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..

[kimberley868]

Hi ya, how you doin now? I took LSD when 17 since then have suffered from acute anxiety, I am 33 now. Most important thing is to get help early on. I had a very unhelpful doctor when was 18 who disregarded everything and said that life was about getting married, children and dying. VERY HELPFUL! One thing I will say, fight for help you have a mental illness that has been brought out by taking LSD, no more, no less. The LSD is out or your system now, but your system has just gone into anxiety overide, you r still the person you have always been you r just suffering from anxiety which is why you feel so weird.

[sunshine9194]

I'm currently suffering with anxiety and getting help. I'm 21 and worried that this will never go away. What are some tips you can give me?

[kimberley868]

One more comment adam, the lsd trip scared you, (post tramatic stress kind of ting), thats why you got over it but when u drank brought back feelings of anxiety and your sences were heightened so it had that effect, nothing to worry about u ain't goin mad!!

[insafeuste]

I had the same thing, except mine was from combining morning glory seeds with a lot of marijuana.. thought I was dying and had my heart race for hours. Since then, panic attacks came on regularly whenever I did drugs. Bottom line is, you create thoughts based on your current perception and then react to them. If you create negative or anxious thoughts because, in your case, you drank too much the night before and have low dopamine levels it may be enough to trigger an attack. As you become anxious and release adrenaline you start thinking faster, and as a result start having even more anxiety, which continues as a cycle until you practically feel you are going to die or are going insane. It's possible to completely stop this though, and all you have to do is spend the time to work on your thoughts. When a negative thought comes in to your mind, instead of reacting to it and keeping the cycle going, CHANGE it. You aren't going insane, thats just a negative thought! Get rid of em. Don't let these take hold of you and eventually your mind will stop throwing them at you altogether. It takes time and practice, but if you try hard enough to change what's going on inside your head you will no longer have these problems.Worked for me... hope this helps

[Che_G]

im 16 and i took LSD at the age of 15. i don't know if it was since i took the LSD but i used to smoke alot of pot and have GREAT highs but now whenever i smoke weed i get self conciouse and go into deep thinking and i feel 2 feet tall to say the least.....whats wrong!!!!!

[Sue357]

I am a 53 year old woman who took a lot of LSD in the early 70's.  I have suffered from clinical depression, off and on, since I was 9.  Now, I am dealing with horrible anxiety/ depresion and am on a lot of meds.  My pdoc thinks I have a mood disorder.  I often wonder if my problems now are a result of my drug use (  I used a lot of other drugs as well) back then.  I have asked my therapist and pdoc but they couldn't really give me any definate answers.  I am thinking there is a not of research out there about it.

[ihateanxiety15]

When I was 15 I took lsd and had a horrible trip. Then next day I smoked pot and got that same bad feeling..I know these are very old posts but felt the need to respond. I am now 40 and still suffer from anxiety. I thought I was going crazy so I was afraid to tell anyone. To answer a question does lsd cause anxiety? YES YES YES! I have found the only help to be valium. Other things only make it worse..The problem is you are producing too much Serotonin. I have figured out you have a panic attack on lsd and then you just have anxiety. This doesn't offer much hope but you can get through. Okay sometimes just knowing helps...You aren't going crazy..it cause a detached feeling and nervousness, rapid heart beat but these symptoms do get better. They never went away but at least I know why it happens so it's less scary..They have greatly decreased but aren't gone..Also I feel anxiety is a habit and the valium helped to stop the symptons while taking the medication so now I rarely need it..Bottom line knowing is 75% of the battle..You are NOT crazy or going crazy. You are just producing too much seratonin. Hand in there get on a good anxiety med not a seratonin inhibitor it just makes it worse