Is there any possible bad long-term effect of using LSD often?
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exactly could be the bad side effect that LSD could physically and
mentall bring?
rfgdxm/Robert F. Golaszewski
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> I know that regular E use could cause neurotixity and stuff but what
> exactly could be the bad side effect that LSD could physically and
> mentall bring?
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Bob Wallace
>I know that regular E use could cause neurotixity and stuff but what
>exactly could be the bad side effect that LSD could physically and
>mentally bring?
More physically, some people (a small but significant minority of
those who do lots of LSD, and rarely, a few who only do it once)
do get persistant visual perception changes, "trails" behind moving
objects, apparent motion in complex patterns (such as wood grain),
and similar effects. For most people who get this, it's not too strong
or bothersome. But a few who get it either are so upset by this, or
the effects are so strong as to interfere with (say) driving, that
they are diagnoses with hallucinogen persisting perceptual disorder,
HPPD. I think there are less than 1,000 cases of this in the US, out
of over 10 million people who have used LSD, so it's rare, but still,
it can happen.
The panic attack or "bad trip" is not uncommon, but it passes.
Some people who have an actually terrifying experience then go
on to develop symptoms of post-traumatic stress syndrome,
PTSD, such as "flashbacks", general anxiety, or paranoia.
Again, this is pretty rare, but it does happen sometimes.
(The same thing can happen after any traumatic experience:
bad car wreak, war battle, rape, etc.)
More mentally, people with kind of "weak" or not yet developed
personalities, or those with a tendency toward schizophrenia,
might develop a psychotic break after an intense experience.
Often these resolve in a week or two, but for some people
(such as the developing schizophrenic) this could be the start
of a long-term mental problem. For most of these people,
chances are good the problem would have developed anyway.
Then comes the problems you might expect when someone is
really, really mentally "out there" during the experience: they
try to drive and crash, or think they can fly, or whatever. These
are also uncommon.
The vast majority of people who use LSD do not get any of
these, but there are some risks...
- Bob Wallace (just my opinion); bo...@promind.com
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