Combinations - Hallucinogens and Mood Stablisers

[FuBai]

When taking an hallucinogenic drug one risks having a terrifying or confusing experience, although the aim is obviously to have an enjoyable one. Some people attempt to reduce the likley hood of a bad trip by looking at Shulgin's ideas of set and setting; I will assume, taking into account the nature of the forum, that these will not need to be explained.

Firstly the setting is a mood stabiliser which is obvious to control - taking hallucinogens in places where one feels safe, comfortable and relaxed; such places should not be too hard to identify.

It is the idea of controlling the 'set' that interests me (academicaly only). In terms of regulating one's own emotion so that one does not become overwhelmed by the experience. We have some obvious substances available in the form of SSRIs, MAOIs and Lithium and Typtamine based Anti-depressants. The problem with all of these is that a build up time of at least two weeks is neccesary before the mood stablisation effect is achieved and the even greater problem with SSRIs and MAOIs is that they do not react well to hallucinogens and SSRIs in particular have been shown to supress the effects of hallucinogens. Whilst there is some evidence to suggest that Lithium and Tryptamine based anti-depressants enhance the hallucinogenic experience, they are not a practical choice for most.

Substances that raise or maintain an even mood that act in the short term have been used before - MDMA is commonly used in conjuntion with LSD to create a "Candy Flip". Short term mood altaring substances would tend to change, I should imagine, the basic experience of the LSD; so the question is what mood stabiliser does SWIY prefer, and why?

On a secondary note I find very sparse reports of opiate use in conjuntion with Hallucinogens. This is something I find very surprising, considering the euphoric qualities of opiates such as Diamorphine, one would imagine it would be the perfect drug to act as a mood stabiliser.