Health - question: What causes anxiety/depression after taking LSD?

I used to trip quite frequently and always enjoyed myself. I always looked forward to it, revelled in it, had the time of my life. There was nothing like it. You just can't describe how wonderful it is. ThenI had a bad trip.I mean, really really bad. It was as much of a nightmare as the good trips had been wonderful. I'll spare everyone the details. I only tripped a couple times after that, and small amounts, because I knewI was paranoid that I would have another bad trip and was concerned (rightly so) that the paranoia itself would trigger another bad one. Those final trips were lacking, never what i would characterize as "bad" (only someone who has truly had a bad trip understands what i mean by the word "bad") but just sort of uncomfortable and anxious. The periods afterwards consisted of some long lasting depression and anxiety as well. Which brings me to my question. It wasn't so bad that i had to stop tripping. I figured it was probably starting to run it's course anyway. The worst thing was I could no longer smoke pot. Everytime i did, I had bad trip flashbacks. I mean, the high took me right back to that horrible, nightmarish, hellish place i had suffered through for 10 hours with my bad trip. I stopped smoking up for a while, then tried again. 95% of the time, a bad trip flashback occurred. Now,everytimeI try to smoke up (very rarelyI give it another try) I have these flashbacks, though not as pronounced-- not necessarily hellish or unbearable, but uncomfortable, not fun, not worth it. I always say I,ll never smoke again but I always try again. i wish i could have those blissful highs back again, they were so much fun.


Doe anyone know what causes this? I am almost convinced that a subconcious fear that I have still lingering inside my psyche produces these episodes. Or is there something in pot that triggers these flashbacks? i would love any conversation on this topic. I wouldn,t mind discussing bad trips, either. I will never forgot mine. You just can't forget a thing like that, and no one really understands. Not that i want to dwell on it (God, it was 10 years ago) but i think it is interesting to discuss it.


Thanks! M.

well my highs arent the same anymore. but ive never done lsd. i smoked a lot of weed and had a f**ked up time one time(only high on weed) and im not talkin bout i got really high, i felt something like never before. it was like my sense of feel was almost gone, it felt very strange to pick up something or put my hand in my pocket(i know this sounds stupid but its just to hard to put into words on here). but now no matter what bud i smoke it f**ks me up a lotfor instance i used to smoke only dank or dro, but now it doesnt matter what kind of weed,(low or high mids)it will give me the same high while smokin the same amount, for any potency of weed. its kind of similar to what ur sayin but my highs have been changed from weed itself, not acid. i also would like answers to why this kind of thing happens and will it go back to normal ever again? i havent smoked in bout a month, so i will fill u in when i smoke again to see if things change

I think your flashbacks into your bad trip, needs to be transformed. You need to play with it. If possible with help of a good friend. Try to focus on the flashback to increase the intensity and to decrease the intensity. When you play with it you can bend it, change it and ultimately transform it.


With a lot of people that really enjoy tripping, i see that they go at it again and again, without giving their psyche the chance to really 'recover' from an experience that intense. One needs to land first, before taking off again. At some point most people experience a bad trip as an turning point in the way they experience psychoactive substances. I have seen two solutions so far;


1. stabilizing the mind by taking it easy (no drugs) and playing with the side-effects. Training the mind.


2. having a psychedelic experience, in order to enjoy it, transforming whatever was encountered before. Far from everybody is up to this. Another variation of this is to take a psychoactive, like for example; ecstasy to create a 'window' out of the state of mind that you are in.


Also with 'solution' 2, enough rest for the psyche is important.


About the loss of feel after smoking MJ, I would suggest buying weed somewhere else. I have never heard of something like this before. Maybe it has something to do with the way the cannabis was grown.

[Anarchist]

After my first bad trip I was unable to smoke pot, because I didn't get the "high".


I fell tired, a bit paranoid, dull, slow and unstable in my movements. Disaster! Ilove cannabis too much to just give up. I stop for a few weeks. No drugs (beside: coffe and tea). I made myself sleep well (dream), eating the food that I love most, gone back to my memories of the good trips (the best times), played my mind; reading, writing, painting... trying to create an atmosphere for myself that I always wanted to live in. Meditation also helped, quite a bit.


The day came and I felt ready, right.


I used the mushrooms to break it. Wonderfull, maybe the best thing I've done, since I began my experimentation with various drugs.


One more thing, I've saw (for others in the simular situation) yage working as good as the mushrooms; but in theier case it was a much smaller dose then usual one.


Don't give up, best of luck.


Anarchist

[Bearlybreathing]

Hello everyone, Im an old Haight Ashberry prson from 1969 stuck in a time warp and unable to fine the necessary spice to bless my haloween party. Time is at hand. I presently reside at the Aya forum but require a haloween friendly spice. I humbly seek your guidence... the Bear