r/Psychonaut • u/Puzzled-Ad-4270 • 1d ago
Anyone else reach to a point where you feel like you have completely fried your brain from psychedelics and need to chill out for a while ?
Iv been taking psychedelics since 18 , I’m 28 now , ate shrooms plenty of times , Iv dropped a lot of acid back in my day , 2 years ago I had my very first bad trip on an eighth on penis envy mushrooms , suffered bad repercussions after the bad trip , cannabis wasn’t the same for me and every time I smoked I would feel derealization/depersonalization , disassociative and ptsd like symptoms , even when I was sober . Was starting to feel like I fried my brain from doing to much , like I finally hit that limit .
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u/tampanensis1 1d ago
Nop. At least with the psychedelics I use as a means to getting to meditation states: Mushrooms, dmt, lsd. Apparently, the more I use them, the better my brain works.
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u/Puzzled-Ad-4270 1d ago
Yeah I feel you , trust I do plan to take dmt and ayahuasca in the future . When I ate that eighth it was too much for me to handle , I realized right then and there you should never disrespect the psychedelics take em properly
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u/keelbilledtoucan 1d ago
If you feel that way listen to your gut! Just take a break! Never a bad idea.
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u/Interesting-Lynx-989 1d ago
When you get the message hang up
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u/subtlevibes219 1d ago
That quote doesn't mean "stop taking psychedelics after you've done them enough".
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u/No-Masterpiece-451 1d ago
Yes starting to really hate that misused quote, its time to hang up on using it
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u/subtlevibes219 1d ago
How often are you using them and in what doses?
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u/Puzzled-Ad-4270 1d ago
Well now a days I take it easy and dose very carefully , but yeah a few years ago I use to go pretty hard with the psychedelics. Also was addicted to pharmaceuticals at one point but now I’m 4 years sober . That eighth of mushrooms really did it for me
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u/No-Masterpiece-451 1d ago
I came to a point in fall 2024 where I had 3 bad or difficult trips in a row, so took a break and reflected on it. Came to the conclusion that psychedelics and MDMA had become an escape for me, that I expected to feel bliss and taken out of my reality. That I would get realizations , expand my consciousness and heal trauma.
It was a form of abuse even if I only tripped 1-2 times a month and not on high doses. So I spend time on somatic therapy instead and plan to take MDMA next month after my normal 3 months break. I still feel these things can be useful in right mind, set and setting.
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u/Autotist 1d ago
I was on a similar thing like Octoberfest but in another city, but still like 10 rollercoasters 10 Beer tents, a whole bunch of other rides and sooooo much bright artificial light and like 50000 people so very busy, and somewhat crowded.
I took 2 tabs of 1V-LSD which is comparable to 4 street tabs. My friends took even 3 tabs.
So it started fine, i was already tripping hard after 45min, so i knew this is gonna be a difficult fun challenge. Then first we rode the ghost train and damn this was fucking hilarious and intense. Then we went on to look for other rides and enjoyed walking around.
But then slowly i realized that my eyes are getting tired and i didn’t understand what was happening. Then i began to see worse, as if my blackness was brighter and my contrast was less than before. I was then panicking about going blind the same way someone that is constantly on bright snow can go blind. I was worried my dilated pupils let too much light in my eyes and that i couldn’t handle the bright artificial lights anymore.
Then i was on 100% survival mode, i didn’t fucking care about any fun anymore and just wanted to figure this shit out. First i needed to find an entrance, while i didn’t want to expose my eyes to anymore bright lights, to take a break. About 20-30 min after i voiced my concern, we finally arrived at an entrance with less light. My friends were bummed out but very helpful and understanding, but they all told me i am just imagining it, which i still believe could have been the case, that it was just a visual.
But i am already a very paranoid person when it comes to certain dangers. I needed to REALLY know if i am fine or if i am going home right now and try to recover as much as possible.
I was under exceptionally high stress for about 2 hours straight, i was not „lsd stupid/helpless“, my mind was sharp, i even scanned parts of my eye to localize the perception of colour. I could even relax that cells, it was crazy.
At some point i was feeling calm enough to at least try it again as my darkness has become a little bit darker again, and i was feeling that it was nothing chronic and was just a symptom of exhaustion.
Then we rode a very fast twister carousel as kind of the last ride, as everything was closing. Holy shit, this was so intense, i barely ever rode something that intense. As soon as the locks opened again, we all rushed out and puked. Funny thing: only the guys who were on acid puked, everyone else didn’t haha. The visuals after that weren’t symmetrical anymore for 30min, and they were slurry, really weird
But yeah my mind was completely raped by an exceptionally high and long stress and then again my body on that fucking twister. Also this place is sober probably one of the most overstimulating places, maybe after vegas, new york, etc.
We continued to go downtown but then after 3 hours, i decided i need to go home. But while i waited for my train, my mind just shut down. This was a very scary experience. I was slowly turning off my mind to basically nothing except basic physiological needs and going home. In the train i closed my eyes, to pitch black, almost no visuals, and at one point i even stopped feeling my body because i wanted to do the absolute bare minimum. It felt so dissociative and dead. Kind of like an ego death but with really nothing. Just pitch black nothingness, but still concious or the happening.
I fried my brain that day, it took me about a month to recover psychologically. Fortunately, i was so thankful, i can see normally.
It was way too much for my brain. It was something that didn’t even think my brain could be capable of. And i also think it was too much at the end because of my dissociation and i also can’t remember the whole night, which i usually do on acid very well.
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u/saad_9 1d ago
Drugs you should try it ~travis scote, Strobe~deadmau5 , Turkey~ furkan sert( favorite), Polaris~deadmau5 , Electric feel~MGMT, Le beirut~ Ash samia, Escuro~cut off,
brooklynbloodpoo! ~syko, Hope~message to bears , Solo(zexen remix) ~ RiveR zexen ,Shy girl~kedam, Sensation~plüm, Comfortably numb~pink Floyd, mountain~message to bears, you are a memory~message to bears(this music move me to tears, felt deep thankfull for being alive and being able to see).
(Listen in full volume)
Edit:if anyone have similar taste, recommend me some. And yess
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u/IlluminatedKowalski 1d ago
Yep. I had a period years ago when I was taking LSD regularly and rarely had a bad trip, maybe two uncomfortable trips. I got to a point though where that last trip wasn't that great and I wondered why I was taking it. Oddly enough, what I learned was that I didn't need it in my life anymore so I stopped taking LSD for about five/six years.
It was after lockdown that I thought; 'what the hell' and started having a few sessions again. They were great as I was dropping acid on a purely recreational basis. Therefore just doing it for fun and not for any spiritual insights or any type of 'need.'