How to Calm Someone Down From Having a Bad Trip.
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HAVE You ever seen someone caning too many hallucinogens and wondered what you should do? wonder no more with this guide.
First, try and find out what the person has taken, I know this can be easier said than down but what could seem like a simple case of a trip gone wrong could be the start of a reaction to something serious.
Call for medical help immediately if you have any doubts at all. Unless, you are fully aware of what they have taken and know the possible side effects. Try to monitor there breathing and heart rate at all times.
Things like LSD and magic mushrooms can artificially induce psychosis,which means you lose all touch with reality, consequently, to an observer a person can appear crazy but this state will evaporate once the drug has worn off.
Never laugh when someone says there going to die, or a giant teddy bear is chasing them, or if you must , pretend to hide it, also be prepared to listen to a lot of crazy talk, this will also wear off but could last up to 12 hours.
Explain that what is happening is not real, and concentrate on bringing them back to straight thinking by telling them that they are safe and this drug will wear off and they will definitely not die.
Try to offer drinks such as tea, orange juice or anything to bring there sugar level back up. Even if they don't feel like eating suggest eating food like a small snack like a sandwich or apple.
Try to keep them in a quiet place away from loud noises, lots of people and flashing lights. Make sure they are in a nice calming place with soothing music. and get them to lay on there side in bed if you can.
The color of a room can make all the difference. Light green and blue rooms have a good calming effect. Massaging them gently is another option but is the person gets even more agitated don't push them. They may not feel very cooperative.
If things get too serious and violent, keep as far away from them as possible but close enough to stop them from doing something dangerous which could even be trying to take there own life with a kitchen knife so be on your guard.
The medical officers will have now arrived who may have to administer a lliquid cosh, which is a sedative which is a drug injected to calm them down..if they cannot do so themself.
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i had a horrible trip on a mix of lsd and mushrooms u just gotta fight through it you may feel very terrified but i just kept telling myself its the drugs it didnt help but at leat i knew it was gonna go away and wasnt going to die so i waited it out and it took like 2 days to fully recover but as long as your on safe psychadelics you can usually deal with it all a bad trip is that you dont understand yourself so these psychadelics bring your personality out and you take a tour around your brain and your brain is very powerful and some arnt ready to take that trip
i took lsd for the first time the other week i took 2 hits and after about an hour things on my computer screen started to flicker i was enjoying the sensation and hoping for more after about 2 hours i realised i am tripping balls somepoints of my trip were hillarious and just silly i did panic near the end of my trip i didnt think it was gonna end i have a rep with being paranoid on drugs but i do know im not gonna die so just keep saying to yourself im not gonna die and even if you dont believe it dont worry you will wake up . LSD is fantastic i advise watching a walt disney classic such as bed knobs and broomsticks
I had a bad trip on weed, i bought some weed after school one day this was my 4th time smoking i had 5 tobacco bong hits then 3 very very very small weed bong hits. After all the hits i said this weed is terrible ! , but then like a BANG! the trip hit me in the face, i walked over to my bed to try and calm down i woke up 3 minutes later but it felt like hours every time i blinked it felt unnatural, i then got up and stumbled down stairs i said to myself i need orange slices to calm my buzz, i sloppily cut open an orange and took a huge bite my heart was beating so fast and i could spell words out on the wall, i went in to the lounge to watch tv to try and calm myself down i was wAtching opera she was talking very slowly and i zoned out like a million times i felt horrible and scared, and then this song started to play in my head "NE - NE - NEVER AGAIN, NE-VER AGAIN WILL THIS HAPPEN TO ME!" and the room was warping i was so scared and when my mother got home i told her what i'd smoked and she rang a doctor and she told me to lay down on a couch and i calmed down very quickly and i started to enjoy my high, then she said your grounded for a month... Ruined my buzz and then i got huge munchies...
You don't trip off weed you silly boy. Grow up.
yep i as well had a trip on weed. shut up Badtripper your stupid you cant trip on weed it was laced. and plus you cant sleep when tripping so shut up yu little kid weed is amazing and youve never tried it if you say it made you trip
I'm tripping right now.
Hey badtripper,
I know exactly what you're talking about, as would any experienced cannabis user. It pretty much happens to everyone who has smoked more than a few times. And yeah. It really fucking sucks. However, it happens only on occasion. It's usually the result of any negative thoughts that were already on your mind. Also weed with high THC levels and low CBD levels tend to induce an attack. But preventing attacks is similar to preventing any other bad trip. Be happy, stay chill, surround yourself with people that make you laugh. Don't focus on the negative feelings, as it will only magnify it. Distractions are key. It happens, but thankfully it only lasts about an hour. Just remind yourself that you're safe and it will end soon if you can't snap yourself out of it.
Seriously, these comments are disheartening. I know some people who smoke weed seem to believe they understand EVERYTHING about it, but you guys might want to do a bit more research. First of all: weed CAN make nearly anyone trip, but the required doses are very high for most people. Extreme doses (like 10-20 grams of THC in a concentrated tincture) will make nearly anyone trip balls, and there are many reports of people taking such high dosages; especially in lab studies with THC. A large part of the scientific community considers cannabis a very mild hallucinogen in light of some fairly recent information and studies.
Now, for its effects upon a bad trip from another drug I believe that one should be very cautious about smoking weed during a bad trip if they've had anxiety problems with the stuff, or you have little experience with weed.
I personally use weed for my PTSD and related mental problems. It works as a highly effective anxiolytic on me, BUT everyone has a different body and brain chemistry. Just use common sense.
listin ive had a bad trip a real one, took acid then smoked 5 bowls little too much lol but i was freaking out and shit worst trip ever. truth is drugs there just not as fun as people make them out to be i smoke weed everyday and have since 8th grade recently quit cause of lsd flashbacks brought on by the bad trip. but bad trip on weed? not common bro but you could just had sever anxitey and shit like that and if you get indica and you have anxitey you could freak out a little. dont put your name as badtripper when the worst you have done is weeed man herb is a plant natural and beautiful a real bad trip is when your on a stronger drug shroom lsd dtm e shit like that can seriously fuck you up. best thing for you is not to do ANY drug cause you cant handle them.
love peace and drug(:
i ate shrooms and took a hit of acid had the most intense trip of my life ever seen everything from unicorns to robots to my friends face deforming the only thing that helped me was having someone sober there helped out alot...
i also quit weed after having lsd + shrooms flashbacks but weed is harmless unless you are unexpirienced and i smoked pot since i was 15 im 21 now.now im sober like a soldier!!
SMH 4 years ago
A mix of mostly sensible advice and some very bad advice. Treating a bad trip with sedatives is very common in emergency departments but it is a terrible idea. While it is safe enough from a physical standpoint where LSD or other indole psychedelics are concerned, it is commonly reported to increase the likelihood of long-term ill-effects. But it can result in deathn when it is done with a person who is bad tripping on PCP or a number of other dissociative drugs and these are the drugs that are most likely to be involved in bad trips that produce beligerent or aggressive behavior.