Another newb w/questions

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zat

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So unexpectedly I've gotten my hands on 4g of shrooms and I've been curious for a few years now. I'm like a safety nerd so I'm reading and reading to make sure I'm prepared. Here's my situation and I'd like some advice from experienced folks...I'm not a kid either btw. I smoke and LOVE weed if that matters.

1. I'm a "light weight" when it comes to most drugs...alcohol or weed. I've read start with 1g to 2.5g. I'm prone to starting w/1g as it feels "safer" to me to start lower w/something I've never tried before. Is it safe to assume that if I am sensitive to other drugs, I'll probably be sensitive to these too?

2. It will be my spouse and I. He has tried them one time like decades and decades ago so doesn't remember anything a/b it. We don't have other adult friends who do this stuff nor do we know anyone who could be a trip sitter. Is it totally inadvisable for 2 newbs to trip together in the safety of their own home or is this a recipe for disaster? Should one of us trip w/the other straight for safety and vice versa?

3. I'm prone to motion sickness in general....is this a concern?

4. Besides having juice, fruits, and light foods around, any other food suggestions? (do you get hungry on this stuff?)

5. Would watching funny things/movie, etc. be a good activity?

6. I thought about posting signs around the house stating "You're safe, you will feel totally normal again soon, just enjoy the flight," in case any weirdness starts. Does this sound helpful?

7. Anyone direct me to other links that I should read before trying these?

thanks so much.
 
MrEDuck

MrEDuck

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1. It can't hurt to be cautious but I'd take 2g personally.
2. My first time tripping (and many many subsequent ones) was alone. You won't be tripping really hard anyway.
3. Mushies can fuck your stomach but I wouldn't worry much. If you can't stop worrying Zofran is the only antiemetic I'd use. The phenothiazines will kill your trip and Dramamine, meclizine, cyclyzine have their own central effects. Weed helps too and smoking while tripping is fun.
4. Fruit and juice are probably all you would want. Again mushies can be hard on the stomach. Crackers can be good for nausea as well.
5. Yeah, do whatever feels fun. Music is great.
6. If it helps you be more comfortable. Being in comfortable surroundings is the key.
7. I'd read some experience reports on erowid.
 
dank smoker420

dank smoker420

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MrEduck sumed it up pretty well. but i prefer to be moving around when i trip. it might just be me i get super anxious and im normally not so it kinda freaks me out if im just sitting down on them. but i love walking in the woods or a trail somewhere. looking at nature is really fun
 
badmojo420

badmojo420

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zat said:
So unexpectedly I've gotten my hands on 4g of shrooms and I've been curious for a few years now. I'm like a safety nerd so I'm reading and reading to make sure I'm prepared. Here's my situation and I'd like some advice from experienced folks...I'm not a kid either btw. I smoke and LOVE weed if that matters.

1. I'm a "light weight" when it comes to most drugs...alcohol or weed. I've read start with 1g to 2.5g. I'm prone to starting w/1g as it feels "safer" to me to start lower w/something I've never tried before. Is it safe to assume that if I am sensitive to other drugs, I'll probably be sensitive to these too?

2. It will be my spouse and I. He has tried them one time like decades and decades ago so doesn't remember anything a/b it. We don't have other adult friends who do this stuff nor do we know anyone who could be a trip sitter. Is it totally inadvisable for 2 newbs to trip together in the safety of their own home or is this a recipe for disaster? Should one of us trip w/the other straight for safety and vice versa?

3. I'm prone to motion sickness in general....is this a concern?

4. Besides having juice, fruits, and light foods around, any other food suggestions? (do you get hungry on this stuff?)

5. Would watching funny things/movie, etc. be a good activity?

6. I thought about posting signs around the house stating "You're safe, you will feel totally normal again soon, just enjoy the flight," in case any weirdness starts. Does this sound helpful?

7. Anyone direct me to other links that I should read before trying these?

thanks so much.
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1. What strain? There are potency differences between strains just like cannabis... Is it cultivated or wild pick? dont know, dont eat them! I get mushroom chocolates that have 1g each in them and they do me just fine. Could I eat more? Of course. I usually like to eat a half 8th if they are raw (as in not processed into something) which is 1.7g. Thats the perfect dose for without really getting weird.

2. No you will be fine. Start slow. Mushrooms really arent the type of trip to make you run out of the room screaming thinking the devil is chasing you... Ive eaten 7 grams and still knew exactly what was going on and most importantly that i was tripping. Eat a gram, at worst youll get sick, throw up and not really trip at all except maybe a slight body buzz.

