LSD Microdosing
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The only problems are A) knowing what you're taking is LSD and B) knowing what dose you're taking, as you're dealing with an active dose of millionths of grams.
What do you mean by permanent exposure? Regular? If so, do you have any sources to back up your claim?
The right perspective here is that LSD is well tolerated by the human body, but we do not know what its effects are like when taken over a long period of time.
Just because a doctor prescribes them doesn't make them magically healthy long-term.
It was not the happiest time of my life, but not the worst either. I became pretty reclusive, and spent of lot of late, late nights walking around Minneapolis, sitting on the Stone Arch Bridge[1], watching insane late-night American TV / infomercials / televangelists, playing the guitar, and reading Hacker News. I maintained or even strengthened my interests in technology, but probably absorbed very little concrete knowledge at the time.
By less able to function, I mean I would've been utterly useless to an employer, or as a student, etc. I wouldn't have had the focus to complete any sort of complex project, software or otherwise. I did, however, manage to make some money ;)
So while I was not terribly productive, it did (I think) make me a more empathetic, positive, and less materialistic person and pushed me to make decisions that were ultimately very positive, like selling most of my stuff and moving to Cambodia! Still, I wouldn't recommend it and no doubt some of my behaviour could have incurred terrible legal consequences. My parents were definitely worried too.
[1] http://www.waynemoran.com/blog2/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/s...
http://matrixmasters.net/salon/index.php/2006/06/27/podcast-...
However, yes, the distribution per piece may be off.
Is that considering "tedious" nowadays?
* Get the blotters/microdots lab tested so you know dosage per blotter, then volumetric dosing. This is relatively easy/accesible although not very convenient.
* If access to crystal and equipment is possible, you can just weight it. Obviously this is rarely a possibility and LSD crystal needs to be handled with care.
People suggesting volumetric dosing at home are simply clueless, "100ug" blotters are almost never ~100ug.
I actually have Fadiman's book but didn't get to the part of micro dosing - was more interested in the full trips guidance, but I remember being very intrigued by micro dosing.
Lab tested you say... not convenient as in I can't just go to a lab and tell them "hey I need to be trippin so can you check these blotters"?
Dissolve in alcohol, avoid water like others suggested. You can't calculate micrograms if the blotter dosage is unknown, lab testing is needed for that.
> if it's in liquid form, I'm guessing it's already in some volumetric dosing
Yes, just take a smaller dose then.
> Lab tested you say... not convenient as in I can't just go to a lab and tell them "hey I need to be trippin so can you check these blotters"?
Here in my country I can... this kind of services are available for free in some European countries.
Energy Control in Spain provides this to foreigners for a relatively small fee. You can contact them at: international AT energycontrol.org
You're right, but it's probably much easier than you think[1].
You can also send anything into ecstasydata[2] and it will be tested a posted to the site. Unfortunately under US law they can't tell you purity or dosage, but can at least tell you if it's legit.
[1] http://energycontrol.org/ [2] http://www.ecstasydata.org/view.php?id=3897
And, relevantly for an article on microdosing, so can anything at high doses, including water (e.g., Jennifer Strange) and oxygen (e.g., Apollo 1).