First psychedelic to do?

[loli]

I've never used any psychedelic in my life before ( ), and recently (for about a week) I've been spending nearly every our of my waking day learning about DMT, to the exclusion of anything else (Reading lots of wiki pages, and the erowid vault). But, I still have one question that's been itching at the back of my mind. Which to use first, small (Not enough to breakthrough) hit of DMT, or small hit of LSD? DMT is pretty appealing to me (on a safety related issue) because you aren't conscious (As far as I know) when tripping hard, as apposed to LSD, where you're conscious throughout the entire trip.

I have a sitter with me that is completely fine with me doing either, and I have a nice safe environment to do so in.

So, which do you think is easier for the mind of someone who has never tripped before in his life? Obviously, I'm still going to do more research from other places after I find them for 3 to 4 weeks, maybe even a few months before I actually do anything.

As for the wiki pages, I've read:
The DMT Page
Health and safety
Known substance-interactions and their effects
Ingestion Methods
Numerous "The machine" pages/variations
And some more I don't remember the name of.

Thank you for any help!

 

[acacian]

...i'd probably recommend mushrooms.. they don't go for so long like acid and tend to be quite gentle in low doses, but they go longer than dmt - long enough to spend a few hours getting used to the feeling so you can explore the headspace a bit more.
dmt in low doses is great but it doesn't last long, so no sooner have you gotten used to the feeling you'll start coming back pretty quickly. acid on a first trip could likely go very well.. but it depends on the quality of the acid, as well as your commitment to the length and force of the experience... there's no bailing once you've taken it and you'll be in it for the long haul - heaven of hell.

My first psychedelic experience was on 1 tab of really strong acid....powerful.. ecstatic, life changing, jaw droppingly beautiful experience-an initiation of sorts that I will never forget. But coming down the next day wasn't easy.. especially because of the dirtiness in the acid. With shrooms you more or less know what your getting, aside from the varying potency. But just start low and you should be fine

Also, for a first journey, I think there is something profoundly special about gradually easing into the state rather than having it come on in a few seconds.. there's just something about it that I can't really put into words...it feels more spacey, wondrous and dreamy. I will never forget the feeling on my first journey when I finally discovered what "psychedelic" is.. its quite a feeling and it may be worth your while to give yourself a bit more time to "play" with it. Thats my opinion anyways and I am by no means saying I prefer mushrooms or acid to DMT... I just think for a beginner it might be a more meaningful way to meet psychedelics

 

[GoodApollo]

A low dose of shrooms is great fun with good friends. I would go for that first, however there is something to be said for the brief duration of a vaped dose of dmt.

There's lots of great advice here. Whatever you chose to do I'm sure you'll be fine.

 

[DeDao]

This is an question that can't be answered correctly. Stop trying to dictate which you find and let it find you, as it will in time.

 

[Parshvik Chintan]

one more vote for psilocin

 

[Hjortron]

This is an question that can't be answered correctly. Stop trying to dictate which you find and let it find you, as it will in time.

Seconded. I don't think that which particular substance you take matters too much, as long as your set and setting isn't a panic attack in silent hill. But if you take care to be alone or with trusted friends, on a sunny day, and don't take too heroic a dosage, you will be fine. Or well, you might not necessarily be 'fine' throughout the entire trip, but you will survive it, and once your psychedelic virginity has been claimed, you can relax about it and you'll know for yourself thenceforth what it's all about. Just let the substance call you to it :thumb_up:

 

[form is emptiness]

2g to 3.5g shrooms. Perhaps brew a tea with a squeeze of fresh lemon, a bag of rooibos, a couple of drops of lime or lemon essential oil, the beta-pinene helps to quell serotonergic nausea. Pour into a bottle.

Hike to an idyllic spot.

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Shrooms, imo, feel 'clear', leaving one feeling refreshed and rebooted. Neither mentally nor physically taxing.

Mescaline/Pedro can be wonderfully empathogenic, a quality absent from shrooms, but I find the long trip somewhat physically taxing, needing a day to recover.

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Let go, heed the voice of your heart.