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thetechnician


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LSD Flashback!
#22458862 - 10/31/15 06:36 PM (8 years, 2 months ago) |
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Edited by thetechnician (07/13/20 01:18 PM)
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Starless
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I was taking big hits of some high grade medical weed last night and got simultaneous LSD and mescaline flashbacks. I've never taken the two together, but my brain somehow simulated it. I think the wide cannabinoid profile of the weed might have something to do with it.
Strangely, this has been happening more recently, more than a month after my last trip. I seem to have randomly integrated my trips over the past few months more out of nowhere. Has this happened to anyone else?
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Re: LSD Flashback! [Re: Starless]
#22458944 - 10/31/15 07:01 PM (8 years, 2 months ago) |
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I thought flashbacks were a myth, as in years of psych use I never had one. That was up until a few weeks ago. I smoked some weed and suddenly flashed back to a high dose mescaline experience.
I am convinced its real too now.
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Angel_Above
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I think it's more state-dependent thinking.
I mean, ever hear a song for the first time and you experience something magical?
And when you listen to it years later, still experience the same magic? Same stimuli in a way (psychedelics tend to bring up other pyschedelic experiences).
Sometimes on psychedelics I've noticed that I can remember weird details my normal, waking consciousness forgot about OTHER psychedelics. Like mushrooms bring back acid memories I have long since forgotten about.
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I've had a flashback to MDMA and MXE on two different occasions. The MDMA came in waves several days after I took it during a bus ride home and my extremities where tingling/vibrating and I was very emotional. This was while I was high on the herb.
The second time I was watching a comedian I had seen on MXE in the same place I had previously watched it which was my bed room. Suddenly I was on MXE for several seconds and this was well over a year later after the experience.
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beachbum2
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In my the flash back dreams I can't never remember them but when they pop up when I'm dreaming it all comes back to me an all I can remember is wtf when I wake up. When I was riding bmx with my buddy. We went down this long hill. Half way down the hill I hit a pot hole and flew over the bars and hit my head. It probably was like a couple of mins before he was able to stop and walk back up to check on me. During the time I was out of it I was having flash backs about dreams I had in the past,only the dreams that actually fill like you are in an able to walk around in an get a gasp of everything in it. (They also have a distinctive vibe, other regular dreams I have,usually have no vibe but more like fillings like fear or happiness)When I was out I was able to revisit those strange dreams but not out of choice. When I was in the flash back dreams they all had the same setting same vibe same everything nothing was different. I was having them pop up left an right some would last a long time some happen really quick. I can try to explain all the strange dreams but I would drive myself nuts trying to remember them an trying to describe them. But to give an idea. There usually a realistic setting nothing magical or outta this world just regular day to day stuff. Strange thing is, very rarely I'll be doing something an a flashback would come back from one of those dream I had. Best way to explain it is when I'm doing something a vision from the dreams pops up in my head, its about something related to or not related to what I was doing at the moment. But the ones that are not related some how fits with what I was currently doing.
It's not a drug related experience but I figure I share anyways. Never had lsd flashback tho
Edited by beachbum2 (10/31/15 08:25 PM)
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Capt. Stern
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I have a theory that grass has the whole spectrum of psychoactive effects. It can get you stoned, get you high, get you buzzed and a lot of other things. Give that a set (& setting) which is take another drug prior to smoking again and your high will change.
Last time I smoked, some would say I had a ketamine flashback, but to me it's just grass' effect.
After all I did and without the tolerance which I do not have, smoking weed makes me HIGH AS A KITE!! I even hallucinate.
So it's not a flashback, you weren't sober when that happened.
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What you have described is a textbook example of a phenomena called "persistence of vision." It is a common and normal physiologic effect. Combined with the optical aberrations present in all human eyes (especially as we age) you will get the effect you describe. That isn't a flashback you are describing, which would also require the coincident mental, emotional or cognitive effects of LSD, not just the visual...
If you are unaware of the above, it is easy to make the mistake. If you repeat the bright light exposure or the "trigger" you will likely be able to re-create the phenomena. Also, there's someone here who has in his signature, a related "tripping" effect which is also on YouBoob. I'm on my way out or else I'd look it up for you. Maybe later!
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thetechnician


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Edited by thetechnician (07/13/20 01:19 PM)
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Nature Boy
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Are you at an age (>45) or do you have co-morbid conditions such as hypertension, smoking history, diabetes, known peripheral vascular disease, carotid artery disease or ASHD or family history of TIA's or strokes that might make that plausible? My wife had a TIA about 3 months before an out-and-out stroke (we're in our 60's), so if any of the above medical issues are present or you have any concerns it's a legit TIA, see your primary care physician straight away.
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I don't think you had an acid flashback. Whatever happened to you, try not to worry about. It probably had nothing to do with the fact that you took LSD.
