The after effects of LSD.

[TheRandomGuy1789]

After taking LSD for the third time about a week ago, I had a textbook bad trip.  Panicked, scared, restless, and generally uncomfortable; I paced around my basement and backyard for about 5 or 6 hours till I was calm enough to sleep.  The bad 'feeling' or 'vibe' from the LSD lasted through that day and the next, but eventually went away.  Well about two days ago (a week after the bad trip) I was drinking with some friends.  Got pretty drunk, and passed out on the couch.  I woke up the next morning with a hangover.  However the hangover developed into the exact same feeling that I had when I had the bad trip.  It wasn't as intense, but the same feelings of anxiety, a loss of my sense of reality, and general discomfort came with the feeling.  These feelings lasted through the day, but I tolerated them and made it to sleep.  I woke up the next morning... today, and the feelings were still there.  Today was better than yesterday, but still noticably 'not right.'  Is this depression?  Anxiety?  I am very confused and concerned for my mental health.  I'm not crazy but I fear I'm on the way.  I have a doctor's appointment tomorrow and I plan to see about prescription Xanax or Valium.  I have been warned to stay away from Wellbutrin and Thorazine, both of which have been known to worsen patients mental states in cases of drug related mental trama.  Has this happened to anyone else at all?  My main question is.. what happened?  the drug is out of my system.. and I was fine for a week.. so why should the effects come back.? something to do with drinking maybe??  Please help.. Thanks..

[thesoundofsilence]

Psychadelics literally ruined my life, man. I've had plenty of bad trips, but just kept dosing, not listening to what people were telling me. What am i up to now i ask? I have so much social anxiety, i can barely leave my house. My last trip was almost a year ago. My parents always like to say that i'm still 'recovering" but i know they are just trying to convince themselves that everything will be okay. I am not that naive. My condition is pretty much equivilant to what people call AVPD. Trust me, man. For some people, psychadelics can open up your mind and change your life in extremely positive ways, but for us more sensitive minds, it can really, and i mean REALLY, damage your psyche. My thoughts go out to all of you on this sad thread. :(

[believenothing]

When you take LSD you actually alter your consciousness state and for 8 to 12 hours your mind is perceiving reality without filters which means that your subconscious mind (90% of who you are) is also exposed and reveled. If you had a bad trip you should try to understand it, analyze all the bad feelings and thoughts you had, it is actually good sometimes to have a bad trip because you can see what it wrong with your believes. LSD just expend your mind, consciousness and toughs, most of the time problems are Psychological than Physical, I would suggest you talk in details about your bad trip experience with a Psychologist or you write down in details what you saw, what you heard and the experience you had, try to analyze your thoughts and understand your fears that lead you to have a bad trip, after you identified your thoughts you can try to work on them. We live in a complex society and the reality is much more complex that what we believe, our science and medical treatments are blind as they still see the world in the Newtonian way where actually consciousness has a primary role in how we perceive reality. There is nothing bad in feeling anxious, I see it as an internal message which require attention. Love yourself, live a balanced life, write a diary and accrue knowledge. Believe in nothing but understand as much as you can.

[snxietyprob]

Hey, i saw your reply to needofcare, And i am in the same position.
Although i believe mine is far worse than any others. I had taken Acid around 2 years ago, and till now i have the anxiety symptoms and panic attacks.
I dont think i will ever be able to get out of it.

Do meds help? Do they have long term side effects?

[Nevergoingdown]

Hi needofcare, i exactly know what you are going through. As i myself have been there around the same time of the year. I am 100% alright now and i hope you are too but in case you still have emotional stress and anxiety let me tell you it is just temporary. it is just a state where your Amygdala is constantly running on a high level and forcing the release of adrenaline. this is causing a constant state of fear like feelings which are a result of the fight or flight response but there is no actual danger. so your mind is projecting fear or everything and anything causing you to release more adrenaline and have a fear cycle. All this is science but in simple term your thoughts are making you afraid. All i did to get better was say F**K it. I was constantly worried about my job future and my loved once and myself and so could not get out of this stage. Finally i said F**K it and went to stay with my parents and my brother who was very supportive and completely understood me. then for the next 3 months i just stopped worrying about anything. i developed a mindset that these are the 3 months of my life where i will not think about the future or worry about the present and just do whatever i feel like. And slowly as time went by I got over the feeling of constant anxiety. it took me around 5 months to completely recover from it. also i was on very small dosage of anti-depression meds. let me know anytime you need help.

[billyboyhicks]

sup...this is my story, hope it helps...took LSD not knowing what it was, freaked out for 6 hours until I accepted that i was forever crazy, took of my pants and ran through the house having the "time" (if you know what i mean) of my life, next day woke up and everything was normal...months later took it again hopping this would be time it would be fun from the beginning, it wasn't, this time I never came back to normal, now i smoke weed and get a whitey (anxiety, puke, double meanings to everything, think what i see is in my head, etc), get drunk and get a whitey. So as you can see i don´t learn easily because i have an addicted personality, now being "addicted" to whiteys, and have the sensation I have been tripping ever since the first time (two "normal" years ago).

Here´s my advice (for the ones that feel like me), as you may have noticed while you're tripping you get the sense you're going somewhere and that when you get there it's gonna be the best most important thing/time of your life and you'll know everything, but you never get there and think maybe if i take more i'll make it.

This thought is what causes the anxiety, the possibility of taking the drug again and being in that state again makes me shaky of just thinking it.

So first take the decision, make a choice and delete the possibility, be strong and say, i´m never doing drugs again, this might be difficult as probably your friends (as mine) do drugs on a regular basis, but it's your life, your sanity and your happiness, if someone doesn't understand their are not your real friends. Make sure you tell your friends about whats happening to you (as you're reading n the internet i'm pretty sure few people know about your situation) I'm not saying you wont relapse (i have several times), but i tell you it gets better, you learn to control yourself and become smarter recognizing your feelings. MAKE A CHOICE.

Second, realize the LSD illusion of "going somewhere", the only real thing for you is right now, this here moment, so make the most of it, stop thinking ahead and enjoy every moment, be happy as you are right now. It helps me to think, what if knew that i had 30000 years to live instead of 80-90, what would i do, what would i change. You know Friday is coming, you know you might drink and smoke again, stop thinking about it a decide not to, now the possibility (the might) is gone, and your mind can rest a little bit, you're not as restless as before. little things like that can help. LIVE THE MOMENT.

Third, take care of your body/mind, as it is your vehicle through life, you can't just be anxious and expect a pill to take it away, take action, eat healthy and relax doing what you love whenever you can (in my case ride my bike). Your body knows whats best for him. LIVE HEALTHY.

So this is what has worked for me, i'm now clean of drugs (alcohol, weed) for 4 days (2 months until my last relapse and anxiety attack), and each day i feel better. Good luck to all and as the song says,

Row, row, row your boat,
Gently down the stream.
Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily,
Life is but a dream.

Remember, merrily, take one day at a time.

[needofcare]

I took lsd 4 months ago and while on it felt like I was dying, I am only 17 and I feel like I ruined my life. I had severe heart pain on acid and could not take it. After I went back to smoking pot daily, and one day 3 months later I smoked pot and had my heart feel like it did when i was on acid it was horrible and when I felt like that I was not able to talk and breathing was very hard. I also have anxiety and feel weird around people. When i take Xanax I feel better but my heart pain is always there. I go to the gym as well and it continues there too. What should I do?? I just wana cry, as well as going through this physical pain I also have a ****** sti and going through mental and emotional stress.