Positiv said:

well if you think about Schizophrenia all the time and worry about it, you more likely will get it then if you dont think about it at all, so if you continue with this way of thinking and do shrooms, i will say you will make your self be live that you might have it, then you have a problem, so dont over think it and you`ll be just fine

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Lizardman said:

Positiv said:

well if you think about Schizophrenia all the time and worry about it, you more likely will get it then if you dont think about it at all, so if you continue with this way of thinking and do shrooms, i will say you will make your self be live that you might have it, then you have a problem, so dont over think it and you`ll be just fine

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No, that's just plain wrong. You are either predisposed towards schizophrenia or you aren't.
If you worry a lot about it, you're more likely to get into the "oh my god i'll never come down" thought loop, but that's a condition you can quickly snap out of once you realize it's utter BS.
Schizos almost never realize there's something wrong with them.

OP, it sounds as if you went to a shrink to check for possible signs of psychosis?
If you show no signs of being in a prodromal phase (=on the verge of a possible psychotic episode that would break out if something like a strong trip pushes you over the edge), tripping once should be fine.
Dropping acid or shrooming every other weekend might be another thing, but as a one time experiment, i see no problems.

Now, if you'd worry all the time, i'd recommend waiting until you have sorted this out because odds of a bad trip would be increased, but you seem to be at the right point between the necessary respect and too much caution.

In the end, it's all up to you, of course- but from all you've written, i see no increased risks here.

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OttoGenerated said:

Your age is important to know in making this decision. If you're over the age of 21 and have never had any symptoms of schizophrenia, you will very likely never be schizophrenic.

Just my thoughts, take them with a grain of salt:

You wouldn't be asking if you didn't think it was a bad idea for you to take them. You seem to think that there is a high risk of developing schizophrenia, but are asking this community for input to the contrary, possibly to aid in convincing yourself to take the mushrooms.

This is a drug forum, so of course you expect to get responses which, for the most part, can be boiled down to, "Take drugs."  Which leaves me wondering how you are going to respond to our responses. I see two possible outcomes. One, we adequately encourage you to take drugs and you thank us for reassuring you that you have nothing to fear in schizophrenia. Two, we discourage you from taking drugs and you discount us for instilling fear of schizophrenia in you (not a very constructive or friendly thing to do). Either way you're probably just going to take the mushrooms anyway.

(This is the part you should take least seriously, as it is based mostly on personal experience) I see in you what I've seen in myself, and if I am correct in making such a comparison, then I must say that you seem to be using intellectualization as a coping strategy to hide your recreational interest in (or worse, abusive relationship to) drugs from either yourself or us (the shroomery community).

MOST IMPORTANTLY:
Don't worry about it. If you're schizophrenic and you take mushrooms your symptoms will worsen, new symptoms will become apparent, and delusional or obsessive thought will increase an indeterminate amount for an indeterminate amount of time. However, you will eventually learn all kinds of new ways to cope with your psychosis and you'll be right back to feeling something like "normal" in a matter of time. For me, it's a few days and some mildly disturbing delusions. Don't let your fear of this disease control your life. Do what you will do and deal with the consequences, which, in this case, range from mild psychological discomfort to homelessness and death.

Hope I've provided you with some useful information. Make the best decision you are able to.

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Astrum said:

And one last thing, would you advise against being high while around my parents, the few times that I've smoked I came home and was fine but I wonder if I would act strange if I smoked more (I never smoked a lot at one time).

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Lizardman said:

Astrum said:

And one last thing, would you advise against being high while around my parents, the few times that I've smoked I came home and was fine but I wonder if I would act strange if I smoked more (I never smoked a lot at one time).

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Don't trip around your parents until they are an aging hippie couple who will offer to tripsit for you.
Sleep over at a friend's house or make a similar arrangement.
Be sure to be in a comfortable environment where you don't get freaked out and do not have to worry whether someone realizes you're tripping.
A place where you are able to let go.
Many people act like complete retards on shrooms, you should be in a place and with someone where this doesn't have to bother you.

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OttoGenerated said:

Don't worry about it. If you're schizophrenic and you take mushrooms your symptoms will worsen, new symptoms will become apparent, and delusional or obsessive thought will increase an indeterminate amount for an indeterminate amount of time. However, you will eventually learn all kinds of new ways to cope with your psychosis and you'll be right back to feeling something like "normal" in a matter of time.

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Astrum said:

Lizardman said:

Astrum said:

And one last thing, would you advise against being high while around my parents, the few times that I've smoked I came home and was fine but I wonder if I would act strange if I smoked more (I never smoked a lot at one time).

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Don't trip around your parents until they are an aging hippie couple who will offer to tripsit for you.
Sleep over at a friend's house or make a similar arrangement.
Be sure to be in a comfortable environment where you don't get freaked out and do not have to worry whether someone realizes you're tripping.
A place where you are able to let go.
Many people act like complete retards on shrooms, you should be in a place and with someone where this doesn't have to bother you.

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Not tripping, I meant if I smoked before I came home from school.

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deCypher said:

OttoGenerated said:

Don't worry about it. If you're schizophrenic and you take mushrooms your symptoms will worsen, new symptoms will become apparent, and delusional or obsessive thought will increase an indeterminate amount for an indeterminate amount of time. However, you will eventually learn all kinds of new ways to cope with your psychosis and you'll be right back to feeling something like "normal" in a matter of time.

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This is not necessarily true; it's possible that OP could have a psychotic break from doing psychedelics and spend the rest of his life tormented by paranoia and delusional thoughts.  This is serious business and I wouldn't just flippantly "not worry about it".

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Astrum said:

I wouldn't put down a "spiritual experience" as one of my reasons, a year of learning how our universe works (Neuroscience, cosmology, physics biology) have made me realize that I'm just a bi product of a brain and really, there most likely is no soul therefore a "spiritual experience" isn't spiritual at all, it's really just chemicals blocking  neurotransmitters which changes my perception.

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