I think acid flashbacks are a myth. Well, not totally a myth-some people might experience something like that. If it does happen it is extremely rare, and is probably related to a preexisting mental issue.
Myself and many people I know have taken LSD (and other psych's) hundreds of times. I also know many others who have used psychedelics very, very heavily, for DECADES and I have never met a person that actually experienced a "flashback".
Edited by FlyOnTheWall (11/01/15 01:05 PM)
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openmind
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thetechnician said: ....I went outside and it was bright out. This caused me to have that phenomenon that occurs when you look at something bright, and return to the dark. (Look at a light bulb briefly and look around your room) This stayed with me for longer than normal, and became more intense than normal. It took up the left side of my vision - a constant movement over the left side of my vision. The edge of objects seemed to wave similar to LSD. I could see the shades of light get darker similar to when I shifted my gaze when on LSD. The flashes of light appeared to be concentrated just outside of my field of vision. I closed each eye and found that it occurred regardless of what eye I had open. It was interesting, but it was distracting. It worried me. It stayed with me for 10 minutes, then suddenly disappeared. .....
What you're describing sounds just like " scintillating scotoma "....The way it was triggered, the way you describe it taking over mostly the left side of your vision, the way objects wave around, the way you describe the flashes of light being just outside of your vision, the way you describe it occurring regardless of which eye you had open or closed...How you mention it was distracting, and that it went away after 10 minutes...these are all classic aspects of Scintillating scotoma .
I get these relatively often (at least once a month)...and they're most often triggered when I'm exposed to something really bright rather quickly then back into a dark setting (Like walking outside from a dim lighted house on a bright sunny day, or turning the light on in the bathroom when walking into it at night when all the lights in the house are off, or strobing, from strobe lights or even light/shadows from trees when driving down the road)...any sort of rapid bright then dark exposure to my eyes seems to cause it. I notice it occurs more easily if I have coffee in my system too....And around 1/2 the time, I'll experience a migraine headache within 24 hours of this occurring.
One generalized description......
"The affected area flickers but is not dark. It then gradually expands outward from the initial spot. Vision remains normal beyond the borders of the expanding scotoma(s), with objects melting into the scotoma area background similarly to the physiological blind spot, which means that objects may be seen better by not looking directly at them in the early stages when the spot is in or near the center. The scotoma area may expand to completely occupy one half of the visual area, or it may also be bilateral. It may occur as an isolated symptom without headache in acephalgic migraine.
As the scotoma area expands, some people perceive only a bright flickering area that obstructs normal vision, while others describe seeing various patterns. Some describe seeing one or more shimmering arcs of white or colored flashing lights. An arc of light may gradually enlarge, become more obvious, and may take the form of a definite zigzag pattern, sometimes called a fortification spectrum . "
Can also include....
-Bright lights and blobs -Zigzag lines -Distortions in the size or shape of objects -Vibrating visual field -Shimmering, pulsating patches, often curved -Tunnel vision -Blind or dark spots in the field of vision -Curtain-like effect over one eye -Slowly spreading spots -Kaleidoscope effects on visual field -Temporary blindness in one or both eyes -Heightened sensitivity to light
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Starless
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I can't speak for anyone else, but for me it's not always just visuals. I can often get sounds 'splitting' in my head, which is a synesthetic alert I get from LSD. I'm not complaining or worried about it, in fact I quite enjoy it.
Maybe it's not a true flashback if it's induced by cannabis, but I still find it amazing what your brain can do with a push in the right direction.
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Re: LSD Flashback! [Re: Starless]
#22466203 - 11/02/15 10:58 AM (8 years, 2 months ago) |
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I've definitely had weed-induced flashbacks of DMT experiences and I've had a Salvia flash back while totally sober at an elementary school play! Freaked me out! Thankfully the lights were low and everyone was paying attention to the play but I had to hold onto my seat and do some deep breathing to ride it out.
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Re: LSD Flashback! [Re: gornyhuy]
#22470573 - 11/03/15 11:24 AM (8 years, 2 months ago) |
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My second mushroom experience was very strong and spiritual and chaotic, but the intensity of it left me in a weird state immediately after the trip, like when you struggle to remember a dream. A few months later a tried acid for the first time and at some point during the trip I was able to remember in detail what happened, why I reacted the way I did, and what different elements of the trip meant. It was very intense at first but then it felt really good cause I was able to finally settle everything and learn from the experience.
This slightly off subject but has anyone ever smoked/tripped and had the ability to have flashbacks of just regular memories? When I get really stoned and am able to focus enough I find I can vividly relive memories at will. It really depends on if I try hard enough and how long it's been. But it was just crazy how much detail I was able to remember/access in my brain. While sober it's very rare for me to remember in such detail which is why I'm comparing it to a flashback
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