redtailedhawk said:

Sorry to hear about your experience. Although I must confess your writing style made me laugh all through it. You probably are not laughing, ha? 

Anyway, I don't think you should never touch a psychedelic drug again. You see, the feelings of derealization and anxiety you are experiencing now were not caused by the drug itself but by the incompletely resolved (LSD) session.

"The occurrence of new forms of psychosomatic, ideational and perceptual changes constitute completely new clinical syndromes which the subject has never experienced before. The occurrence of new forms of psychopathology can be understood as a result of activation and exteriorization of the content of previously unconscious matrices. These symptoms usually disappear instantly when the underlying material is fully experienced and integrated." (Grof, LSD Psychotherapy)

You see, your troubles would probably not have happened if you allowed the LSD experience to unfold, as it was suppose to. Unfortunately, this does not help you right now and it's not your fault anyway. What you need to do now is to allow the unconscious material that was activated to complete itself and then integrate that experience. When you do that, your troubles will disappear instantly as noted above.

You can do that in more ways, but two are suggested. One is to trip again  with a lower dose of LSD in a safe environment and with a sitter you trust. The other way is to activate the underlying dynamics using methods of hyperventilation . This is what LSD psychotherapist Stanislav Grof has to say about this (LSD Psychotherapy, p.148):

"Sometimes the integration of the [LSD] session takes days or weeks. It is important to encourage the client to keep the emotional channels open and continue the uncovering process, rather than try to shut them off prematurely by psychological means or with tranquillizers.

When the spontaneous process does not have enough dynamic strength to complete itself, the sitters should do intense activating work with the client... An interesting alternative to the approach... is use of prolonged hyperventilation? Intense breathing, continued for a period of about thirty to forty-five minutes, tends to collect the tensions in the body into a stereotyped pattern of armoring and eventually release them. This is associated with activation of important material from various levels of the unconsciousness. This is a very effective way of clearing residual problems after a psychedelic experience. The use of this technique requires certain background information and special instructions... [the technique is named Holotropic Breathwork; see www.holotropic.com for details. ]

If neither of the above techniques brings a satisfactory psychological resolution, another psychedelic session should be scheduled as soon as possible. The general principle applied here might seem paradoxical to a conventional psychiatrist. Psychedelic therapy can be discontinued at any tie after a successful session that was well integrated. If it resulted in an intensification of clinical symptoms or a prolonged reaction, continuation of therapy is indicated. The basic idea is that this is not due to some unpredictable effect of LSD, but represents an unfinished unconscious gestalt that should be completed."

Remember. You are safe. You were safe during the entire trip and you are safe now. The experience, feelings and dynamics are all internal. Feel them. Integrate them. They may feel scary, they may feel unsafe, but they are just feelings. This is the way through.

Good luck! 

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This bears repeating. Thanks RedTail! You Rock, as usual.

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Regardless, incidents such as yours justify drug propaganda to the general public.

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Soularize said:

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Regardless, incidents such as yours justify drug propaganda to the general public.

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You make a valid statement here...however it's also one of COMPLETE uselessness and selfish virtue, at this point.

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