Does acid have any effect on depression? My boyfriend has pretty severe depression, and REALLY wants to try acid. I don't want to be the bitchy, overprotective girlfriend who says no, but he's made some bad decisions in the past and I don't want him getting in any more bad situations. He's had shrooms, salvia and obviously weed and has been fine so far...but of course I still worry.
If he wants it to, LSD can cure depression. The only danger of LSD in relation to depression is, does the person want to continue being depressed? If you feel like he genuinely wishes to experience the fullness of life, LSD may be the thing to allow him to do that. LSD only does whatever you want it to. Which the negative side to that is, if his 'depression' is more a thing to say 'someone come help me' and a cry for unnecessary attention. Then LSD may cause worse things because it will give him the ability to manifest more problems which will require more people to come tend to him.
I would never EVER recomend acid, if you have severe depression. I've done acid a while now and been around people on it. Any bad thoughts can turn into a bad trip. Anyone who has done acid for some time will tell you it is a HORRIBLE idea to do acid if your depressed. Unless your boyfriend just wants attention so he's "depressed", don't let him do it. If he feels he HAS to, just give him 1 or 2 weak ones. If he ends up dropping, you have to be there with him for every minute of it. Since your his girlfriend you probably care about him more than most friends do, other friends will sometimes leave you alone while your trippin. If he starts to have a bad trip, take him to bed, get him some niacin and keep your voice low. Don't panic. Hug him and tell him everything will be alright. This sounds stupid, but really does help. Try to get him to sleep it out. But on the other hand, if nothing goes wrong, enjoy ;]
with his depression theres an increased risk of a bad trip. doesnt make it thats its sure to happen, but its much more likely depressive thoughts will only increase with the use of LSD. acid is a mood amplifier amongst all the other things it does, so it will take the persons inner feelings and crank them up to extremes. if he had the depression and took shrooms maybe he'll come out alright. definitly not what i would call good mindstate to try acid for the first time on, or psychedelic drugs at all. alot of times people put themselfs into bad situations due to the will to want to get high, sometimes it just not worth the mindfuck just to take drugs when your down and out with severe depression. most drugs never mix well with depression of any kind, but theres also the possibility if he can deal with a trip he may come out better or far far worse. if he chooses too consume any mind altering substance whilst still in a depressive state i would look out for him carefully or advise him to lift his spirits and one day get back into taking psychedelics or drugs in general.
if he does it, show him inspiring and beautiful things that would make anyone happy to be alive. if he really wants to come out of his depression, this could be the best thing for him. be somewhere safe and comforting, play really uplifting music (not always the kind you like most; try classical or instrumental), look at art, go outside, go to a zoo, read literature, or even read shel silverstein books or calvin and hobbes... whatever. light candles or incense if he likes them, make sure to have good food around. play board games, or even (positive, non violent) videogames. just generally create the best possible environment you can. surround him with things that he loves and cares about, that make him feel loved and cared about, that feel like home. don't let anything even slightly negative in the space. even if his favorite band is slipknot or something, just for those few hours keep everything as positive as possible.
I have bipolar depression and schizophrenia and ive tripped on more drugs than alot of peopl i know and come out of it fine. the main thing u gotta keep in mind is that it, as others have said, aplifies your mood to the extreme. even when im not on anything i can sometimes have random bad thoughts that just get out of hand and put me into a really depressed mood and if that happens on an acid trip it can make the trip real shitty real fast. just make sure that the environment your in is somewhere safe and comfortable that isnt going to cause any sort of anxiety. just remember not to be afraid of what your seeing and feeling and remember that it cant hurt u and just kinda go with it and have fun. oh and also dont do psychedelic drugs when your in a depressed state already!!! it will make it a million times worse. do it when your in a good mood already and it will be a great trip
there have been studies done linking the development of severe depression among women and excessive long term LSD use.. the same studies suggested that men didnt have the same effects.. i have no idea beyond that,, just thought id throw that out there...
