trip 🚀 Never take 2 tabs of a new batch thinking they will be underdosed anyway

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Jesus, first time in my life that I have tabs genuinely dosed over 200ug each, I was NOT prepared for the come up

Taking 500ug instead of 200ug will be a good life lesson for the future batches