@Zero_Democracy it was actually really excellent... it was a really hot day and then afterwards i slept outside on my porch with a couple friends

@agaric Mushrooms are generally pretty mild, as far as psychedelics go. People sometimes eat a fistful of them and that's when it gets iffy.

@Zero_Democracy i feel like ive had more overwhelming mushroom trips than LSD trips (tho ive only taken a tab or less, and maybe an eighth or so of mushrooms)
Had a really Bad Time on my last mushroom trip so I'm hesitant now

@agaric *IF* (and that's a big "if") you can get real, high-quality LSD, a reasonable dose of that is probably going to be smoother and easier to control. (People tend to take way more acid than they should, too.)

@agaric I'm comparing these to, like, refined mescaline, which I would not recommend as a general rule. Eugh.

@Zero_Democracy oooof mescaline sounds rough. yeah i think I've gotten lucky with my lsd experiences... got a tab from someone who got it from the darkweb that was really high quality i think.. other trip it was maybe not as good, but definitely real acid.

@kitoconnell that sounds pretty nice actually! other than i could imagine the club was potentially stressful and overwhelming.

@agaric It was a pretty chill club with a lot of social space in it away from the stage. Sadly closed down now. I had a great time but the director got stuck with people trying to talk with him and got kind of overwhelmed I think.

In retrospect the driving part was not smart but it worked out wonderfully.

@agaric just for fun I'll mention that this project was a failure in the end, but a fun one, and the director is involved with a major film coming out this year.

@kitoconnell ha! thats awesome, at least you had fun! especially taking shrooms and then trying to work on a film, sounds nice actually

@agaric it definitely brought us together as a cast. & I'm still a fan of the fungus once in a great while. It actually eases my fibromyalgia symptoms...

@kitoconnell thats interesting! has any research been done regarding that that you know of?

@agaric I haven't really dug into it actually but I should. I know it can help other kinds of pain, for ex. some evidence they can help stop "cluster migraine"

@agaric with fibro it's probably related to increased levels of serotonin during the trip