The after effects of LSD.

[TheRandomGuy1789]

After taking LSD for the third time about a week ago, I had a textbook bad trip.  Panicked, scared, restless, and generally uncomfortable; I paced around my basement and backyard for about 5 or 6 hours till I was calm enough to sleep.  The bad 'feeling' or 'vibe' from the LSD lasted through that day and the next, but eventually went away.  Well about two days ago (a week after the bad trip) I was drinking with some friends.  Got pretty drunk, and passed out on the couch.  I woke up the next morning with a hangover.  However the hangover developed into the exact same feeling that I had when I had the bad trip.  It wasn't as intense, but the same feelings of anxiety, a loss of my sense of reality, and general discomfort came with the feeling.  These feelings lasted through the day, but I tolerated them and made it to sleep.  I woke up the next morning... today, and the feelings were still there.  Today was better than yesterday, but still noticably 'not right.'  Is this depression?  Anxiety?  I am very confused and concerned for my mental health.  I'm not crazy but I fear I'm on the way.  I have a doctor's appointment tomorrow and I plan to see about prescription Xanax or Valium.  I have been warned to stay away from Wellbutrin and Thorazine, both of which have been known to worsen patients mental states in cases of drug related mental trama.  Has this happened to anyone else at all?  My main question is.. what happened?  the drug is out of my system.. and I was fine for a week.. so why should the effects come back.? something to do with drinking maybe??  Please help.. Thanks..

[Robert1967]

Hi,
How's it going?Saw in your comment above that you tried Tulsi - can you let me know what this is and where you find it - assume it's some sort of herb?
Cheers

[Idlemoon]

Hey jorge,
I read your post on med help and thought of messaging you my own experiemce. 10 days ago i took acid fr the 3rd time. Had a bad experience. Since then my days and nights have been horrid.  Fueled by extreme negative thought patterns leaning towards suicidal Images and what not. It has by far been the worst days of my life. Through all the horrid megativity  i found an idea  that it will pass and i feel it is beginning to pass. Tohugh till almost a week after my experience i still felt as if i am doomed fpr ever. Like yourself i was not able to forgive myself for inflicting self damage to my life. Unfortunately the mind has a way of making you believe the thoughts it feeds you even though in actuality they are of no sense or importamce at all. Yet, if you pay attention to them they will affect you.  I feel what i was/ am  experiecing is due to the fact that on my trip i was exposed to a whole new reality or idea of reality. This has created ripples in my world as everything i knew or thought as importamt holds no value anymore. Acid does change you. Once it wares off , you need to remember that you will be fragile for a while till you sub consciously understand your experience and are able to process the information overload that took place whilst you were on acid. I feel this is a
completely naturaly process where your part is to just hang on and witness all the thoughts passing by. Negative or
positive. Try and get yourself to keep moving. Remember if you stay at home and just keep letting your anxiety get the better  of you then thats a cycle that will not stop. Things change drastically the minute you push yourself to do soomething you dont feel like doing in the first place. Somethings thats a real challenge.  Fore.g take your dog for a walk if u have one. Go out dancing if you like to. This really really helped me. I dragged myself out to a trance party last night and danced like a maniac. I was feeling very anxious before i got there and somehow  Felt great the entire night after. Better than ever actually. Also i have been drinking hot water with tulsi in it. This has helped me Immensely. Boil hot water with 12-15 leaves of tulsi.    Sip the water and chew the tulsi after too for a bit before spitting it out. This is a seriously moracle remedy to anxiety. I hope your feeling well already. If not then hang in there. Everyday that passes brings you closer to being anxious free.  All the best.

[Idlemoon]

I wish it was as easy as i just made it sound!!!

[Idlemoon]

I have been trying tonight to accept it and not remind myself that my entire existence is different now. Everything i was and wanted to do in life before my experience with acid seems impossible in the state of anxiety that i am in at the moment.   I am thinking that i need to form a new reality system to surive in. This makes me think that my state of mind before my experience too was just an illusion. Kind of boggling at the same time calming. Last night for the first time since the trip i tried to relive the entire episode accepting it as it was. This led me to an understanding that it was my mind that had played a trick on me and that the feeling that kept haunting me during the trip was not and is not real. This worked until a few hours after i woke up today, and again that feeling of doom arose. Im thinking that i might be scared deeply from the trip, so i need to completely come to terms with the fact that this has happened and put it it behind me.

[Robert1967]

Yes I did and the anxiety does die down compared to how I used to feel - I think it's our thoughts that maintain it -  I am now able to stop it escalating - can get on with my life most of the time and have set up my own business and function relatively normally. It's just when I get time on my hands sometimes that I let my anxiety get the better of it. This is the key really to not be afraid of it but to accept it

[Idlemoon]

No feelings of unreality. I just feel locked itno a very negative atmosphere inward  which kind of feels like a constant doom everytime it comes up. Im just very very anxious!! Is that somewhat similiar to what you felt in the begininng?