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The_Lawn_Ninja t1_j0bm4se wrote

Yup. This is why I prefer LSD.

With shrooms I don't know how intense my trip will be. It could be way more intense than expected or, more often than not, barely affect me at all.

I've had shrooms from the same batch where less than an eighth had me seeing trees turn into A.L.F., but more than a quarter didn't even give visuals.

There's just no good way of knowing exactly how much of the important chemicals are present in any given mushroom, and that means the experience is very inconsistent.

With acid, I know exactly how many tabs to take to get the trip intensity I want, and I don't have to worry about taking too much or feeling ripped off.

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tragikcanvas t1_j0bwqaz wrote

Yeah same. The thing that baffles me the most about this big push in psychedelics studies is the very strong deemphasis on LSD. Anecdotally, myself and most of the people around me have always preferred both its outcomes and psychedelic effects.

It almost seems like a political decision honestly, in the sense that mushrooms are an easier sell to the public due to being “natural”, but I hope this is not the case, and that even if it is, that we can eventually get high quality studies and eventual legal availability of LSD.

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Acceptable_Repeat908 t1_j0bx4mo wrote

I've done a good amount of both substances and although I enjoy the more... Exploratory effects of LSD, it's mushrooms that really help me be in a good mood for the next 6 months or so afterwards.

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suprmario t1_j0c8x03 wrote

LSD is like driving a psychadelic car, you have some control, while I find mushrooms are more like getting on a psychedelic roller coaster - strap in and enjoy wherever the ride takes you.

End result, mushrooms seem to address some issues I might otherwise avoid interacting with while in a tripping state.

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big_trike t1_j0d2p2b wrote

I've always found the 7+ hours of LSD to be a bit exhausting. Also, it usually took me a good week or two to feel normal again. Usually with psilocybin I wake up feeling fine the next day.

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shahms t1_j0daebt wrote

I have had exactly the opposite experience. Mushrooms don't make we want to walk over and talk to the cops because of the pretty flashing lights.

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DarrelBunyon t1_j0ff6ru wrote

Yeah you're probably trying to hop the fence in your backyard, because that seems equally reasonable..

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PurpleDancer t1_j0bzgqb wrote

It's by design. LSD got such a bad name that they decided to focus on mushrooms as it was more politically palatable. I will say that the fact that mushrooms are a natural substance and you don't need a chemistry degree to manufacture them is a big selling point for me personally.

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Deyvicous t1_j0cv793 wrote

Also, you can see a mushroom. It’s the legit thing. It’s relatively easy for anyone to grow. Acid is always in disguise. You need test kits to make sure you won’t OD, you can’t tell how much is on each tab, it often lasts 10+ hours, etc. I love acid but there are some barriers to entry.

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HungryHungryHobo2 t1_j0ersiy wrote

Fun fact:
LSD doesn't have a known LD-50.
Nobody (that we know of) has ever died from overdosing on LSD alone, every death that has been connected with an LSD overdose also had other chemicals/circumstances involved.

(LD-50 is Lethal Dose - 50%, it's the amount of a chemical it takes to kill a test subject 50% of the time.)

Getting too big of a dose and having a really bad time is a thing, but "overdosing" as in taking a lethal dose, isn't really possible.

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Deyvicous t1_j0fke3o wrote

Exactly why you need test kits. You can’t see acid yourself. And I’m arguing that kinda takes the stigma from “whoa dude let’s trip out” to a serious drug that could easily result in death.

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Deyvicous t1_j0cuh1p wrote

This is a very weird viewpoint. With acid you have no idea how much is on a tab. We are talking about micrograms, it’s impossible to tell how much is on one tab or where it is on that tab.

Not to mention that any chemical could be on there if you don’t test it. 2 tabs of nbome and you can OD. That takes it from a fun psychedelic experience to all the sudden we need to test these drugs so we don’t die.

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CuntsInSpace t1_j0fgxgx wrote

A good chunk of these people very likely have never actually taken true LSD. Instead, it was probably various RCs with similar effects, another reason I trust mushrooms a little more. That said, the past few years have definitely shown an increase in psilocybin mimicking RCs being sold as mushroom edibles.

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algochef t1_j0en2q9 wrote

>nbome

Did not know this existed, and always considered acid one of the safest things you could do. How prevalent is it actually in the wild?

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appleburger17 t1_j0d5p4d wrote

You've never experienced a variation of one tab from one source and one tab from another? From the same batch that makes sense. Because its a liquid thats been mixed. And thats why many of us prefer to grind up our shrooms into a mixed powder and put it in capsules. At that point every capsule from the same batch is of equal potency the same as a tab from the same bottle of acid.

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KnoeYours3lpH t1_j0bx5oo wrote

I’m also convinced that diet has an effect. I’ve found that carbs/sugar decrease the effect. I say this because of a similar experience: two trips from same batch of mushrooms. I actually took a smaller dose the second time when I was on the keto diet and I tripped waaay harder then I did the first time with nearly half the dose.

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