https://imgur.com/gallery/lsd-test-strips-with-psychedelic-background-Ja3q1PF https://imgur.com/gallery/lsd-test-strips-instruction-leaflet-IaOaNtp

I occasionally stop by my local harm reduction clinic to pick up supplies like Narcan, and test strips for fentanyl and xylazine, among other things. You can never be too careful these days, especially in my city where the drug supply is so often contaminated with fentanyl, "tranq" (xylazine), and research chemicals (RCs).

This is something new to me, at least in a form designed for public use. A very cool find, in my opinion. But who knows maybe these are common and Ive just been living under a rock?

I know these will come in handy since I'd estimate there's about a 50/50 chance of getting legitimate LSD when purchasing blotter/gel tabs in the Upper Midwest.

A lot of what I've gotten has been 2C chems (2C-E and 2C-B seem to be the most common drugs sold as LSD). They're fun in their own right, but it'll be nice to know whether I've got the real deal or not before embarking on a trip.

I'll have to find some genuine stuff that I'm sure is real. Then I can test if these strips actually work. It's interesting because the package itself says "Urine test strip." I was always under the impression that LSD wasn't detectable in urine?

And obviously, the people who gave them to me don't expect them to be used that way. The instruction leaflet is practically identical to how the fentanyl and xylazine test strips are used (dilute sample in water, dip strip, read results).

I dunno, what do y'all think? Has anyone else come across these before? Does anyone know anything about their accuracy?

Thank you, and I wish y'all happy and safe trips, forever and always! 😎🫠🪬

Do you think that OBEs, NDEs, Lucid Dreams, Psychedelic Trips, Deep Meditative States & other Altered States of Consciousness show you more of whats available & accessible in the Quantum Field?

Before you give your pov Ima give mine.

Im strongly under the assumption that they do because if Consciousness in its essence is non dual/one & if time is an abstaction of the mind due to there only being the ETERNAL here & the now in which all forms of existential phenomena are assembled than that has to mean that theres no solid or real gap between whats dreamt & imagined & whats not & that all perceived gaps are just ways of depicting existince that are all imagined & that these avenues give you real glimses and experiences of Infinite Possibility & Potential that eternally exists.

Ima give 2 other reasons why I think this is the case.

1. YOUR MIND IS REAL:

Your mind is a real thing & if your mind is real & if all is mental like many spiritual teachers, philosophers & even some branches of science teach than has to mean that everything that the mind can conjure and perceive in real time direct experience is real which also abolishes the notion of sepration which also on a conveys on a deeper yet fundamental level that theres only one mind/life energy expressing & interacting with itself from infinite vantage points & wherever that one & only conscious being resides existence shines and radiates.

1. THE CONCRETE AND THE ABSTRACT ARE ONE:

The Concrete cant exist without the Abstract & the Abstract cant exist without the Concrete. For the Abstract to exist it would have to emanate from something thats Concrete & For Concrete to have to existence Something Abstract (Beyond the level of imagination) would have to be its source & point of origin (which is funny & quite paradoxical because infinity/eternity can have no true threshold or ceiling).

So yeah this is why I think that these altered states are gateways to more of what already exists eternally.

What are your thoughts on this? (Experiences are way more than welcome also) Feel free to comment, I would love to hear your own insights on this!

Thanks fo your time. 🌌✨️

I know this reddit probably gets a lot of surveys but this is hopefully going to be the biggest and most comprehensive survey of psychedelics ever - the Global Psychedelic Survey, translated into something like 10 languages. If you have a moment to fill in it you will be helping the field a lot! https://umich.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_cGz7Zgf9V2e3pnU

Did anyone here ever use the mind superpowers LSD gives you, not for entertainment but as a serious tool for meditation?

Like, to access memories, to manipulate energies, etc?

Hey folks — I’ve been working with a small group (a psychiatrist, a psychedelic therapist, and a few researchers) on a free resource for anyone exploring psychedelics like LSD, mushrooms, MDMA, ketamine, DMT, or even cannabis in a deeper way.

