Any recommendations for first-time shrooms?

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[ihateclowns]

If you think you are depressed or actually depressed then take very less <1g and if you are doing fine in life take 5g. And if you are taking 5g have someone around whom you can trust when the trip is coming to an end as it ends with what everyone calls ego-death.

 

[Digiquo]

Shrooms don't change your emotional state as a high or a low, they amplify what you are already experiencing. If you are depressed, stressed, anxious, etc, then I highly recommend avoiding shrooms until you have resolved that state of mind, because you will be in for a very bad trip if you don't.
If however life is good, you are somewhere you feel safe, you are content and/or happy and are in a relatively calm state of mind, then go for it.

Ego-death does not necessarily accompany every shroom trip. It depends drastically on what your experience on the shrooms are. However, you should go in with every expectation you will not be the same person when you come out of it. If that scares you, don't do them. That fear will only be amplified on the trip and then you really might come out a different person at the end, for the worse.

 

[ahathoor]

If you mean psilocybin mushrooms, then I'll go against the typical harm reduction narrative and say that taking too little is likely to result in a worse experience than taking too much. You can't physically eat enough of the mushroom for it to become a medical concern, unless there's dangerous drug interactions happening or you have a preexisting heart condition; worst thing that can happen to you is gastrointestinal upset and a bad trip.

Now a word about interactions... anything with a MAOI effect can lead to serotonine syndrome; grapefruit (juice, fruit, etc.) can lead to the same thing. (Don't ask me how I know lol... xD)

With too little you are risking being stuck in a highly unpleasant inbetween, trapped in your present moment with a greatly and unpleasantly amplified sensorium, and worst case you'll end up cleaning your apartment while feeling like all the demons of hell are on your case and quoting your every sin at you.

With too much, you're going to just "go away." It can be pleasant or unpleasant, worst case you might be risking a perceptual eternity in limbo, but if there's no "you" present as such (and with too much there won't be) it'll be somewhat easier to handle.

 

[frater_pan]

The only time I did them I was with a Gay boy conclave in Ocean City, MD. A ex gave them to me and somehow I got in a group of about 5 guys that ended up walking around the Ocean City boardwalk. The only thing that happened to me was my vision got "sparkly" (and for some reason I became talkative). So it affected my energy and perception slightly.

 

[aelyn]

If you mean psilocybin mushrooms, then I'll go against the typical harm reduction narrative and say that taking too little is likely to result in a worse experience than taking too much. You can't physically eat enough of the mushroom for it to become a medical concern, unless there's dangerous drug interactions happening or you have a preexisting heart condition; worst thing that can happen to you is gastrointestinal upset and a bad trip.

Now a word about interactions... anything with a MAOI effect can lead to serotonine syndrome; grapefruit (juice, fruit, etc.) can lead to the same thing. (Don't ask me how I know lol... xD)

With too little you are risking being stuck in a highly unpleasant inbetween, trapped in your present moment with a greatly and unpleasantly amplified sensorium, and worst case you'll end up cleaning your apartment while feeling like all the demons of hell are on your case and quoting your every sin at you.

With too much, you're going to just "go away." It can be pleasant or unpleasant, worst case you might be risking a perceptual eternity in limbo, but if there's no "you" present as such (and with too much there won't be) it'll be somewhat easier to handle.

I second this. Though there is room for microdosing it can really easily just turn in to being annoyed or disappointed actually. 1.5-2.5 in my opinion, is a good starter dose, though it probably wont end up with intense visuals (aside from maybe closed eye) unless you are on the higher end of that dose (or more).