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Has the acid done this to me?
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Hi,
I am a 30-year old male and for about 10 years have been a small-time recreational drug user. Probably smoked marjuana about 15 times, taken acid once, taken E twice, done cocaine about 10 times. And that is it - all split up over long periods of time, never had a period of heavy use. My favourite drug has always been cocaine but never done loads of it. I have never had adverse effects while actually on anything.
My problem is with my one use of lsd. I took lsd 9 years ago, while at university. The experience itself was pretty benign, just being spaced out and some mild visuals. No major hallucinations or anything, no panic. But I had some problems the next day and for a couple of weeks afterwards with anxiety - I was unsteady on my feet, slurred speech, funny sensations in the head, anxiety symptoms.
These symptoms slowly disappeared, and for the past nine years I've been fine. Never took acid again as I knew it didn't agree with me, but had mild use of marjuana and cocaine and ecstacy (twice) with no adverse effects. Then one morning about 3 months ago I woke up with horrible symptoms of anxiety that haven't left me since. I am anxious constantly, have had panic attacks, and horrible physical symptoms in my head. A self-diagnosis points to something called "Generalised anxiety disorder" but my symptoms are odd, and the speed at which they came on is odd for the condition.
The thing is my mind immediately races to blame the lsd all the time, because of the anxiety I initially had on it all those years ago. Is it possible that it is the one usage of lsd that has caused all this, and that is has in some way "come back to me" after 9 years? Did I damage my brain in some way with that one usage, and if so is it possible to get over the anxiety.
I have thought that perhaps stress could be a factor in kicking off this anxiety disorder (I have had a very very stressful couple of years recently, culminating in a stressful wedding 6 months ago). But my mind constantly comes back to that one lsd trip 9 years ago and won't let it go. How could I have been OK for 9 years and suddenly get anxiety symptoms from the lsd, totally out of the blue?
Research on the web is non-conclusive. It does seem that permanent problems can occur after one use (anecdotal user evidence points to this), but there is no evidence of someone like me having minor problems after one use that went away, and then those problems coming back much much worse 9 years later.
any advice appreciated,
Fingers Malone
I am a 30-year old male and for about 10 years have been a small-time recreational drug user. Probably smoked marjuana about 15 times, taken acid once, taken E twice, done cocaine about 10 times. And that is it - all split up over long periods of time, never had a period of heavy use. My favourite drug has always been cocaine but never done loads of it. I have never had adverse effects while actually on anything.
My problem is with my one use of lsd. I took lsd 9 years ago, while at university. The experience itself was pretty benign, just being spaced out and some mild visuals. No major hallucinations or anything, no panic. But I had some problems the next day and for a couple of weeks afterwards with anxiety - I was unsteady on my feet, slurred speech, funny sensations in the head, anxiety symptoms.
These symptoms slowly disappeared, and for the past nine years I've been fine. Never took acid again as I knew it didn't agree with me, but had mild use of marjuana and cocaine and ecstacy (twice) with no adverse effects. Then one morning about 3 months ago I woke up with horrible symptoms of anxiety that haven't left me since. I am anxious constantly, have had panic attacks, and horrible physical symptoms in my head. A self-diagnosis points to something called "Generalised anxiety disorder" but my symptoms are odd, and the speed at which they came on is odd for the condition.
The thing is my mind immediately races to blame the lsd all the time, because of the anxiety I initially had on it all those years ago. Is it possible that it is the one usage of lsd that has caused all this, and that is has in some way "come back to me" after 9 years? Did I damage my brain in some way with that one usage, and if so is it possible to get over the anxiety.
I have thought that perhaps stress could be a factor in kicking off this anxiety disorder (I have had a very very stressful couple of years recently, culminating in a stressful wedding 6 months ago). But my mind constantly comes back to that one lsd trip 9 years ago and won't let it go. How could I have been OK for 9 years and suddenly get anxiety symptoms from the lsd, totally out of the blue?
Research on the web is non-conclusive. It does seem that permanent problems can occur after one use (anecdotal user evidence points to this), but there is no evidence of someone like me having minor problems after one use that went away, and then those problems coming back much much worse 9 years later.
any advice appreciated,
Fingers Malone
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LSD will not in anyway physically damage your body, unless you do MASSIVE amounts, as in grams of the stuff.
It can trigger mental illness, though its unlikely to especially over such a long period of time.
Your GP is the best person to speak to about this, self diagnosis is very difficult for mental illness.
Good luck.
I am not about to make any suggestions about what has caused you to feel this way, but I believe it is extremely unlikely to be the LSD you took. If it is an anxiety disorder, as you suggested, this is quite suprisingly common and is successfully treatable. But enough of the self diagnosis, get yourself off to your doctor, and good luck with it.
if you mention lsd to him/her ...it is very possible they will believe beyond any doubt that it is the lsd ...which is highly doubtful.
do see your doc about anxiety though and talk about those last two years and the now.
Whenever I get problems I put them down to lsd, so do my mates, but then I did tons of the stuff when I was younger. It's probably nothing to do with them but who knows, and telling people isn't worth it because the symptoms can be treated the same with you as a person who'd never taken any. So as morrocan said keep the stuff about drugs to yourself and say it just came on by itself.
My GP put me on a course of Paroxetine as soon as I told him, they do help if you dont mind the side effects. Anxiety is all in your head but it's very hard to overcome, sometimes you need medication to help get you back on track.