3. Yes. The actual trip is food poisoning and nausea is very common. Eat a lite snack with your mushrooms, some toast and jelly or something like that. Wash it down with OJ or grape fruit juice.

4. Depends on your body. I LOVE TO EAT WHILE TRIPPING. Others hate it, others simply cant eat some for days after the trip. I will grub down on anything while im tripping especially boomers, not so much acid or other hallucinogens.

5. Adult Swim. Try super jail (although this may be too much for your first trip because when it goes down at the end it gets extremely intense. i found it fucking hilarious i laughed so hard for what seemed like 30 minutes but was actually about 10 or 15, i laughed so hard i threw up, then laughed a good bit more about the fact that i puked all over my carpet)

6. I wouldnt. If i was tripping and I saw something like that Id probably freak out a bit (depending how heavy my trip is) because A, im NOT normal, B, that would put me in the headspace of constantly thinking about my well being. can induce a bad trip... Just think to yourself every so often "im tripping, im having a great time, nothing to worry about!" Focus on things that trip you out... walls.. pictures... NO MIRRORS though..

7. Erowid

You might enjoy listening to music... i dont though but some people do. watching cartoons is a lot of fun though. you might get the urge to go take a walk outside. DO IT! Mushroom walks are enchanting to say the least. Forgot to mention, smoke plenty of ganja before during and after your trip but especially after.
 
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zat

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Oh, that's another question I have. What does smoking weed do while tripping? And what about coming down is intense? Is it painful or something? I'm finding out the strain. It's homegrown, not picked in the wild. One other question, for storage (at least one part of it is in high quality chocolate, the other is just dehydrated), can I put it in a small mason jar inside a paper sack and then in the fridge? We need to wait to try this until our schedule is a bit clearer (I know it's best to have at least 1 full day after w/zero commitments). Thanks for the info everyone. Anyone else have any advice it would be much appreciated. We have a nice wooded area behind our neighborhood, so a walk in a small section of woods is feasible. Being a nature lover, I can't wait for that.
 
badmojo420

badmojo420

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Smoking herb while tripping kinda just "erases" whats in your mind. Clears you up so you can take up the new things coming at you in the trip. it really just acts as a buffer. If you feel like your tripping to hard take a shotglass of milk and smoke a bowl and youll come down a little. a full glass could possibly kill your buzz entirely. Homegrown is OK! As for storage, just toss them in a sandwich bag and put in your sock drawer or something. No need to refridgerate, there tends to be moisture in there which can cause problems on the boomers. Chocolates would be fine to store in the fridge or freezer (prefered actually). Mushrooms arent the type of hallucinogen to make you trip out for hours on end. If you ate a gram you would be stone cold sober in 3-4 hours, tops. A full 8th i usually trip for 5-6 hours. Ive never had a longer trip than that even when I ate 6 grams.

The come down is easy! Its kinda like your on a roller coaster and its just finished and your slowly rolling into the station and get off. Smoke some herb, itll make it even easier. There is virtually no crash except for maybe feeling a bit exhausted.. any hallucinogen will do that though, tripping takes a lot out of you so a good night rest the night before will help that. If you have woods near your house (depending on a lot of things though...) I would probably just stay out there for my entire trip. When I trip indoors i become comfortable and dont really want to move around much but its just my personal preference to stay active while tripping be it walking, riding a bike (careful!) or something like that. After this experience youll have a new found respect for nature. Look up at the leaves and trees often. If they start dancing dance with them! thats one of my all time favorite things about mushrooms, things like to dance and out in the desert I would dance with the huge ass saurajo cactus (however you spell it)

Edit: The best thing I like about coming down from mushrooms is that I know im coming down... More often than not when I eat acid, 7 or 8 hours into the trip I will feel like im coming down, visuals will almost completely stop, wont have that body feeling anymore and ill think im ok then BAM full on visuals, then they stop, come back but a bit weaker.. thatll happen 5 or 6 times during my come down and after glow
 
canndo

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Know that many millions of doses are consumed every month. The absolute worst that can happen is that you may be forced to confront something within you that you don't particularly like, however, that isn't likely to happen on less than 6 grams. Don't over analyze this thing or you will be unhappy you missed what you were setting out to do. I fast beforehand but that isn't physicaly necessary, it simply tends to focus one's self on the journey ahead. I don't believe in "sampleing", too little is as bad if not worse than just a tad too much - the jaw tightens and one remains uncomfortable. Some people get nauseous, most do not and in most cases this passes quickly. You are NOT poisoning yourself on this any more than you are poisoning yourself when you take vitamin C. This is a vitamin for the psyche. Get your music in order, stay in the house until you know what to expect - ensure your house is spotlessly clean and you yourself are as well.

