Bad shroom trip! Any advice to prevent it in the future?

Hello all, I came here seeking advice after experiencing a nightmare of a mushroom trip. First off, I'll explain what exactly happened.

I had been working my mill-job all day, and I had come home completely exhausted. My boyfriend picked up 2 grams of mushrooms for me to enjoy, and I planned on using them that night. We had a few friends over, and they planned on drinking, which I myself choose not to do, so I proceeded in consuming my mushrooms so I could participate in the fun as well. They hit me rather quickly, about 15-20 minutes? However they affected me like no mushrooms ever have before. I first experienced what I'm used to; the lights looking like diamonds, the colours of the living room becoming extremely vibrant. Everything was going great, until I started to have negative feelings. My friends were telling me my pupils were huge, and they laughed at how I must be feeling. Completely friendly, however my mind under the influence didn't think so. I wondered if they thought I was weird, or laughing at me, ect. When in reality, they were just having a fun time with all of us together. Paranoia got the better of me. I began to see stuff I had never seen on mushrooms before. I was looking at my boyfriend from across the living room, and his face seemed to lengthen and distort. Nobody had a solid outline anymore; it was like things weren't 3D. I got up without saying a word and fled to the bathroom. I sat on the bathroom floor, and started becoming very scared. The walls were warping around me, and the floor seemed to swim under me. I was hearing voices in my head as well. Everything looked like a colourful mosaic to me. I realize now that if I had been in a fine and positive mindset, all of this stuff would have been amazing to see (minus the voices). I began to think I was insane, and that the trip would never end. I began sinking into a deeper and deeper hole. I looked in the mirror, and I thought I was looking at the "crazy version of myself". My boyfriend came in, and he knew I was beginning to have a bad trip. I couldn't even look at him, his face scared me because everything was so distorted, however I wanted him there, I didn't want to be alone. I began to puke very furiously out of freight, however I hardly even knew I was puking. My vomit looked like a rainbow, and the toilet bowl looked like it was bubbling away in front of me. My boyfriend put on some soothing music, however I was too far gone. I literally wanted to die. I was crying, and thinking the strangest things in my head. I was watching the strangest things happen in front of me. My boyfriend helped me into our bedroom, and the different setting I guess helped calm me down. I have a couple marijuana plants in our bedroom, and I was watching them lengthen and grow. My boyfriend helped soothe me more, and I began to get better. I was completely confused at what was going on around me. I knew our friends were still in the house, however I had no idea what they were doing. I had no idea how much time had passed, and I could hardly recall any of the events of the day. I sat alone in the room on the bed after my boyfriend returned to his buddies, and I listened to music. I stared at a lit candle for a while after that.

This mushroom trip was one of the most nightmarish things I have ever been through. My boyfriend and I have about 6 grams of mushrooms we're splitting tomorrow, same batch as what I consumed the other day, and it's just going to be me and him, and I won't be the only one high this time. I hope it won't happen again, but I'm wondering if there's any extra precautions or preparations I should take?
Thank you.

 

maybe these shrooms are extra potent. 2 grams could definitely be stronger than 4 grams of shrooms that you are used to.

how long ago was this? i would wait a month or so before eating mushrooms again. and if 2 grams did that last time, i might not eat 3 grams the next time.

remember that you will ALWAYS come down. i'm sure you know that sober, but it's hard to remember when you are freaking out on a strong trip

 

Id eat them right away.. if you dont like bad trips. best thing to do is increase tolerance and get used to them..

 

realize that everyone gets through the trip.. seems kinda obvious, but monkeys like you and me have been surviving mushroom trips for almost literally forever. You need to accept your predicament and just take in, process, and remember as much as you can from the trip. Keep in mind that thousands upon thousands of people have come down from mushroom trips, regardless of how hard they were tripping.
another thing is being comfortable with your self and all that. if you're nervous you might be crazy when you're not tripping, you'll probably feel the same way when you are tripping, you know? If you get panic attacks in day to day life, mushrooms aren't gunna cure them, youll just have them while tripping.

 

Sounds like a pretty good trip to me,i just wouldnt have had company ,its ok with one other person,i have always been that way.

 

Thanks for the replies! Yes, I know that the trip will always end, just at the time I was much too far gone and yes, I was shocked 2 grams of mushrooms did that to me. It was my first bad trip, and I'm just so nervous it'll happen again. Thanks again!

 

These kind of trips are good for you, and if you take the lessons from it you will never have a similar one again.

 

I have never done shrooms before and hardly any psychedelics before so i can't tell you much of anything from experience but I have read many trip reports and spoken to people about these kinds of things....

It seems like from your trip report and people i have spoken too that alchohol and mushrooms don't mix even if your not consuming the alchohol.
Alchohol and mushrooms seem like they are 2 completly different set/ settings.

And like porkstock said they can be more potent than the other shrooms you have taken before.
Good luck on your next trip!

 

Good shrooms, trips like this happen, its all part of the big picture. Maybe the alcohol and friends were not a good mix for you. Next time be with less people, or more people on mushrooms too

 

Have the most optimal and relaxed set/setting, though there really is no telling how a trip is going to turn out (though it can ALL be learned from). But obviously you had a pretty bad setting. I would think being alone with your boyfriend would be wonderful. If you encounter negative feelings, look and see how they are caused by your thoughts, and let it all flow freely.

 

weatoes has a great point. being the only one to eat mushrooms around a few other people getting drunk...is not a great setting.

if they had all eaten mushrooms as well, i bet you would have felt like they were laughing with you, not at you in some creepy evil way

i remember once on shrooms, some other friends showed up. they had been drinking A LOT of red wine, and their mouths were stained purple. to me, they looked like the fucking walking dead, and it seemed like they were out to get me.

 

Dont take shrooms again. Thats what i did. But my trip was baaad.

 

switch to H

 

I'd agree that drunk people can be scary and confusing to people on shrooms, and that might have helped with the downward spiral. My advise is to try to recognize when you are starting towards the negative, and try to break free from it. Not by fighting the drug, but by surrendering to it.

I remember going to a party a long time ago with some friends tripping hard on shrooms. (We thought it would be fun.) The parents answered the door, and let us in...which was strange to us, since we were all under-age. Everyone kept saying, "It's okay, his parents don't mind." (His dad looked suspiciously like Andy Griffith. I'd never met them before.)

I remember not understanding what was wrong with everyone. They all seemed so strange. I knew them all pretty well, and I could tell that the weirdness wasn't just me. Then I saw someone spill a beer on a shelf and start sucking it up with his mouth as it dripped off the edge, and it dawned on me that everyone was wasted on booze. Ah hah! I started trying to explain it to my tripping friends.

I recall us telling the host we were going soon after we got there, and everyone kept trying to convince us to stay. (They didn't know we took shrooms, but knew we had a lot of hash.) "His parent's don't mind, you can smoke here..." Finally, my tripping buddy just asked flat out, calmly, "do you guys have a problem with us leaving?" And everyone was like, "Oh no...that's cool." So I think they were just being cordial, and we were just so confused by them.

The rest of the night was fun...a lot of which was discussing how strange and uncomfortable the party was from the time we got there until we left, and laughing about it.