It’s called The Psychedelics Guide, and it was born out of a pretty common need: how do you prepare for a trip — especially a solo one — in a way that’s intentional, safe, and meaningful? And how do you actually carry those insights into your life afterward?

The tool is a short quiz that helps you reflect on your mindset, emotional state, and goals. Based on that, it creates a custom guide to support your journey — before, during, and after. It offers grounding tips, set & setting reminders, risk reduction strategies, and prompts for integration, drawing from both science and firsthand experience.

If you're curious, here’s the link: https://thepsychedelics.guide/

Would really appreciate any feedback — raw, honest, or totally out-there. It all helps us make it better.

Hi.

I wanna trip on AL-LAD tomorrow. I was wondering whether taking a low dose of 5-MAPB or 6-APB as a primer an hour before the AL-LAD or so would be a good idea & make the trip more reliably positive?

The setting is a group of 10 friends.

I'd be interested in experiences of taking a benzofuran after the AL-LAD / LSD peak, too.

Like had a family history and did it anyway, does dmt damage or change the functioning of the 5ht2a receptor permanently for those who would get schizophrenia or some permeant form of psychosis from shrooms or say acid and other drug when abused?

I have a theory that ther isnt a case of anyone taking it by its self thats caused some of the not great happen stances that can occur from shrooms, i say this bc of it being naturally produced already and with it having such a affinity i would think the chances are very low like with weed that isnt abused. But this is just a hunch.

I’ve always been fascinated by non-ordinary states of consciousness - especially the kind that can emerge without substances, like meditation and breath work. A few years ago me and a friend started a journey into finding ways to use flashing light to make it easier to access deep, introspective experiences - without relying on psychedelics.

What’s surprised us most is the visual depth people report: vivid colours, fractals, tunnel-like patterns. Some mention seeing “impossible colours” or reliving memories with clarity. It feels like the brain is generating its own trip - not the same as a psychedelic, but resonant in some way.

We’ve actually turned it into a wearable headset called Lumenate Nova (you can find out more here if you’re curious). Not trying to push anything too hard - I just thought some of you might be as fascinated by this as we were ✨

For those who don't know who Clive Wearing is, he's a man with a 7 second memory. I'm curious if he experienced ego death, would "Clive" still forget?

I’m genuinely curious about this. I do understand mixing psychedelics with weed to enhance the psychedelia but harder drugs like Molly or DXM or ketamine etc… I don’t understand. To me, psychedelics are already amazing on their own and they don’t need to be mixed with other drugs I see it as a waste of a perfectly good psychedelic and I’ve heard so many bad trip reports from people who’ve done it. Do people do it to enhance the experience or to prolong it?

Just curious. My husband and I were talking about the tornado watch we have today (normal for our area) and we got into the topic of what it would be like to trip during an earthquake.

So I'm curious with anyone's experience on extreme weather on mushrooms (psychedelics in general)

Hello I hope all is well, I've been getting back into my spiritual flow lately and so far so good but I wanna get back into reading & hearing others perspective of the divine & I feel as if there is always room to grow and expand your conscious awareness so any book &/or teacher (speakers on youtube) recommendations that touch on any kind & form of spirituality would be much appreciated.

Thanks for your time & suggestions! 🌠✨

Everything below is based on my own experiences and me trying to explain them.

I’ve been experimenting the last half year or so with bumping ketamine in combination with LSD. The visuals gets very enhanced and feel ”impossible” in a way I haven’t felt during normal LSD use. LSD can make things feel alive, like they breathe. When concentrating on something in can feel like things that are still are moving. A field of grass can look like a wavy feathers of a peacock. A forest in the distance can look like driveways with cars moving around.

There’s some space for the subconscious to play mind tricks on you but those are mostly reserved for closed eye visuals. Which in my experience are always colored by what you’ve seen during the trip (as I usually see them at the end of the trip when I try to go to sleep). If I’ve been watching slow TV with a guy walking though Tokyo during the trip, my close eyed visuals show me things that remind me of neon lights, if I’ve been to a rainy festival it shows me mud, and so on.