I do NOT smoke while under the influence, it seems to blur the effects and I believe, on your first goround, you probably want to know exactly, start to finish, what the pure experience is like.
You will most likely feel more refreshed the next day then you have for a long long time.

I don't know time of day though, some like morning - and it is a scientific fact that most substances are more powerful earlier in the day, but you may want a possible backdrop of dark and shadow - you may wish for it to be cool, as this stuff can play hell with your body's thermostat.
 
dank smoker420

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canndo said:
it is a scientific fact that most substances are more powerful earlier in the day,
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do you know why? i realize that a real small hit in the morning gets me super high. but i feel like its cause i smoked when i wasnt high already and that always gets me higher.
 
canndo

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dank smoker420 said:
do you know why? i realize that a real small hit in the morning gets me super high. but i feel like its cause i smoked when i wasnt high already and that always gets me higher.
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I havn't a clue, I read something about one's body being more sensitive in certain periods of his internal clock.
 
MrEDuck

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badmojo420 said:
Smoking herb while tripping kinda just "erases" whats in your mind. Clears you up so you can take up the new things coming at you in the trip. it really just acts as a buffer. If you feel like your tripping to hard take a shotglass of milk and smoke a bowl and youll come down a little. a full glass could possibly kill your buzz entirely. Homegrown is OK! As for storage, just toss them in a sandwich bag and put in your sock drawer or something. No need to refridgerate, there tends to be moisture in there which can cause problems on the boomers. Chocolates would be fine to store in the fridge or freezer (prefered actually). Mushrooms arent the type of hallucinogen to make you trip out for hours on end. If you ate a gram you would be stone cold sober in 3-4 hours, tops. A full 8th i usually trip for 5-6 hours. Ive never had a longer trip than that even when I ate 6 grams.

The come down is easy! Its kinda like your on a roller coaster and its just finished and your slowly rolling into the station and get off. Smoke some herb, itll make it even easier. There is virtually no crash except for maybe feeling a bit exhausted.. any hallucinogen will do that though, tripping takes a lot out of you so a good night rest the night before will help that. If you have woods near your house (depending on a lot of things though...) I would probably just stay out there for my entire trip. When I trip indoors i become comfortable and dont really want to move around much but its just my personal preference to stay active while tripping be it walking, riding a bike (careful!) or something like that. After this experience youll have a new found respect for nature. Look up at the leaves and trees often. If they start dancing dance with them! thats one of my all time favorite things about mushrooms, things like to dance and out in the desert I would dance with the huge ass saurajo cactus (however you spell it)

Edit: The best thing I like about coming down from mushrooms is that I know im coming down... More often than not when I eat acid, 7 or 8 hours into the trip I will feel like im coming down, visuals will almost completely stop, wont have that body feeling anymore and ill think im ok then BAM full on visuals, then they stop, come back but a bit weaker.. thatll happen 5 or 6 times during my come down and after glow
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Milk bringing you down is an old hippies tale.

OP I second the ginger as a first line nausea treatment. I often forget about it because it doesn't seem to help me. Granted nothing but a combo of weed and Zofran helps me. I wish I could get thalidomide.

Canndo, I don't know about day/night effects for mushrooms, but I know that earlier is not better for everything. MDMA is much more powerful at night. I wish daytime was better because it would be so much easier to ease back to a diurnal sleep schedule.
 
badmojo420

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MrEDuck said:
Milk bringing you down is an old hippies tale.

OP I second the ginger as a first line nausea treatment. I often forget about it because it doesn't seem to help me. Granted nothing but a combo of weed and Zofran helps me. I wish I could get thalidomide.

Canndo, I don't know about day/night effects for mushrooms, but I know that earlier is not better for everything. MDMA is much more powerful at night. I wish daytime was better because it would be so much easier to ease back to a diurnal sleep schedule.
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might be an old hippie tale, i feel it pulls me out of my mushroom trips slightly. if you really needed to stop your trip you could take a benzo like valium or xanax. a 2mg bar of xanax will kill your trip.
 
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zat

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So I've read that even after coming down folks have trouble sleeping. Is this b/c your mind was so blown away w/conscious-expanding information that you can't stop thinking about it or is it sort of a side effect of the shroom?

This is all so interesting....I really appreciate the input. I'm getting more excited about doing this....now we just gotta plan the right time. Any other comments/thoughts are appreciated and I'll read more trip reports to educate myself a bit more.
 
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