Health - Swim thinks LSD cured his anxiety

[VitaminK22]

Swim cant get his head around this. Swim used to get extremely bad anxiety attacks when smoking weed and then started having them without smoking weed, it eventually got into every aspect of his life, college, work, social life etc it even made him affraid of hights incase he would have an anxiety attack and fall. But since swim had his first LSD experience, about 5 months ago, he has never had the slightest bit of anxiety, he has no problem with hights and he feels as if he has been freed from a mental imprisonment and can do what he like without worrying, with or without weed.
Swim cant find the logic in this though because THC is similar to LSD but much weaker and if THC gives swim anxiety attacks then LSD should give it him even worse, but it doesnt.
Has anyone else experienced this or can anyone think of a theory as to how it happened?

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thanks for sharing your experience

[umbra1010]

If it really did cure SWIYour's anxiety, then that is awesome. Another plus towards legalization. Some of these drugs can do more good than bad. Im glad you are better and I hope it doesnt come back.

[chemlove]

SWIM always told me that different compounds effect different people in different ways you should share your experieces with the world that way other people may find the same success that you found.

[Shampoo]

Originally Posted by VitaminK22

Swim cant find the logic in this though because THC is similar to LSD but much weaker and if THC gives swim anxiety attacks then LSD should give it him even worse, but it doesnt.

Has anyone else experienced this or can anyone think of a theory as to how it happened?

First of all, congrats to swiy! psychological breakthroughs can occur for a wide variety of reasons, and are commonly attributed to cognitive exploration via new experience. In the simplest of terms, a 'new lease on life' can be achieved via 'mystical experience'. This has been vigorously time-tested as extreme psychological activity (positive or negative) has been considered historically as a 'rite of passage', or an 'awakening' experience.

As for THC being a 'weaker' version of LSD, the proposed chemical relationship could not be farther from the truth. LSD is a tryptamine, albeit an odd-ball in action, which is an alkaloid, based on a monoamine indole ring system. THC is distinctly different in that it is not an alkaloid. Unlike the vast majority of psychoactives, THC, along with Salvinorum, is based on a non-alkaloid chemical structure, differing in delivery mechanism, action, and manifestation. The similarities between THC and LSD are like the long-forgotten relationship between the camera and the eye (they both process light through a dilating lens which is projected onto a screen {fovea/unexposed-film}, but the mechanism and manifestation of the eye and the light received by it continues deep into the processing centers of the brain, to eventually become cognitive perception). They both appear on an extremely basic level, and at low doses, to have a similar manifestation, though upon closer inspection, and with a full-fledged experience, one will find that their actions and potentials, as well as their true destinations of processing, are vastly different.

[Xeraphim]

SWIM has had similar anxiety problems to the one you speak of here. SWIM noticed it would start when the prospect of smoking came up. The thought of it would cause SWIM to feel tense, uneasy, and have the butterflies. The anxiety would continue for a short while even after SWIM toked, but would eventually subside around half an hour later. SWIM found this to take much of the fun out of his experience, this made SWIM feel gloomy and SWIM looked for solutions to this problem.
SWIM found some insight into the problem via SWIM's experiences with lucy and knowledge of well-known eastern philosophies.
SWIM thinks moderation is key, SWIM doesn't toke when SWIM feels like there is a lot to do or is feeling overwhelmed with the state of things. SWIM uses with friends, SWIM focuses on positive parts of his life and often has amazing conversations and connections with people using the ganja as a tool rather than a crutch. SWIM likes to blaze 2-3 times a week, usually on thursdays and weekends and likes to make it a party SWIM has moved into this pattern after noticing his anxiety increased with more chronic usage and with using lower quality bud with a higher frequency. SWIM only smokes delicious plants now and savors every minute of it!
SWIM is happy that lucy alleviated your anxiety! SWIM doesn't know exactly what mechanism she works by, but SWIM thinks that she uncaps your mind's "filters" which can often give you insight into aspects of your personality, or your environment that you don't fully understand. SWIM thinks the lucy might have made you remember or realize why SWIY smoked in the first place, to learn and to open up. SWIM thinks intention is a powerful thing, when SWIY wants to be free of anxiety, SWIY will make it so! SWIM sees this as a very beneficial aspect of said "mind-expanding" drugs. SWIM hopes that sharing his similar experience helps!

[ericsz3]

Swim use to get the anxiety from smoking and didnt like it for a long time. after doing it off an on for a while it turned to become extremely enjoyable and swim is now a frequent user. LSD can affect swiy differently than other so im not douting you at all. However swim has 2 friends who were roommates and sold lsd and shrooms. They use to trip very very often.

Now they both have lots of horrible panic attacks and are perscribed medicine and everything.