so where i live (north fl.), you dont come by lsd to easily, but if you want some, you can usually find it.

ive wanted to try it for a while and ive heard a lot. in my experience, not everything you hear is definitive. people have told me that its nothing like what you hear and that its really just a cool trip but you dont see crazy shit that doesnt exist, just color trails and shit will "warp". then others say they thought they were a glass of orange juice and thought if someone touched them they would spill.

well, christmas break is just around the corner and i think this is my time to try lsd. a friend and i, were both 18, have been talking about it, but living in the community im in, its hard to really figure out what were getting into. so thats why im trying to figure out what to expect. not just about the trip, but stuff to be prepared for. like are their any "after effects"? how long will it take to fully "recover"?
do i really need a "trip sitter"? etc.

in other words, what are some things that happened (if youve ever done lsd) that you didnt expect and would have liked to have known before hand?

what are the "do's and dont's" and "need to know" things?

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Set and setting.
Get them right and you will have fun.

I don't personally think a sitter is necessary but that could just be me.

it's just like shrooms, which grow in your habitat

I suggest not taking your dose after 7pm at night. 5pm seems to be a sweet spot.

expect a full day of recovery, that is 1 day of tripping and then 1 full day to recover. make sure the day after your trip you have nothing planned, and try and avoid any commitment with friends so you have enough time to mull over the trip and integrate it.

I've tripped countless times on acid, and the next day isn't really that bad, just a little "strange", as long as you get a few hours of sleep in between. Shit, once I was up all night and came down, and was still fine the next day, just tired.

I've also never heard of anyone I know fucking "turning into a glass of orange juice" that seems to be a very common drug myth, or something some asshole druggie would say to try and sound funny/cool. The visuals are not normally actual hallucinations, though I've seen clouds wiz around the sky at high speeds, as if time itself was on fast forward on four sugar cubes, so who knows?

You do not need a trip sitter as long as your family doesn't have a history of some wacky ass mental illness that could trigger off in you or something. Even then, you'd probably still be fine.

As for things that might happen that you wouldn't expect...I would just read up on ego death (look it up on wikipedia/erowid), that's the only thing that's really shocked me, even after I'd read up on it and whatnot a lot, but it doesn't necessarily happen every time you trip...depends on the dose too. I'd say the shock was in a good way though, not in an overbearing or frightening way, just utterly beautiful.

I also have to disagree with whoever said not to take the cid past 7 PM, what difference would that make? If you want to trip at night, take them at night, if you want to be tripping to watch the sunrise, take them at 4 AM or something, I've done that before and I must say it's fucking awesome. Just realize that set and setting really is everything, so that's totally up to you.

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any time is good, i have tripped in the middle of the day, at night, and woken up at 5am to watch the sun rise while peaking.... my favorites are morning trips or night trips, i like tripping late where im peaking after midnight because i can wander around the streets staring up at the sky listening to music and smoking ciggarettes without any worry of people, your alone in the world....

I agree with the day after having nothing to do, dont have work or anything after your first trip... your going to want time for rest and time to sort things out, and there is a lot to sort out...

As for what to expect, that is about like explaining the color red to a blind person, words just don't do the experience justice..... But i will try to explain what tripping is like for me, just know that however much your believe you know what to expect, your going to be wrong...

The first hour is coming up, i put blotters on or under my tongue and just leave them there for about 10 minutes then chew and swallow. With acid dropped on candies like sour patch i put them in between my cheek and gum to avoid the amount of salvia that builds up and just leave it there for a while. Coming up on acid tends to feel a bit anxious. Eventually thoughts will start to speed up, time will start to slow down, fractals and patterns will form on just about everything if you look at it. Stationary objects will shift, morph, and breath. Colors are vivid but sometimes they make things different colors, i get this more during day trips, kayaking across a lake under a blue and purple sky was amazing... Erowid says one of the positives is "mood elevation" the amount of happy you feel during an acid trip can vary from almost neutral to happier than you have ever been times 1000.... My first trip was the single happiest night of my life, ecstasy is the closest word i can think of but it doesn't do justice.... Expect to be completly overwhelmed by the chaos in your mind, and the best course of action is not to fight it, your not going to win, just let go and stop worrying...

I did acid once at about 6 pm with 3 other guys... it was the best experience of my life. The first 4 or so hours we just spent laughing uncontrollably at everything, making the most ridiculous jokes which made absolutely no sense. We went driving at night (don't do this) and it was incredible, the night sky was clear and the stars just looked amazing; they left light streaks and seeing shooting stars was mind blowing. We went on a hike, and into some caves. This wasn't as fun, I wouldn't recommend going into caves. We went back home, and spent a few hours of climbing things, looking at things, etc.

Finally, we were all coming down, and the three of them went to bed. I didn't feel like sleeping though, so I stayed up listening to music and drawing on our whiteboard. It was now early morning (about 7-8 am) and I ventured off on my own. This was equally as incredible. Everything was so interesting, posters, sprinklers, grass, wildlife, etc, I strongly suggest you spend at least a couple hours coming down, alone.

There were some scary moments for me while we were hiking in the dark woods. So scary that even when I remember them (for example, right now) I get a strong sense of fear. The day after I would become so scared I would instantly tear up when I remembered these events. There were moving shadows, scary noises, the some trees looked like ghosts to me, etc. However, I just looked away and kept moving, and the scary things I saw also went away.

Oh, and the day after is weird, as others have said do not have anything to do. It's like your mind is slowly piecing together exactly how the world actually works, and how to comprehend it. Very hard to explain.

The mistakes I made when I took acid where dropping it at 11 pm, as I didn't sleep til 11 the next night and I'd already been awake since 7. Also setting is very important, even if you are going to trip mainly outside make sure you have somewhere inside to go to and that you feel comfortable there.

I suggest not taking your dose after 7pm at night. 5pm seems to be a sweet spot.

I disagree, for my 2 best trips I dropped between 9-11pm. Of course, you won't get to sleep till around 8 or 9 am, but the sunrise is awesome on the comedown.

My best suggestion is to make sure you always have something to do. Don't feel committed to doing it, but I tend to get confused on acid when theres nothing to do. I have friends who have no problem with it though, it depends on your personality. Also, get some weed, especially if you do a night trip. Weed will make you feel a lot better when your coming down and tired as fuck.