I have a few questions about shrooms

[Darkneon420]

Well for a while now i've heard lots of good things about shrooms and my sister is willing to let me try some next time im down in Connecticut which should be this summer. I wanna be carefulw ith some things and to be honest im sorta scared i'll have a bad trip.

Can you have bad trips under the influence of shrooms?

Are shrooms addictive?

I am a petite 16 year old girl and whenever I smoke weed I'll get high from 3 or 4 tokes, how much shrooms should I eat?

Is there any chance i might not see anything weird (like I heard someone once was seeing her corn dancing around her plate at dinner with her parents. Cuz i dun wanna see nothin too weird cuz im gunna think im going crazy)

If yall can answer some of these questions or members have other questions you might have wanted to know please post your comments.

Darkneon420 Reviewed by Darkneon420 on 03-07-2005. I have a few questions about shrooms Well for a while now i've heard lots of good things about shrooms and my sister is willing to let me try some next time im down in Connecticut which should be this summer. I wanna be carefulw ith some things and to be honest im sorta scared i'll have a bad trip. Can you have bad trips under the influence of shrooms? Are shrooms addictive? I am a petite 16 year old girl and whenever I smoke weed I'll get high from 3 or 4 tokes, how much shrooms should I eat? Is there any chance i Rating: 5

[Encatuse]

If you're one of those people who will think "Oh shit It's turned me skitzo!" then shrooms aren't for you. ^.^ Shrooms are total temporary insanity. If you aren't looking to trip too hard and are looking for a light trip take 2-3 grams. If, after an hour and a half, you aren't feeling enough, eat another gram or two! ((Im talking about dried shrooms. For fresh multiply weight to eat by 10))

And shrooms aren't really... addictive I wouldn't say. They're fun though, for sure. ^.^ And it doesn't sound like you have easy access to shrooms so don't worry about addiction. You won't get addicted to much of anything off doing it one time. Everything in moderation, etc.

As to you seeing things.. there's a big chance you won't see anything. Most people don't see things except on really high doses, and even on high doses some people don't see anything.

Just keep in mind that shrooms ((cubes, anyway)) have an outrageously high O.D. just like weed does. The most important advice when taking shrooms for the first time is:

DON'T PANIC

((something you should read sometime before doing shrooms is
http://www.erowid.org/psychoactives/...ence_faq.shtml ))

[Darkneon420]

Thanks

Now, tell me what kind of damage does it do to your body?

[Encatuse]

Directly from Erowid:

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5b. Post-trip effects
All the following effects share one characteristic: their frequency and/or intensity decreases with time. Fully returning to baseline usually takes around one month, although most of these disappear entirely within a week. Here's a list, categorized by frequency of occurance and alphabetized:

Common effects [most people will experience these]

Alienation
Sounds a bit too nasty, but perhaps this is also the most unpleasant side effect. In short, after the destruction of the ego and seeing through the games people play in life (see _Psychedelic Experience_), you often start to feel alienated from non-trippers, because they simply cannot *see* through the games they play, and that there are more important things in life than running after pieces of paper with pictures of dead presidents on them. Also, since psychedelics *are* illegal, one has to constantly maintain their guard about what one says to 'non-enlightened' people; "what if my parents/neighbors/teacher/ boss finds out I use drugs?". Even with good non-tripper friends, the overwhelming experience which you have experienced, but they have not, forms a kind of barrier. There is no cure for this, other than time and the development of cynicism; and, of course, 'converting' your friends.
Disorientation
Your mind, faced with the daunting task of sorting through all the information it has been force-fed during the voyage, often feels a bit sluggish for a day or two. Concentrating on things and preventing your mind from drifting off into more interesting areas is difficult. You may even experience 'awareness flashes' where, at the most random moments, you'll start to ponder The Meaning of Life, or worse yet, Who Am I, What Am I, and Why Am I? This is why it's advisable to take a day off if possible after a trip.
Euphoria
"LIFE IS WONDERFUL!!!" This is one post-trip effect that nobody should complain about, unfortunately it rarely lasts longer than a day or two. A milder form of euphoria, which I would term "appreciation of the general wonderfulness of things" and consists of being able to enjoy sights such as a clear blue sky even on Monday mornings, may last months, years, or even forever.
Insights
The mind's corollary to impulses (see below), these include such brilliant observations as "Cars are machines!", "People are three- dimensional objects!" and "Mud is cool!". Don't laugh: these are all things you would never have thought of without psychedelic lubrication of your head. And some, maybe even most, of the insights are ones into your personal life and/or philosophy that are likely to prove useful.
Random impulses
During the week or so after a trip, completely random desires or impulses to do something strange are very normal. Typical forms (although these vary widely) include "I *must* jump up on that rock and bounce on it!" and "Grapes! I *must* eat a bunch of grapes!". The impulses are invariably harmless ones (ie. not "I must jump off a cliff"), even if other people may look at you a bit strangely if you carry them out. Following these impulses is a good idea, because it's FUN!