honestly, the fact that you are worried about him is more likely to cause a problem then his depression will. it is very hard to find people now a days without some form of depression. LSD might be exactly what he needs. i do wonder about your age tho. LSD is a very powerful drug and most teenagers are not ready for what it could do to your life. i am currently training for a new job. 5 weeks of class. so i am not tripping for a couple of months. as long as he can use drugs wisely without it getting in the way of priorities. if you want to succeed in life you have to prove yourself. i know of a couple of people who started doing acid and other drugs when they were in high school, a few of them dropped out and some of them are living off of the government fucked up on heroin and crystal meth. of course this is not always the case. just want to make sure you understand that moderation is key and psychedelic drugs must be respected and used wisely. make sure he does his research and that he doesn't go over board. as soon as the drug use gets in the way of your studies or your job you are fucking up and you don't want to find out what happens to people who constantly let themselves and others down. don't get me wrong - a lot of school is complete bullshit and a waste of your time. BUT you have to do what you must to provide for yourself. an education early in life might help you in the long run. not to say that you should go to college or anything, just make sure you think about what you are going to do with your life. taking a few years off to explore life and psychedelic drugs is what i did and the few years turned into 13+ years. i wouldn't change a thing. i made up my mind a long time ago that music is my thing. i make enough money to get by and be happy but others who were not as good about their drug use as i was are now on the street or living off of welfare. be smart!
In response to 3xi. I know many people who've ruined their lives because of drugs and so does he. I have also made him very aware of the fact that if drugs or drinking ever interfered with his school work or our relationship again, we're through (he was an alcoholic in 9th grade). We don't have the typical teenage relationship (we are more mature than most teenagers for the most part). I think we are a lot more emotionally dependent on each other (not to say other teenage couples aren't dependent, but I think family situations and emotional and physical conditions have made us more so than the average high school couple). Therefore, I am confident in saying that he would never want anything to become more important than our relationship.
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I think it could go one of two ways. The LSD experience (assuming it's decent strong acid) could either lift the vail of depression or deepen the already existing despair. LSD has saved my life on MANY occasions. It brought me from a suicidal mess to a generally happy person, confident that each new day will bring me light and joy in one form or another. But it has also done the opposite. Either way, the experience will bring good and enlightenment into his life one way or another. If he really wants to try it than i think he should. Then again i dont know him personally, and if you're worried you should voice your concerns, just don't be overbearing abuot it. TRUST me, LSD isnt like booze or cocaine. It's not like opiates and its not like MDMA even. It won't interfere with his life like those drugs do, and he wont forget about you in favor of LSD, if anything it would probably strengthin your relationship. LSD is the greatest chemical the ever fashioned by the chemistry inclined of the human race. If we focused more on psychedelic research in the 30's and 40's...nuclear war might never have been a necessity (not like it ever has been)...but that is just my utopian view on how society should have been anyway...while i think it shows you are a good girlfriend for caring I agree with 3xi that over worry would cause more problems than benefit. If it were a more addictive and dangerous drug i would have a different view, but i believe the benefits of LSD outweigh the negatives and i also think that it is a predisposed benevolent chemical that should be enjoyed by everyone at least once.
i had done a lot of drugs before i met my husband but never lsd. shortly after i moved in he ordered some and i was soooo afraid. i had heard so much negative stuff about lsd (and believed a lot of it) when it arrived he decided to try it first alone--i went to work a bit nervous at what i'd come home to that night. i should note: at the time we were having difficulty and i was having a hard time communicating with him. i got home that night to find him sitting very quietly. i asked how he was & he told me he did a lot of thinking about our relationship...he suddely said EVERYTHING i had been keeping bottled up. if i had a journal i would have accused him of reading it lol--good thing i didn't have one! anyway he spoke of all these changes he wanted to make and making things different. the best part was after. unlike with alcohol where promises are easily made but just as easily forgotton, lsd changes brain patterns--so the moment that decision is made to be a better person, it becomes the new sponsoring thought--initiating a powerful and lasting change. my husband is a nicer person after every trip. i like to think i am to--i hope. i know that night convinced me to try it as well.....and its the BEST thing that ever happened to me--but i was 30 at this point....your age makes me think maybe its too soon.
