Not sure whether this should go here or in open discussion? I chose here since it seems the most appropriate section for reports though it is not about DMT. I’m sharing this so people can know about what can go wrong when you don’t use psychedelics responsibly and don’t follow the rules of set and setting. This happened some years ago when I was irresponsible, young and reckless.
PRE-CONDITIONS
(mind)Set: not great, I initially planned to do this with a friend but he couldn’t come and I was annoyed and thought well fine I’ll do it myself
(physical condition) Set: good
Setting (location): home in my bedroom, family was home but asleep
time of day: 22:00
recent drug use: marijuana
last meal: dinner 20:00
PARTICIPANT
Gender: f
body weight: 48kg
known sensitivities: -
history of use: experienced with LSD, at least 10 strong trips
BIOASSAY
Substance(s): LSD
Dose(s): 3 tabs, ?300mcg+ each
Method of administration: sublingual
EFFECTS
Administration time: T=0:00 2 tabs, ?T=1:00 1 tab
Duration: 24 hours
First effects: 10 minutes
Peak: T=2:00-T=5:00
Come down: T=8:00
Baseline: T=22:00
Intensity (overall): 4
Evaluation / notes:
OPTIONAL
Pleasantness: 1
Unplesantness: 4
Visual Intensity: 4
AFTER-EFFECTS
Hangover: 4
Afterglow: 2
REPORT
I stupidly assumed these tabs would be the same strength as all the others I had had. I’d only had one experience taking 2, but it had been positive so I was confident I could handle this. I took the 2 tabs and sat on the bed waiting for the effects to start. Within 10 minutes I knew I had made a big mistake… it was coming on strong already and my arms began to trail. I tried not to panic, I knew I had taken too much, I tried to calm down and find some music to listen to. The auditory sensation was so enhanced it was too much, the sounds were too rich it was overwhelming it hurt my ears in the nicest way. The things on my screen were beginning to distort and melt. &$#$% what am I going to do?? Next mistake, I thought lying down and trying to sleep off the first part might work.
I successfully pass out for some time, might have been for an hour but when I woke up it was into a different reality. What happened? Either this is a dream or I’ve died and gone to hell. I knew I had one more tab and god knows why I thought well I might as well eat it too. It was the most delicious thing I had ever tasted, melting in my mouth like sugar. I had a candle out, it was safely protected with a covered lampshade like thing but blew it out for safe measure. At this point all rational thoughts are completely out the window – I was tripping HARD. As the smoke from the extinguished candle hit my nose I thought “FIRE!”. I went to the bathroom and fate had it I was wearing a bright orange jumper – I saw this as flames in the mirror “#$#% I really am on fire!”. Into the shower I went panicking and freaking out, I turned on the water. But #$#* there are people home I’ve got to get out of here!
I made it downstairs and outside but I was still burning, I could feel it. This felt as real as it gets, I could feel a fire burning from within. I touched my head (I naturally have a small dent on my head) when I felt it I was sure I was melting. I was going to die! I started to run, throwing off my jumper and clothes. I have a belly piercing, as I touched that my mind thought it was a hernia – my guts were spilling out, I looked up at the full moon, I was a werewolf, a monster! I started to scream, as I ran I was burning alive, it hurt, it was hot, I was finally just a piece of meat, sizzling, scorching. I ended up on a lawn trying to extinguish this fire by rolling on the grass which had cold dew. Someone came outside, “Are you OK? Do you need help?” “Yes, I’m burning!!!”. The next part is a bit blurry.
I was taken inside, voices asking what’s wrong? What happened? All I could say was “WATER, WATER!!!!” As I looked my fingers were blue, melting and streams of smoke were coming off them. A girl looked at me, there was blood on her face, had a murder happened? A remember a lady saying “I bet you wish you hadn’t taken it now”. I tried to escape, someone held me and wouldn’t let me go. The police arrived and asked for my name and address. Surprisingly I could remember it fine but I didn’t want to tell them so I spelled it out slowly. An ambulance arrived and I was taken in it. Someone shone a bright light in my eye. This was the end of the world. There weren’t many people left. I had burned my house and my family and cats were dead. But I was being saved. I was being saved.
Now in a hospital bed, I hear laughter. I’m starting to come down from the peak but still tripping. “They are laughing at me” “No, no they’re not, just calm down” The nurse had the most beautiful eyes, pools of liquid black deep as the night. Finally I could rest. My parents arrived. It must have been 3-4am or something. So much disappointment on their faces. I didn’t want to deal with this. I passed out and woke up at about 7am. I wanted to leave but I had to wait to tell the psychologist I wasn’t crazy I just took a ridiculous amount of acid. “Really? I thought that stuff was only going around in the 60s.” I threw up in the bathroom and was taken home. The tail end of the trip lasted well into that night, I was completely exhausted – mentally and physically.