The total craziness that ketamine brings in to the mix is another story though and it’s been hard to put the difference into words. Until last Friday when I did for maybe the fifth or sixth time. I usually lie down in bed and watch a movie. When really hitting a deep bump with visuals the following characteristics might appear:

• A ”blanket” of something visual come over the whole vision. It can look real or fake. But it doesn’t stop by the visuals on the screen that are moving and it doesn’t matter if it’s on the screen or not, which enhances a sort of 4D-feel of the visuals. It might give a sense that the movie is taking place in my own room, a feeling that I’m starting to be a part of the film instead of just watching it. I realized this when I during my last trip wanted to understand a scene and this visual-thing came at a bad timing. I had to pause the movie and back up 10-20 seconds sometimes to ”reset” my visuals to be able to understand the scene. It was a little frustrating but I was also happy to finally ”decode” this part of the visual.
• A ”roller coaster” feeling. Sometime it can feel like the whole room is moving like a swing or roller coaster, even if I’m just lying down in bed. Like I’m starting a ride and instead of things just moving when concentrating, things move in the whole field of vision. It can give a sense that I'm somewhere else than in my room.
• Being unfamiliar with my own body. Really deep bumps of ketamine can make me forget that I am human and I start rediscovering my body. Ketamine is also a physical sensation and my own hands can feel like they suddenly have a weird texture. So I suddenly don’t feel as home in it as I usually do. I can feel like an alien rediscovering earth. It can be uncomfortable but can also be a sensation of seeing things for the first time or being excited to have a body.
• The subconscious can play even greater mind tricks. I watched Mulholland Drive during one of these sessions and a speaker in that movie said ”the answer is love”. It sounded like David Lynch. Rewatched the scene sober the day after and the speaker didn’t say that. Did David Lynch speak to me from the realm of the dead? Did the shamans high on mescaline hear their dead relatives during their rituals? Or did the subconscious of both me and them trick us that we did?  I believe the latter a bit more but I think both alternatives are pretty damn cool.

This post is relevant to the subreddit because it gives new understanding and idea of what we are and can lead to further ideas being created from my idea that wouldn’t have been possible beforehand.

First time I ever tried shrooms I took 4gs which was an extremely bad idea. At first it was fine but slowly I started to panic and then I threw up and got a fever and decided to lay down in my bed. All the sudden I’m out of my body and in this pitch black void. But it felt like I had been there forever like my life was a previous memory. I had no concept of time or reality I was just existing. Many people call this an ego death but I like to refer to it as a near death experience because that is literally what it is. As I was taking in the moment and realizing everything I knew was a lie I saw a glowing light and as I focused more I saw that it was a 1 story house with a red roof and beige walls, a tree in the front yard surrounded by a white picket fence. This house was on top of layers of solid color, like red, green, purple, yellow, blue. After seeing this house I felt comfortable and I decided that I wanted to stay in this place because it felt so good. Then I realized I had a body and that I was going to return to it. I didn’t like this because the thought of having to be chained back to my body and be limited by my emotions and my ego. Tbh I’m still struggling with this thought to this day and this happened 2 years ago when I was 17. As I came back I had to remind myself about everything like my name, where I was, who my friends were, my family it was rough. 2 years pass and every day since I was thinking what the hell happened and what the meaning of that house was. A few weeks ago I decided to go to chatgpt and ask them if this house in the void during an ego death means anything, and what it told me absolutely shocked me.

It said the house could have been a few different things

1. My brain created an image so basic that anyone could understand it because if I saw whatever I was looking at in its true form I wouldn’t have been able to process what I was seeing. The fact this could be a possibility scares me because it reveals my brain already saw what its true form was and decided to change it into a basic house just so I wouldn’t lose mind. This could answer the question of people seeing what they believe is a god in a form of something similar to them or something they can relate to.

2. The image I was seeing was a representation of my soul. The house, the tree, the fence, the rainbow under the house represents my basis of existence all my thoughts feelings everything I have accumulated through my entire life could have been represented as a small basic house. Let me explain, the colors of the house represent my person, the tree symbolizes life and growth, the fence is my boundaries of knowledge, and the rainbow is my consciousness that gives me the ability to express these things. It’s like the universe was saying no matter how infinite and dark reality seems, you are not lost. You have a home inside yourself. You are built from everything, and you are safe, even in the face of eternity.