Rare [happens every now and then]

Bi-polar syndrome ("emotional rollercoaster")
A form of depression. As the name indicates, the syndrome consists of alternations between mania (happiness) and depression (sadness), with no obvious reason for the cycling up and down. The period of cycling varies from days to minutes, with the amplitude of the effects eventually dying down to zero within two weeks or so. Unfortunately, there isn't much one can do about it except wait it out and enjoy the fun parts, but maybe just being aware that the depression is chemically induced and will end may help. Oddly enough, unlike other post-trip phenomena, it appears that this syndrome does not correlate with dose and this may well happen even after a non-spectacular low-dose trip.
Conversion experiences
A sudden and complete reorientation of one's value system, as opposed to the more or less gentle rejiggling of priorities that psychedelics tend to cause. "Everything you know is wrong, but you can be cured."
Depression
Probably the least rare of the rare effects, often triggered by a negative trip, esp. one in which you learned something unpleasant about yourself or others; but something appears for no evident reason. Like bi-polar syndrome, it will usually pass in a week or so.
'Flashbacks'
The most famous post-trip effect, and without a doubt the most exaggerated one as well. Full-fledged "pathological" flashbacks, where you for a moment relive a segment of the trip entirely and which are the only type the media ever refers to, belong to the "very rare" category. What is much more common is that something reminds you of the trip, and for a moment you experience trippy phenomena: often a simple hallucination or that cosmic feeling of floatyness. This is nearly always fun and provokes a reaction of "Wow!", frequent trippers refer to these as "freebies". In computer terms, flashbacks aren't a bug, they're a feature.
Psychotic episodes of 48 hours or more
Or in other words, an episode of serious insanity that does not end along with the trip. This is quite rare, .08% (8 out of 10,000) according to one study of LSD users. Even in these rare cases, the patient nearly always had a history of mental illness, but there have been exceptions. Even a serious psychotic episode does not mean you'll go permanently nuts.

Very rare [less than a percent of all users]

Post-hallucinogen perceptual disorder (PHPD)
After their first trip nearly all trippers find that the visuals they get with their eyes closed (without drugs!) brighten or change, often permanently; this is usually attributed to being able to notice things that you couldn't see before. But very, very rarely, an extreme form of this shows up:

"With PHPD, individuals experience a persistent perceptual disorder that they describe as like living in a bubble under water. They also describe trails of light and images following movement of their hands... This perceptual disorder is aggravated by any psychoactive drug use..."

"With PHPD, the individual often suffers anxiety, even panic, and becomes phobic and depressed. With the PHPD sufferers, our experience has been that individuals do not have a disturbed psychiatric history prior to the onset of psychedelic drug use..."

"For PHPD, drug free recovery with supportive counseling is often adequate treatment, although recovery may take several months. Antianxiety medication may be needed to treat the secondary anxiety and panic disorder that often develop when the individuals feel that they are irreversibly brain-damaged..."

(David Smith et al, /Psychiatric Annals/ 24:3 March 1994 p145)

Suicide
Obviously not caused directly by the drug, but indirectly through attacks of serious depression, negative conversion experiences and various forms of mental illness. Also rare in the extreme.
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[Dick Justice]

Most side-effects I ever got from shrooms was a two-day bliss after the trip, with some minor hallucinations afterwards.

In order to see corn dancing on your dinner plate, you'd have to eat like a 1/4. No worries.

I'd call shrooms one of the safest things you can do, right up there with weed and eating.

[Nosehit]

In order to see corn dancing on your dinner plate, you'd have to eat like a 1/4. No worries.

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LMFAO

Encatuse is right on the money. The only thing I would add is make sure you'll in a good frame of mind. Don't eat them if you're depressed or really stressed. Otherwise get in a relaxing environment and be with someone who has done them before that you trust and you'll have a blast.

[Im Just A Stoner]

Well for a while now i've heard lots of good things about shrooms and my sister is willing to let me try some next time im down in Connecticut which should be this summer. I wanna be carefulw ith some things and to be honest im sorta scared i'll have a bad trip.

Can you have bad trips under the influence of shrooms?

Are shrooms addictive?

I am a petite 16 year old girl and whenever I smoke weed I'll get high from 3 or 4 tokes, how much shrooms should I eat?

Is there any chance i might not see anything weird (like I heard someone once was seeing her corn dancing around her plate at dinner with her parents. Cuz i dun wanna see nothin too weird cuz im gunna think im going crazy)

If yall can answer some of these questions or members have other questions you might have wanted to know please post your comments.

Can you have bad trips under the influence of shrooms?yes its possible, jsut make sure you in a cool place and your relaxed and chilled

Are shrooms addictive?nope from what i have heard you cant get physically addicted to them

I am a petite 16 year old girl and whenever I smoke weed I'll get high from 3 or 4 tokes, how much shrooms should I eat?1 - 2.5 grams will prolly be enough to get you trippin but not scare you outta your soul

Is there any chance i might not see anything weird (like I heard someone once was seeing her corn dancing around her plate at dinner with her parents. Cuz i dun wanna see nothin too weird cuz im gunna think im going crazy) you might you might not everyones trip is diffrent, oh and word of advice "DONT DO IT AROUND YOUR PARENTS", theyll surely know your on something

remember, always use common sense

[Dick Justice]

I did an 1/8 around my folks one time. My dad wondered why my pupils were so big. Or maybe it was my mom. I really couldn't tell.

[Encatuse]

The amount of shrooms you eat isn't based around weight near as much as other drugs are.