Afterwards it almost felt like a dream, like it had never really happened. Not having a sitter and taking such big dose alone was utter stupidity. The one positive I got was faith in my own psyche, if I could survive that then I can survive anything. Of course ever since then my respect towards taking psychedelics matured greatly and I prepare very carefully before any trip to make sure the set and setting are right and I am taking it for the right reasons. Haven’t had a bad time since
PRE-CONDITIONS
(mind)Set: not great, I initially planned to do this with a friend but he couldn’t come and I was annoyed and thought well fine I’ll do it myself
(physical condition) Set: good
Setting (location): home in my bedroom, family was home but asleep
time of day: 22:00
recent drug use: marijuana
last meal: dinner 20:00
PARTICIPANT
Gender: f
body weight: 48kg
known sensitivities: -
history of use: experienced with LSD, at least 10 strong trips
BIOASSAY
Substance(s): LSD
Dose(s): 3 tabs, ?300mcg+ each
Method of administration: sublingual
EFFECTS
Administration time: T=0:00 2 tabs, ?T=1:00 1 tab
Duration: 24 hours
First effects: 10 minutes
Peak: T=2:00-T=5:00
Come down: T=8:00
Baseline: T=22:00
Intensity (overall): 4
Evaluation / notes:
OPTIONAL
Pleasantness: 1
Unplesantness: 4
Visual Intensity: 4
AFTER-EFFECTS
Hangover: 4
Afterglow: 2
REPORT
I stupidly assumed these tabs would be the same strength as all the others I had had. I’d only had one experience taking 2, but it had been positive so I was confident I could handle this. I took the 2 tabs and sat on the bed waiting for the effects to start. Within 10 minutes I knew I had made a big mistake… it was coming on strong already and my arms began to trail. I tried not to panic, I knew I had taken too much, I tried to calm down and find some music to listen to. The auditory sensation was so enhanced it was too much, the sounds were too rich it was overwhelming it hurt my ears in the nicest way. The things on my screen were beginning to distort and melt. &$#$% what am I going to do?? Next mistake, I thought lying down and trying to sleep off the first part might work.
I successfully pass out for some time, might have been for an hour but when I woke up it was into a different reality. What happened? Either this is a dream or I’ve died and gone to hell. I knew I had one more tab and god knows why I thought well I might as well eat it too. It was the most delicious thing I had ever tasted, melting in my mouth like sugar. I had a candle out, it was safely protected with a covered lampshade like thing but blew it out for safe measure. At this point all rational thoughts are completely out the window – I was tripping HARD. As the smoke from the extinguished candle hit my nose I thought “FIRE!”. I went to the bathroom and fate had it I was wearing a bright orange jumper – I saw this as flames in the mirror “#$#% I really am on fire!”. Into the shower I went panicking and freaking out, I turned on the water. But #$#* there are people home I’ve got to get out of here!
I made it downstairs and outside but I was still burning, I could feel it. This felt as real as it gets, I could feel a fire burning from within. I touched my head (I naturally have a small dent on my head) when I felt it I was sure I was melting. I was going to die! I started to run, throwing off my jumper and clothes. I have a belly piercing, as I touched that my mind thought it was a hernia – my guts were spilling out, I looked up at the full moon, I was a werewolf, a monster! I started to scream, as I ran I was burning alive, it hurt, it was hot, I was finally just a piece of meat, sizzling, scorching. I ended up on a lawn trying to extinguish this fire by rolling on the grass which had cold dew. Someone came outside, “Are you OK? Do you need help?” “Yes, I’m burning!!!”. The next part is a bit blurry.
I was taken inside, voices asking what’s wrong? What happened? All I could say was “WATER, WATER!!!!” As I looked my fingers were blue, melting and streams of smoke were coming off them. A girl looked at me, there was blood on her face, had a murder happened? A remember a lady saying “I bet you wish you hadn’t taken it now”. I tried to escape, someone held me and wouldn’t let me go. The police arrived and asked for my name and address. Surprisingly I could remember it fine but I didn’t want to tell them so I spelled it out slowly. An ambulance arrived and I was taken in it. Someone shone a bright light in my eye. This was the end of the world. There weren’t many people left. I had burned my house and my family and cats were dead. But I was being saved. I was being saved.
Now in a hospital bed, I hear laughter. I’m starting to come down from the peak but still tripping. “They are laughing at me” “No, no they’re not, just calm down” The nurse had the most beautiful eyes, pools of liquid black deep as the night. Finally I could rest. My parents arrived. It must have been 3-4am or something. So much disappointment on their faces. I didn’t want to deal with this. I passed out and woke up at about 7am. I wanted to leave but I had to wait to tell the psychologist I wasn’t crazy I just took a ridiculous amount of acid. “Really? I thought that stuff was only going around in the 60s.” I threw up in the bathroom and was taken home. The tail end of the trip lasted well into that night, I was completely exhausted – mentally and physically.
Afterwards it almost felt like a dream, like it had never really happened. Not having a sitter and taking such big dose alone was utter stupidity. The one positive I got was faith in my own psyche, if I could survive that then I can survive anything. Of course ever since then my respect towards taking psychedelics matured greatly and I prepare very carefully before any trip to make sure the set and setting are right and I am taking it for the right reasons. Haven’t had a bad time since
