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Taking magic mushrooms: DO-S

(1) Start with a low dose.
Never take more than 1 gram of dry magic mushrooms. Wait for 90 minutes. If you feel OK and want to intensify the experience you could take some more.
(2) Make sure there is nothing on your head for the next 24 hours.
No work, no school, no visiting of friends or family, no care for children or pets, JUST NO NOTHING!
(3) Make sure to trip in a relaxed environment.
Busy environments with lots of people and noise may cause an information overload. Choose an environment where you are not bothered by people not involved in the experience. Choose a calm, natural, preferably rural place, where you can enjoy the wonders of nature. Choose a place that is familiar to you, a place you know and where you feel save.
(4) Make sure to trip with people you know, like and trust.
Preferably there should be someone around that is not involved in the experience.

Taking magic mushrooms: DON'TS

(0) Never take magic mushrooms when you have second thoughts about taking them.
(1) Never take magic mushrooms when you have mental problems.
(2) Never take magic mushrooms when you are feeling depressed.
(3) Never take magic mushrooms when you have a tendency to paranoia.
(4) Never take magic mushrooms when you are pregnant.
(5) Never take magic mushrooms when you are alone.
(6) Never take magic mushrooms when you are using prescription drugs, especially when you are on psychoactive prescription drugs or MAO-inhibitors.
(7) Never drive on magic mushrooms.
(8) Do not use magic mushrooms as a party drug (like alcohol or XTC).

If tripping too hard, drink
milk or get cooled off. Heat will increase a trip. Another tip, turn on
the lights if dark.

Magic mushroom taking Q and A
Question

How many shrooms is 1 gram?
Answer

Depends. For Psilocybin Cubensis (dry) it is about 1 mushroom. In Holland 2.5 / 3 grams of dry PC were being sold (no 25 to 30 grams fresh) as a 1 trip dose. So take 1/3.
Question

What are the hallucinations like (example)?
Answer

Hallucinations (seeing objects that are not there at all) may be experienced only with a very large dose. Illusions an 'visuals' are better words: patterns superimposed on what you are looking at; changing of / more intense colors;
Question

How long does a magic mushroom trip last?
Answer

4 to 8 hours
Question

Do colors tend to merge with each other?
Answer

Yes, could be.
Question

What are the physical side effects of magic mushrooms (nausea, bloodshot eyes,...)?
Answer

Large pupils, a bit of stressed feeling in the neck, sometimes nausea
Question

Is it possible to control yourself while tripping on magic mushrooms?
Answer

Depends on the dose, normally YES, but "you have to go with the flow".
Question

What happens when you get really missed up on shrooms?
Answer

You'll get very frightened, confused and paranoid.
Question

What are the flashbacks like?
Answer

I never had one.
Question

What should I avoid doing when I'm tripping?
Answer

Avoid crowded places, things on your mind, things you have to do, being troubled about anything.
Question

What is happening at the "Peak" of this drug?
Answer

All effects are at their maximum, not really different from going up and going down. More intense.
Question

Hi, I was wondering if you could give me some advice. I've got 3 grams of Mexican shrooms and 2.5g of Thai shrooms. how many people do you think that could, possible get on a strong trip?
Answer

2 to 5 people. Thai is stronger than cubensis. Everyone take his part (1/2 , 1/3, 1/4, 1/5) of the Cubensis and the Thai.
Question

What's the best way to calm down a trip,
Answer

There is no real way to calm down. Going to a calm and quiet environment might help. Taking a benzodiapine (valium, seresta, ..) might have a calming effect.
Question

This question is more of a point to the people you missed up on mushrooms. "guys it does get easier, take one day at a time, I spent 2 yrs living in fear, never thinking it would stop, but it does, might take a while but be proud of the little steps you make, most of the stuff is in your own head. and only you can get out of it, just give it time and don't do anymore drugs until you have healed enough to feel ready." thank you for a good website.
Answer

Good point!!
Question

What's your feeling on salvia Divinorum
Answer

I do not like salvia to much. did it 3/4 times. very weird. Immobilizing in high dose. Completely different than magic mushrooms.


Are Magic Mushrooms Legal?

The answer is: "it depends". The main psychoactive substance in magic mushrooms is psilocybin (psilocin). In most countries psilocybin and psilocin are illegal. However, in quite a lot of countries this does not imply that the Psilocybe mushrooms are illegal as well. Unprocessed, fresh magic mushrooms are legal in many countries. See also the notes under 'Drying, storing and the LAW' in the conserving section.
Fresh magic mushrooms LEGAL in Holland

Until November 4, 2002 fresh and dry magic mushrooms were legal in the Netherlands. From this date, however, the supreme court decided that dry magic mushrooms are illegal. Why? Because the are considered a psilocybin containing preparation (something processed by a human being). Happily, fresh magic mushrooms are still legal to possess and sell.
Do magic mushrooms show up in a drug test (1)?

After a week, no URINE or BLOOD based drug test will diagnose psilocybin. So, make sure that within a week after taking you are not tested for drugs. Psilocybin is (unlike cannabis/marijuana) not soluble in fat. So it will NOT stay in your body for a long time.
Do magic mushrooms show up in a drug test (2)?

Is it possible to trace the use of magic mushrooms in your hair? Until now I did not found literature about this issue. However, I THINK that even in hair-analyzing-tests psilocybin will not show up (unlike for example cocaine). The active dose of psilocybin is 5 to 20 milligrams. Virtually nobody uses magic mushrooms on a daily basis (unlike alcohol, cocaine, heroin) because it is not an addictive drug and the effects will go away after taking it every day. So, most people only get very little amounts of psilocybin in their system. Because of this the chances that it shows up in a 'hair-test' are very, very slim.