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Is there any way to predict how I will react to taking LSD?
The effects of LSD are unpredictable. They depend on the amount taken,
the user's personality, mood and expectations, and the surroundings in
which the drug is used. Usually, the user feels the first effects of the drug
30-90 minutes after taking it. These effects include dilated pupils,
higher body temperature, increased heart rate and blood pressure,
sweating, loss of appetite, sleeplessness, dry mouth, and tremors.
Sensations and feelings change much more dramatically than the physical
signs. The user may feel several different emotions at once or swing
rapidly from one emotion to another. Depending on the dose, the drug
can produce delusions and visual hallucinations, which can be frightening
and cause panic. Users refer to their experience with these acute adverse
reactions as a "bad trip," and the effects typically last for about twelve hours.
Terrifying thoughts and feelings, fear and insanity and death, injuries,
and fatal accidents have occurred during states of LSD intoxication.
Anyone can experience a bad trip and there is no way to predict what
your own experience will be.
I've heard that hallucinogens aren't even addictive. So what's the big
deal?
LSD does not produce compulsive drug seeking behavior like cocaine, alcohol or
nicotine, but LSD produces tolerance, so that users who take the drug
repeatedly must take progressively higher and higher doses in order
to achieve the same state of intoxication. This is an extremely dangerous
practice, given the unpredictability of the drug, and can result in increased
risk of convulsions, coma, heart and lung failure, and even death.
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