Comment · Thu, October 31, 2013
LSD microdosing experiment 2 week follow up
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17ts · 180 points
Hello friends, I have ended testing a week ago after 15 days and 10 doses. Here's the link to the first thread
In retrospect dosing every day in the first week built up tolerance that I sustained by continuing dosing every other day for the remaining week. After the first week I noticed that I seemed to get used to the effects, it didn't feel as strong anymore and some effects seemed to be missing entirely. It was either LSD degrading in solution or me building tolerance. I still have a bottle with some LSD in H2O so I can check that in a few weeks, but when I took some 2c-b to celebrate the end of the experiment, I had to up my dose by 75-100%, which to me sounds like a sizeable amount of tolerance had built up. My hat goes off to Dr. Fadiman for suggesting 2 day breaks, any more doesn't seem sustainable in the long term.
No more psychotic symptoms after the first week. I will admit the line is hard to draw and the first week might have been bordering on hypomania, however this subsided quickly together with the overly emotional states and the other 'magical' s…
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gwern · 13 points
I look forward to the blind testing.
u/MisterYouAreSoDumb
I think we should test it with a group of blind people as well. We can call it triple blind.