LSD effacy doesn’t decline with use but the user may get less susceptible to the negative potentials
Panic attacks for example
Conversely the spacing out effect could easily increase
Someone up thread said a doc they know has taken 400 trips but still advises stay away from it
It’s been 40 years since my last of 50-100 LSD Mushroom and peyote uses and I feel the same way and constantly lecture my kids as such
Even though my own memories range from outright panic to waves of joy and self realization I have seen many burnout and have dramatic personality shifts from just ONE big trip
We had some homemade LSD from Millsaps college in 73 and it did just that to one of my buddies...the dose was off the charts ...we just hung on as it got bigger and bigger and unfolded
Who funny enough he now overseas a major IT program at a huge medical complex
It didn’t necessarily harm him but he went from loud and sardonic to quiet and reserved on a dime permanently
It for sure blasts the cobwebs out
But it can also ring the self doubt bell
It doesn’t mix well with conformity but it’s been enjoyed by traditionalists just the same
Hoffman and Disney come to mind
It’s like combat prison divorce death of a spouse etc
You can’t explain what it’s like till you’ve done it
Everything else is just subjective cliche
If I liked it I wouldn’t have quit in 77
Had a college roommate who was a serious student during the week and partied hard on weekends. He went on to get his MD, taught at an Ivy League med school, and headed a major hospital and med school complex and national medical org.