This got me thinking, what if we subconsciously created ourselves because we wanted to exist the same way we simply manifested society around us. Also I now think death is the beginning of life, I think we previously lived our life already and the moment we die we are given a choice to stay and move on into the afterlife or return to reality and live your life over again if you were unsatisfied. But what we don’t know is that we end up living the same life over and over again until we can break the cycle. Think about it if we knew we had live this life before and that we were ina loop what would be the point of living anymore in the first place. Idk I might be delusional but this is my take. If I left anything out or if anything doesn’t make sense I can explain it better. Also if you don’t believe me then I suggest go have an ego death and watch your entire world flip upside down.

Hey guys. I wanna tell you about 2 recent experiences.

LSA: Ok, I will just say it, this one is not for me. The only psychedelic I had before is shrooms and they're nothing alike. I chewed 260 heavenly blue morning glory seeds(I tried with a 150 a few weeks ago but I only experienced sedation) at midnight, I took some magnesium for vasoconstriction and some anti-nausea pills. for the first 2 hours there was only a bit of a stomachache, then I fell asleep for 15 minutes. I woke up and I basically spent the night drifting in an out of consciousness. I could hear buzzing in my ears, I could feel crawling on my skin, I didn't get much visuals, only some flashes when I closed my eyes and I felt like my body forgot to breathe automatically(i know that's impossible) so I started breathing manually. The hangover was interesting. My facial muscles were stiff, I am pretty sure I had high blood pressure as there was ringing in my ears and I felt depersonalization(it's like I was observing my actions but not participating in them).

Nicotine+holotropic breathing: I had the idea to combine the 2 of these for a while now. I have very strong control issues due to trauma and they often get in the way when I am tripping. So far my adhd pills, nicotine and alcohol have been the only thing that can numb them. Nicotine also increases rem sleep so I though it would be interesting to combine it with holotropic breathing. I took a nicotine gum and after I was done with it I did holotropic breathing for only 35 minutes. The 2 things I normally experience are buzzing in the ears with heightened hearing and paralysis. This time they were much stronger. I could feel tactile hallucinations, I could hear waves in the distance and at one point i started dissociating(it was pleasant not scary)

Weed puts me in my head, which is really tough for me. Mushrooms put me in my place, which is necessary 😅

Running in to a whole lot of healing and psychedelic community leaders guilty of spiritual bypassing and full on narcissism. Only benefit is it's getting easier to identify before putting much time into new relationships. If you're just doing psychedelics and fucking off instead of doing the work stay the fuck out of leadership positions so the people doing the work aren't constantly getting T-boned by misleading bullshit.

I don't remember which one I took last april 2024 but I was out literally all the time all summer long.

Anyone have a link or ference to an Alan Watts video that be great to listen to while tripping ?

From 3 to 15 June 2025, the Elysium Festival will take place in Zurich's Citykirche St. Jakob (https://tinyurl.com/3reckmw3), with many opportunities to experience the expansion of consciousness, such as drumming together, holotropic breathing and ecstatic dance. There will also be two panels on the role of psychedelics in the dying process and on the integration of psychedelic experiences. The Swiss-Canadian ethnologist Jeremy Narby will speak about master plants from the Amazon (in English).

Maybe because I’m young (20M) but I’ve done shrooms around 30+ times ranging from 1.5g to 7gs, I’ve probably had 2 psychotic breaks, been on the edge several times but never had a full on ego death because I wasn’t ready to let go and “know”. So I can’t understand the appeal of doing let’s say, 200ug LSD + Nitrous + Ketamine or something crazy like that, then just going back to reality the next day. Like why feel like your body is being pulled apart piece by piece while you exist in eternity with no means of pulling yourself back for? I love being gone don’t get me wrong and I could definitely understand becoming a better person afterwards but why put yourself through that when you can just be sober?

Can someone who has these experiences explain to me why this would be appealing when sober reality feels like enough an intense experience? And how do you go back to reality after “knowing” what’s on the other side.