Is the time right?

[Corrigan]

Hi guys,
Been a long time since i've posted on here. I just wondered if anyone can give me some advice on whether it'd be wise for me to try a small dose of psilocybin shrooms after a pretty nasty expereince i had with weed a few months back. I'd never smoked it before and so i thought i'd try it. Everyone was doing shotties and offered me one so i did it, the same dose as everyone else. All was fine for about 15/20 minutes then all of a sudden the effects hit me. I didn't know what was going on. It felt like the world didn't make sense any more, like my mind and body were disconnected. I was basically having a panic attack and the only thing that kept me sane was my friend matt who sat with me the whole time and kept me calm. I never knew that weed could be so powerful a drug (i've done a pretty strong dose of salvia before and that catapulted me to another world entierly but the effects were pretty short lived and that's another story)
So after my experience i don't really know whether it's a good idea or not. I have done a load of research and know all the effetcs, doses, set and setting etc but i just don't know if i'll handle the trip. I'm pretty aprehensive and i guess that'd just make it worse although i'm still really curious to try it. I wouldn't be doing it as a party drug but to explore my mind in a meditative state, probably with one or two other people who i know well enough to be comfortable around.
It'd be great to hear some advice from people who've tried magic mushrooms or even something similar like LSD and let me know what you think. I've been wanting to try this for over a year and a half now so i'm pretty confident i'll do it at some point i just don't know if now is the right time or if i should just bite the bullet and try it because if i'm not ready now i never will be.

Thanks in advance

Corrigan

 

[Psychoid]

Remember that mushrooms and THC are two different molecules. I know too well the feeling you describe, sometimes I even thought I was gonna die. But weed has been the worse drug for me for badtrips. I've never experienced a real badtrip with shrooms (or any other substance, excepted alcohol maybe...), some negative phases occasionally but that's all.

Apprehension before tripping is totally normal, especially if it's your first time. If you didn't feel it I would have advised you to stay away from them.

If you don't feel ready, you can "train" yourself by smoking large amounts of cannabis when you're alone. When you have no tolerance, weed can be as powerful as 2 grams of dried shrooms, but the effect is much shorter. Don't rush anything, a well prepared trip is always much more interesting.

I also suggest you to stay completely sober (no alcohol, no weed, no caffeine, NOTHING) for at least a week before tripping.

 

[Forkbender]

For one thing, Psychoid, a mushroom isn't a molecule.

But other than that I'd say: let Matt be your sitter when you do trip. He seems to know how to handle such a situation when it happens.

Bad trips are great opportunities to learn and if you understand them like that, there won't be a problem when they occur.

And just because you had one bad experience doesn't mean the next one will be bad. My worst bad trip was pretty bad for about 6 to 8 hours, but my next trips were all great.