Iâve been reading a lot of classic rock (McLennon) fanfic and Iâve noticed that while youâre all very talented writers, a lot of you just donât know much about LSD. So I thought Iâd make a post with all the basics:
-LSD is also referred to as Acid (dropping acid, tripping acid) blotter, Jesus, microdots (dots), zen, California sunshine (cali), heavenly blue, tab, dragon, window pane, and paper mushrooms
-people who do a lot of LSD are called acid heads, acid freaks, cheer leaders, and day trippers
-LSD and PCP (also known as angel dust) have some similar effects, but are different drugs with different highs. Make sure youâre not actually describing PCP when writing acid trips!
-LSD is completely odorless and tasteless
-LSD is most commonly taken by soaking a little piece of paper in it and holding it under your tongue, and dropping it into a sugar cube and letting it melt on your tongue.
-itâs extremely dangerous to mix LSD and other drugs. But a lot of people mix it with xanax (it is dangerous tho. Keep that in mind while writing)
-LSD takes 30 minutes- an hour to completely set in
-itâs not like weed where the high only lasts like 2 hours. LSD lasts from 5(at the VERY least) to 12 hours and itâs a VERY intense high
-it takes another hour or two to come back down. This time isnât very pleasant. Everything looks like itâs made of plastic and you donât feel real. Youâre not actively hallucinating but things feel off. Itâs not uncommon to have an anxiety attack
-the first time you trip on LSD, the coming down part might take up to a few days. But by the second time it probably wonât
-not every trip is a good trip
-if you take LSD while unhappy or anxious. thereâs an 80% chance youâll have a bad trip. So itâs not realistic for your muse to drop acid when sad to cheer up
-bad trips are REALLY BAD good trips are REALLY GOOD
-you can have a good trip that turns bad. And you can have a bad trip that turns good (but itâs less likely)
-music sounds really fucking good on LSD
-you become really sensitive to touch and texture. Even a brush of fingertips on your arm is electrifying. I remember stroking my girlfriends hair and it felt like water running between my fingers and pooling in my hand.
-getting an orgasm might literally send you into another universe
-any hallucination you have will be a reaction to something around you. For example if youâre staring up at a starry sky you might feel yourself swimming through the sky. If youâre in a room with floral wallpaper flowers might start growing from your fingertips
-things get really distorted in size and multiply. If youâre looking at someoneâs face one of their eyes might be growing while the other one shrinks. And they might have 4 heads instead of one
-hallucinations donât follow any rules of the universe. Be as creative as you want to when writing them
-people tend retain their memories of hallucinations to an extent. Itâs unlikely that youâd wake up after a trip with absolutely no memories of what happened
-Itâs not safe to trip with no one sober around. You might think you can fly and jump off a building. Or walk into the middle of the road without realizing it. So if your muse only takes drugs responsibility keep this in mind
-people donât usually move around too much while tripping.
-you lose all sense of time. I always think I was only high for a few minutes when in reality it was 7 hours. Some people feel like they were on it for years
-you canât really hold a conversation when tripping. You really are in your own universe
-there are no physical affects of LSD. Iâm sorry if your health class lied to you. It doesnât make you physically sick at all
-itâs a cliche but yes, people often see god (tho I havenât yet)
-tripping with someone you love can be very romantic, but in a weird way
-hallucinations are weird, but you donât really notice that theyâre weird until youâre not high anymore. Donât write your muse as being surprised or confused about what theyâre seeing
-bad trips might include things like feeling yourself die over and over again, your face shattering like glass, spiders crawling out of your mouth/all over your body, being on fire, seeing the devil, things like that.
-colors effect you a lot. Theyâre not necessarily brighter but they are âŚenhanced? Itâs kinda hard to describe to people with no drug experience but colors have more meaning to you and you really notice them. If your muse is looking into their lovers brown eyes theyâll notice that brown
-I ate some ice cream while tripping once and I didnât taste anything. Iâm not sure if this is what itâs like for everyone but thatâs my experience
Thatâs all I can think to tell you at the moment!! Thank you for reading I hope this helped. And if you have any questions donât be afraid to ask me!
