Sounds like a good experience overall :) a few comments The dose. Was it your first experience with psychedelics? Always be careful about the dose, it can get very overwhelming very quickly. The bad physical feeling is something that many people (including me) have trouble with when taking mushrooms. A friend suggested fasting the whole day before eating them. Another option would be to go the chemical route with 4-Aco-DMT, be careful thought as this is a research chemical that hasn't been tested in official studies. Scary but interesting. I tend to avoid mirrors unless I feel okay with where I am in the trip and up for an adventure. Mushrooms are currently my favorite psychedelic. There is a phase about 4 hours after onset where I feel like the most mentally strong version of myself. Keep in mind that trips are not always fun but you can always learn something out of them. With time, and increasing amounts of trips over the years one tends to forget the lessons learned. A friend told me that he writes down one thing that he learned from a trip and considers most important.Mirrors are some scary shit
Sorry about the crazy number of notifications, I kept getting the 502 page, and didn't realize it was actually going through. This was my first experience with a psychedelic, though I have smoked enough at a time before to get some similar effects at the peak. And I'm always cautious, and use Erowid heavily. Nor was it that large of a dose, around 3.5g, just large for a first time. I did try a thresehold dose earlier, just to be aware of any negative reactions I might have. But they're hard to source here, so it was sort of an all or nothing moment. Have you ever heard of microdosing? It may be just perfect for you to get that "most mentally strong" version of yourself without the rest of the trip. For major psychoactive experiences, I always keep a trip journal as it happens. This one ended up pretty crazy, and much much longer than any others, even though I stopped writing regularly after about two hours after effects started. I think though I can also be held back by my exposure to both psychonautics and the science. I know what sort of things could happen, and I'd love to have a religious-type experience, but I also know it's more my perception that is changing, not reality. While this can help calm me down, it also means what I learn is more about how I react, which makes me skeptical of many things people "learn" while tripping. I don't want to discount their experiences, but at the same time, I cannot fully believe them.
I actually didn't get any notification for your comment. feels like a #bugski. I have been playing with the idea of microdosing but I am waiting a little until I find "my way back". I noticed that weed influenced my life waaaay more than I thought it has and the past month I have been recovering. Turns out I very sensitive to weed and I forgot how it feels like to be absolutely sober again. I have a friend that tried microdosing for a few days and didn't have so much fun but his initial dose of 10ug of LSD might have been too high as he clearly was tripping... I am also a little careful about doing something like microdosing. What if I like it so much that I want to be in the state all the time? I have my notebook ready for writing but I don't force myself to write. Sometimes I think about stuff that I thought about in the lab and dissect it a little further and throw crazy ideas at it :) By learning I mainly mean the things you learn about yourself a maybe some structures that happen around you that you were able to take apart and examine closely. Religious experience... Depends on how you define such an experience :)
I've never heard of that, but I'd be damn careful about lack of sleep. If you're even a little bit wigged out getting some sleep is pretty difficult, but even you do drift off you'll get some scary real dreams. No thanks!I am also a little careful about doing something like microdosing. What if I like it so much that I want to be in the state all the time?
The doses are supposed to be sub-threshold, and taken in the morning every three or four days, not daily. So, in theory, you shouldn't be be "wiggled out" at all, but all to often, people do stuff like that without proper research, and have something similar to Cumol friend. 10ug sounds pretty high, seems most people do closer to 5ug every three days or so.
I am familiar with the protocol and usually they mention starting with 10ug on a weekend day where you have control of what is happening and if it is too high to go down. Using it to boost creativity for a short period, that might be interesting but I fear a psychological dependence that wasn't observed before at higher doses because you are not tripping balls but 'just' superman in disguise.