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LSD Microdosing

108 points| Archio | 10 years ago |rollingstone.com | reply

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[+] Mo3|10 years ago|reply
I love Acid and have taken the occasional microdose myself but I cannot support the authors attitude. The benefits described can all be achieved through meditation and single real doses of LSD, but after all it is merely a chemical shortcut to these higher states of conciousness where your mind loses its grip on you and you gain uninterrupted access to insight and creativity. Microdosing acid every fourth day is neither necessary nor very healthy, I assume, since there's a chemical component involved that acts on several neurotransmitter systems. The solution is already within everyone of us..
[+] thatswrong0|10 years ago|reply
There is no evidence that LSD is toxic to humans. It is, physically, one of the safest drugs you can take. Mentally is a different story, but at micro doses, you're hardly feeling the normal psychedelic effects that occur at recreational doses, so there's hardly potential for "bad trips". I'm guessing that micro dosing is perfectly healthy.

The only problems are A) knowing what you're taking is LSD and B) knowing what dose you're taking, as you're dealing with an active dose of millionths of grams.

[+] alsetmusic|10 years ago|reply
LSD was by far my favorite mind altering substance when I was taking everything under the sun at around age 18. I dosed heavily and had life changing experiences (some for the better, others that were deeply troubling), but one of the most stand-out experiences was when I took the advice of a friend and used it not to get high but to "figure out important questions." I took a very small dose, barely enough to qualify for what I typically considered a legitimate trip, and sat in the country for several hours thinking about what I wanted out of life. It was just enough to change my way of thinking enough to get outside my usual process and ended up being one of the most productive sessions of deep meditation of my life. I don't know that I would endorse doing this on a regular basis, or especially in a professional environment, but I definitely agree that a carefully moderated experience can be just right to help shift paradigms without losing touch with reality.
[+] roflchoppa|10 years ago|reply
One of the first experiences that i had was accidentally micro-dosing, i only come to realize the now. Reflecting on it, it was more pleasant then full doses that occurred after. It was as if I was seeing familiar things for the first time. However i feel that some of the most meaningful photographs I've taken have been during trips.
[+] danr4|10 years ago|reply
How does one manage to get/make a 10 micrograms dose without professional help? Or even with for that matter?
[+] Nyr|10 years ago|reply
With professional help/equipment you can either:

* Get the blotters/microdots lab tested so you know dosage per blotter, then volumetric dosing. This is relatively easy/accesible although not very convenient.

* If access to crystal and equipment is possible, you can just weight it. Obviously this is rarely a possibility and LSD crystal needs to be handled with care.

People suggesting volumetric dosing at home are simply clueless, "100ug" blotters are almost never ~100ug.

[+] mason55|10 years ago|reply
Get liquid and dilute 10x. I can't imagine that you could cut up paper hits into ten tiny little pieces.
[+] hgibbs|10 years ago|reply
Volumetric dosing. Put 100ug in 100ml of (distilled) water, measure 10ml and consume.
[+] andyl|10 years ago|reply
LSD can kill:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/1198604...

http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2015/11/11/coroner-...

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/nov/10/nick-caves-son-...

[+] geofft|10 years ago|reply
So can alcohol, but countless offices have beer fridges.

And, relevantly for an article on microdosing, so can anything at high doses, including water (e.g., Jennifer Strange) and oxygen (e.g., Apollo 1).

[+] coldtea|10 years ago|reply
Do you know how many people have fallen off cliffs WITHOUT taking LSD?
[+] Mo3|10 years ago|reply
No. Acid doesn't kill. The preexisting illness that it shines light on might..
[+] TTPrograms|10 years ago|reply
It seems like it's the sudden stop doing most of the damage.
[+] danr4|10 years ago|reply
Hmm maybe it's just me but I have a hunch the fall from high altitude was the cause of death.
[+] glxc|10 years ago|reply
this. is. dumb.