here is some direct info from an LSD user. me.
i hope nobody gets mad and bins this topic because it actually says something about acid besides "don't do it".
my philosophy on drugs is a lot different than most of you. i am not going to go into why i think that it can be good for some people to try drugs. it alters your consciousness and you become aware of more possibilities, generally it can open your mind. most people do drugs for the euphoria but this awareness is a positive side effect. and of course too much drugs is a TERRIBLE thing! that is my opinion and i don't need to explain it or debate it with anybody.
by the way
this really isn't the place to be asking! but since i saw the topic i will respond. but in no way hold me accountable. follow your own common sense these are just some suggestions and warnings. i don't know you or if you are right for LSD. i can only tell you what i have experienced.
in my experience LSD is not a recreational drug. it is more something that will take your thoughts to another level. they are not delusions, but in fact ultimate and shocking truth. i don't have to recall the lessons about life i learned from tripping...they are already a part of me and manifested in my daily personality. there is no way to achieve this without LSD except daily and persistent meditation i would imagine. but for the ordinary person, a lot can be learned in a short time
the hallucinations and euphoria are fun, but the strong effect on your mind makes it so you won't want to trip again any time soon.
anyway when you think LSD try not to think of the druggies that do it. try to think of the shamans and indians who used ethnogens (similar substances) in their rituals for centuries. for some it was even a part of the passage into manhood. hallucinogens are a tool for seeing, not something you do for fun. and if you do it for fun, and you're not ready to see something, it can get messy.
RUMOURS
-it is true that some people have fried thier brains on acid, and been changed for life. i can't possibly concieve of how, but it has happened
-LSD does NOT remain in your system for life..the DEA created that as a lie at one convention. it does not collect in your spine- the reason a spinal tap detects it is that doing it once makes a change in some chemical in the spine
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for a good trip you must take several precautions
first and foremost is with the
supplier. only trust a freind. make sure they have tried the acid they are selling you. ask them how potent it is, tell them it is your first time, and ask how much to take. follow these steps and you should be able to score some SAFE acid
second is the
setting: to trip well and feel good, you must surround yourself with something positive. you must not be restricted in any way either. generally anticipate that you may want to take a walk, because the hallucinations are especially beautiful and inspire more thought, when you are outside in nature. so scope out a safe place you can walk around without encountering many people, or hurting yourself. being closed indoors has caused many uncomfortable bad trips. only do it on a day when you feel at peace to begin with. you and your tripping partners should not have any concerns. if one of you feels unwell or upset, postpone the trip it can wait till another day. you should have no obligations...if you are getting phone calls, need to give somebody something..have to clean your room, drop something off, anything like that while you are tripping you will get pretty overwhelmed at the task, be unable to complete it, and worry about it the rest of the trip.
do it with a small group of people only..who you are very close to. i did it with one other person also tripping. but a sober sitter is definitely a good idea...so long as they aren't a worrying mother type of personality. they should be patient, open minded, not telling you "do this and that" or "OMG what the fuck are you doing?". they should be ready for some philosophical conversation
don't worry too much if it takes a long time to kick in. if its been more than four hours then you can take a little bit more to increase your dose.
effects of lsd which you can anticipate
LSD is not a recreational drug. the hallucinations and intense euphoria are definitely something you can enjoy, but the very strong effect of LSD on your mind means it is not something you should do more than once in a very long while. after you have tripped you won't want to do it any time soon
usually your nerves' dendrites (branchlike structures) only send the impulse along one direction. LSD activates the dendrites so that any thought will be sent along ALL of the nerve branches. the effect of this is that one simple though or sensory input will trigger a billion thoughts all at once. every possible thought and impulse that can be triggered by "green" will all pass through your mind in an instant the moment you recieve "green". when you consider something, you will immediately have considered all the possibilities and aspects and perspectives of it. this includes yourself. touching stuff..like a nice granular stone wall, or the bark of a tree, or the grass can put many amazing impulses through you and you will be overwhelmed by it... i felt the utter essence of earth and what she consists of. i felt very at one with all nature surrounding me. seeing strangers was unpleasant so we avoided them at all costs.
because of this effect on the dendrites...LSD breaks down your ego and removes any psychological defenses. seeing yourself in this new, "naked" way can be frightening at first. it was for me. but take it aas a positive experience instead. as soon as i got over my fear i immediately saw that "THIS is the way i neeeeed to live my life" (not tripping. THIS referred to more love, less caught up in my own plans, etcc. it goes beyond words). i just became aware of what it was my self wanted to do in order to make the most of my life. i also became aware of some things i was doing that i shouldn't be. every time i take mushrooms it is equally enlightening i just see what it is at that point that i really want to be doing with my life and my self. it is not deluded in any way, in fact it is very clear and obvious to me when i am tripping.
i think it is becccccaue you think MUCH faster, and without inhibitions, and consider more possibilities.
hallucinations are cool but they are just that...they do make me feel nice but the more positive effects of tripping are on your ego self. just don't freak out when you run into you...take it as the best possible thing you ccould learn on your trip, as well as the most dangerous instant.
hallucinations are usually things like the wall looking "liquid", the patterns on the rug swirling in and out of each other, patterns superimposed on stuff, as well as the sight of certain things (trees in my case) fills your mind with really wierd visions.
heavy metal and LSD i haven't tripped enough times to listen to a lot of music while tripping.
in fact i only listened to NEVERMORE- THe politics of ecstacy. the album art was fucking amazing and the songs were pretty cool too. they sounded the same as they always do, but the combination of lyrics and what i saw had a very cool effect on me.
flashbacks
i have done LSD twice and mushrooms maybe 8 times. i have not noticed any serious flashbacks from those specifically. jsut a slight trembling of the walls when i'm very tired or stoned, that kind of thing
but something i did recently HAS given me a permanent flashback.
i smoked a TON of weed daily...potent stuff too. after a break i noticed that i could smoke a big joint and see cool patterns on the wall. very small, dots and stuff. well i started smoking to that point always. now i am on break for marijuana but it seems my eyes have "learned" this way of seeing. over every surface i see billions of tiny little dots that are just differently shaded. people and objects look ok but anything with flat colors just doesn't look perfectly continuous any more...its almost like tiny sunspots or the snow on tv when its turned to no station. it doesn't bother me that much but now i am on break until i feel normal, just excercising and eating healthy, trying to clean my system up.
so i think flashbacks aren't a chemical thing but a cognitive thing...and even weed can do it
well, that is all i have to say
but ask anything else if you want
www.erowid.com is a good resource, especially the experience vaults
uke:
im glad shreddi.
(Ionce attempted to steal a golf cart at night on a golfcourt, but it wouldn't start...so we just rolled around the grass for a while) Yeah, I'm crazy. So what? 
