I generally don't combine psychedelics with weed anymore. I used to love smoking a joint or 2 on mushrooms, but it really ruins the clarity and sense of physical well-being of the trip for me. I tend to get a racing heart and a good dose of paranoia for about 30-45 minutes from a big joint of some potent weed.
A while ago I ate a low dose of mushrooms, and after about an hour and a half had passed where I felt only threshold effects, I foolishly decided to vape a fairly large amount of potent haze. The effects of the mushrooms intensified immensely, and combined with the "sharpening" of the visual field that the weed provided everything suddenly looked incredibly cartoonesque. Colorful, hard thick black edges. Up to this point, everything was still positive.
Then after I went back to lie down the full effects of the thc started to take hold. My heart felt like it was going to beat out of my chest, time slowed down to a crawl, and everything went downhill fast. I felt like I was physically going to die. I recognize the feeling since I know what too much weed does to me, but this feels a magnitude heavier than I could ever have imagined. For a second I headed for the door to find help, but quickly rationalized that I had only taken weed and mushrooms, and that there was no way that I was going to die.
Nevertheless, the pounding heart was extremely alarming, and the paranoia that was gripping me made me cling to my sanity. I curled up, head in my hands, while my ego seemed to fracture into around 5 different "personalities" who shouted things at me. It was all going so fast I could barely understand what they were saying, it seemed like seperate parts of myself were hurling pure schizophrenic ravings at me. Some of them sounded manic and looney, others angry and stern.
I struggled hard to keep it together while being subjected to this, and it slowly faded away after about 45 minutes. I have had these thought loops solely on mushrooms before, and have learned to go with them without too much anxiety. It usually provides me with some insights as well, but with the added paranoia of the cannabis it made for an incredibly unhinged experience. Looking back on it I hugely underestimated the punch of the vaped weed, even on a low dose of psychedelics. By smoking you know better where to draw the line.
Even though I'm a daily pot smoker, I always stay sober and as clear-headed as possible when going into a trip nowadays. I feel better going into the experience, and during the afterglow I feel so utterly healthy and relaxed that I'd rather lie down in a state of bliss and just be aware of my body, stretching my muscles, reflecting, etc. rather than rolling a joint, which is an everyday thing for me anyway. Good times! :thumb_up: