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Omnil
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36 hours after a bad trip... still feeling the effects...
#14208488 - 03/30/11 09:38 AM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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it was around 9:20 am that i ate an eighth of gold cap shrooms... i ended up having a really weird day, the trip itself wasn't so bad but i got extremely nauseous and ended up doing some weird things... any who. i woke up at 4 am the next day and was unable to fall back asleep until 7 am, i then woke up at 2 pm the next day feeling a bit dizzy and as if i wasn't in total control of my motor skills, the feeling subsided but i felt like a different person, around 4-5 pm a hopeless depression began to set in, it sort of went to the back of my head until i laid down to go to sleep around 1 am, when i became extremely anxious and scared, worrying about things that dont really matter, i found it almost impossible to get to sleep, i went through short bursts of extreme depression, anxiety and nausea before finally feeling a bit better and falling asleep, my dreams the last 2 nights have been extremely vivid, but not out of the ordinary (actually, it is out of the ordinary that i dream at all) and this morning i awoke again feeling heavy and strange... im scared and would appreciate it if someone could help me put my mind at ease, is this normal?
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Re: 36 hours after a bad trip... still feeling the effects... [Re: Omnil]
#14208597 - 03/30/11 10:04 AM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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I'm probably going through the same sort of thing. I had a trip a couple of weeks ago that went bad for the last couple of hours. An extreme depressive mood began to build up and up and up and I thought I would never be able to enjoy anything in my life. I thought I fucked it up pretty good this time... I managed not the freak out and stay calm but these extreme depressive moods kept coming in waves; one moment they where there and the next moment it was gone. This lasted a couple of hours until it whore of after drinking a couple of beers (to drink off the edge). During this 'bad trip' I considered suicide, but luckily I didn't end up doing something as stupid as that, since I knew I would be out of it in a couple of hours. I cannot describe the feelings I had that moment, but I was unable to let go of them. I tried and tried to let go but probably only made it worse..
Now a couple of weeks later I start having flashbacks(?) wherein I get the same feelings and thoughts I had during the trip. This is usually triggered by feeling bad in the stomach after eating. These moments I think I go crazy and usually have to wait some time until the bodily feelings that triggered it, and so the thoughts and emotional feelings, disappear. I'm trying to deal with it by telling myself this fear and these feelings are unnecessary and trying to let go of the thoughts that usually accompany the feelings. I'll just have to let go of these thoughts and totally re-evaluate the situating by taking in another view and paying no attention to the bad thoughts. I managed to do this before, so I'll be able to do it again. The feelings really suck and I wish noone to ever go through this, but in the end I'll hopefully learn how to deal with these kind of situations.
I almost forgot to tell you, but breathing in and out and, only paying attention to my breathing, seems to help to let the feelings somewhat disappear.
Don't do anything stupid, you're not alone into this! With some time and another perspective these feelings will disappear.
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Re: 36 hours after a bad trip... still feeling the effects... [Re: Evolution]
#14211380 - 03/30/11 07:07 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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Are you on any medications? What kind of history do you have with psychedelics, depression, etc? What's your current social environment like. Are you happy with the way your life is?
Is your sleep schedule usually so irregular?
What I would suggest first is to try and get some good solid, and regular sleep. If you're having trouble getting to sleep try taking valerian root around 9pm. Try and find an herb shop where you can get the raw root because it's better than the pre-ground capsules.
How do you spend your time during the day? Do you work, study, etc? Try and find something satisfying and fulfilling to work on, maybe some art or music. Moping around will not help anything.
Go for walks/jogs. Get some exercise, get outside and enjoy the beautiful spring that just started!
Eat healthy foods. Lots of fruits and vegetables. Avoid processed food and preservatives.
Do you have close friends or family that you can talk to about this?
Sometimes psychedelics can really ring our bells, and the effects can reverberate for quite a while. Some people might just have a sensitivity to it. Sometimes a particular experience can throw us off balance.
It might also help if you went into a little more detail about the experience you had.
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Re: 36 hours after a bad trip... still feeling the effects... [Re: Omnil]
#14211439 - 03/30/11 07:17 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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I'd say that you're just overthinking it OP. You're anxious about feeling bad and that anxiety is what's making you feel bad (typical catch 22 psychology).
My advice is to just occupy your attention on something for a while and work REALLY HARD. I.e. if you're still in college go over ALL the material in your course, finish all your assessments and then do vigorous physical exercise. By the end of the day you should be both mentally and physically exhausted and will have no time to feel anything at all, let alone depressed.
The good thing about this technique is that it gets things done that you've been putting off (cleaning the sink/toilets, washing the car etc) while at the same time taking your mind off your anxiety.
The next day, do the same... and the next. At this point your body will be thanking you for every minute of R and R so now you can relax and you'll feel much better.
Don't dwell on your bad feelings because as I said, that's only going to make you feel worse.
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Re: 36 hours after a bad trip... still feeling the effects... [Re: Dawks]
#14212533 - 03/30/11 10:57 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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I hate the anxiety shromes bring, the key is your not gonna die and it will always be over. Just always focus your thoughts and remember tripping is serious business so you have to develop a strong mind. And timing is everything I never rush into trips, and I dont like large doses you can always take more so I sorta always let the mushrooms find me.
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Re: 36 hours after a bad trip... still feeling the effects... [Re: ChronicSmoke]
#14212722 - 03/30/11 11:57 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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@ op
No matter what life brings, there's only one thing a person can do at any given moment. I had a bad trip, and I noticed some things were different for a couple years. Specifically, I 100% stopped remembering/having dreams, and I never could feel like I could connect with people around me. I think what finally got me over it was realizing that I'm not alone/different from other people. I worked on connecting with other people, and I felt a lot more balanced out. IME, sometimes just walking around a room and touching objects is enough to pull you out of that surreal depressive state.
Imo, feeling depressed isn't a bad thing either. I call it the tweedle-dee and tweedle-dum affect when people can't feel depression or self-reflect. When you see t-dee and t-dum they are always talking non-sense back and forth. So with people, they never reflect, so they never do anything meaningful - and they never do anything that means anything so they never reflect. Depression's a lot like reflection, because you're looking at the meaningfulness of your life. Depression is how you pull out of that. I love that depressive heart-crushing feeling like you're being ripped apart. I've had a few sad nights spent in stare, eyes painted red, cold, shaking, crying, and time slows down to a crawl while the rest of the world sleeps or moves on. It has meaning. It helps make good music too.
edit: Embrace it while you can. Imagine if someone like Sarah Palin who's trapped in the middle of that T-dee/dum hug just stopped and thought "Wow, I'm a fucking jerk. My life is build on a sham, and I've never done anything that's actually helpful to humanity. My life sucks, and I need to change it." Depression is a natural and good part of life. Learning the lessons from this experience would probably be more personally useful and a dozen meaningless, ultra-happy, "pretty lights show" kind of trips.
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Edited by maug (03/31/11 12:12 PM)
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Re: 36 hours after a bad trip... still feeling the effects... [Re: Omnil]
#14213701 - 03/31/11 08:05 AM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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holy shit you just described my day yestreday i took some random x-pill that tripped me out for 18 hours (2C-I or some such) and i spent most of yesterday in bleak acute depression, unable to eat or sleep in my case, i suspect it's my dopamine flooded serotonin system.
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