How long does LSD work? Do you get any after effects?

Alcohol IS a drug.

BTW, OP (original poster), nobody really understands how LSD works. It's a partial agonist at 5-HT2A receptors (a subtype of serotonin receptor). Neurology isn't my area of comfort so I won't bother trying to come up with an explanation.

8 to 12 hours is the typical length of an LSD experience. 3 hours? Not so much. With *really high* doses, the experience can last longer, but I've never heard of doses so high that an LSD trip lasted a day. That sounds more like someone got something like DOB and thought they took LSD. Psychotic reactions, which are extremely rare, can last upto 48 hours. The risks to one's health with LSD are quite minimal. LSD itself causes no known damage to any organ of the body. The risks are purely behavioural (i.e. the risk of doing something stupid and hurting one's self) and psychological (e.g. having a traumatizing experience). Despite LSD's potency and strength, it is one of the safest illegal drugs.

 

I agree, however, that it is always a good idea to have a sober person with you whenever you take psychedelic drugs.  No matter how much experience you have, psychedelic drugs can always surprise you.  Also, well, at the doses I like, they always include moments of confusion, which can be distressing or can just lead to trouble (even something simple like tripping over and falling).

I'm essentially with you. I don't recommend drugs to anyone, but if there is one drug I want to take with my children, it's LSD.

All those saying it's "russian roulette with your brain" are greatly exaggerating the dangers. Yes, there are potential dangers. Nothing, from riding a bike, to driving a car to taking a drug is perfectly safe. I suggest to anyone considering LSD use that they learn how to look things up in the scientific literature and read some of the thousands upon thousands of published research and review articles about LSD instead of listening to me or anyone else. Take a look at the scientific evidence and decide for yourself.

And if you're not scientifically literate enough to understand the evidence, then get an education. LSD will always be there.

Just took LSD for the first time. It was one of those 'minidots'. I googled to check what I would expect. So far, I haven't felt/seen anything.

Note : I had been drinking before taking it. Not sure if this makes a difference.

 

lol Reading some of ur post reminds me of my life changes due to some (as i like to call it) ACIDO lol the 1st time i drop acid was at my very 1st pys-trance party lol boy oh boy did time go slow and then fast and then colorful and then dark but i had the time of my life the second time i droped acid was about a week ago and yet more life changing evebnts happend i saw the world and people in a hole different light my mind was so open and it sucked up all of nature made me appreciate nature in all of its being! The best advice i can give is this and most definately the most important fact about your trip! YOUR TRIP DEPENDS ON YOUR SURROUNDINGS!!!!!!!  so in other words if your ina bad space then DONT drop acid cause it could lead to anxiety and depression but if your around tons of happy people music that makes you happy and a huge space to run around then do your self a FAVOUR and DROP THAT ACIDO and ENJOY THE RIDE.

PS* the ride can get super crazy wild (fun) so make sure you have a buddy to enjoy the trip with cause you will laugh so hard your tummy might burst  

How are you feeling now ?Tell me your name and I'll pray for you if you want. I'm convinced that things can be o.k for you once again. Anyway-tell me how you are feeling

Dude! Why would you take drugs? They could kill you! And taking drugs at rave parties is even worse as they could be drugs made in a garage full of who knows what!!!! Don't take drugs, it will only make your life worse!

Alright... so ive dropped acid prolly about 10-15 times. ive quit now for about a year, and still think im crazy. I had a few bad trips and the last one i almost felt as if i was permanently tripping. Till this day i still believe im permanently tripping... but honestly its because i believe it to be so... U see the belief muscle is very strong.... u ever heard of jesus? He was the master of this. Whatever u believe reality to be will be reality to u. So thus i will consider myself not crazy and see how life goes. f**k you all. And please motha fuckas take it from someone who knows better. Dont take frikkin acid douche bags. ull end up retarded smart like me. Maybe. Lol

I don't see a problem. Just don't drink or smoke! Better for your health anyways!

i have done LSD once before and i took one tab. It kicked in after about an hour &lasted about 8, it was the most amazing unimaginable experience of a drug i have ever done. You will see& experience things you never thought you could before, laughter and happiness was how i felt on this drug, it made me think things i never would have even wondered about if i were sober& it seriously changed my life. You'll see things more clear and differen't then you ever have before, and you will also see things you didn't even think were possible. I don't like to compare it to other drugs because it's one of it's own, and it's honestly unexplainable, and uncomparable. But if i was to compare it to any drug i'd say it has some similar effects of mushrooms. hallucigenic wise, although LSD is much more powerful. I'm doing it again today, and i can't wait.

Iv'e found this site called Neurosoup.com that provides alot of realy great advice for people experiencing unpleasent after effects from using LSD.If you type Neurosoup HPPD into your web browser you'll find the Neurosoup site.There's a video
about Hallucinogen Persisting Perception Disorder or HPPD by Krystle Cole.There is also number of Natural Treatments on the site and in the video. Most of all alot of reason to hope:)

Must of been some moody ass acid u have been taking then I have just dropped some on my own for somthing to do I'm 13 and I can say I've been tripping my balls of for the past 6 hours and it really has been fun

i just wana know if you can eat food without killing the buzz

I'm responding to your statement, "only Jesus can cleanse the unclean". My trips (30 years ago) typically lasted all day, then took the whole next day for the "weird" side-effect feeling to fade away. Then one day, a dosage I took must have been a little too strong, and I started to freak 2 and a half hours into the trip. At that point I sought out a counselor on the campus of Bob Jones University. I stated I wanted to get right with God. We prayed, then I left. When I walked out of the building there, (3 hours into the trip), I was completely straight, and had no side effects the next day, or ever. I've never done it again, and I've never had a flashback. I believe without a doubt, God healed me. The Bible says, "For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved", and I was.

It's been 20 years since I had a drug experience. During my teenage years I experimented with drugs. I did LSD twice once in tablet form and the other in the form of a blotter. I also did drugs combined with Marijuana. I also experimented with Meth. I was related to a gang member and Meth was the drug they sold and some of the guys in the gang did get high on these drugs. Some of them would want me to hang out, and they would offer me drugs. I got high for free. My friends brother did drugs, and he would let us get high. He would give us LSD tablets or marijuana joints laced with drugs. Nothing series happened to me when I first tried an acid tablet. I just remember being high and trying to access what was going on around me. The second time I took LSD was in blotter form. I got the same high only difference was that my emotions were up and down and I imagined I was seeing psychedelic colors. One minuet I'm happy next minuet depressed. When I took meth it, I either snorted or tasted it. I had no bad reaction or a psychotic breakdown. The drug just quieted me down. the other times I got high off the Meth tasting it. People have to be careful about taking Meth because they could have a psychotic break. One of the kids I went to school with who was related to one of the gang members did these drugs, and at first, he woould show signs of anger or violent reactions. the more he took the drug his psychotic episodes subsided  and he exhibted signs of always being in a happy mood. I stopped getting high in 1994. I haven't done any drugs since, or smoked any cigarettes or marijuana joints, and I don't even drink alcohol. I've never tried alcohol and have no desire to become a recreational drinker.