[SmurfPiel]

Hi, I've had Diabetes for about 4 years now (i'm currently a junior in high school) and I am wondering if lsd has any effects on my diabetes. I understand that you might forget to take your insulin or check your blood sugar. I also understand that i might not be able to recognize a high or a low, but, I am just asking if Lsd itself can cause my blood sugar to drop or rise.

[tanyatype1]

I don't know how it'll affect your D, but it might cause you to get some other horrible disease later in life. Google LSD - then decide if you wanta still take it.

[SmurfPiel]

I have been researching it and have found nothing about it causing diseases later on in life. The only ways to die from it are from accidently jumping off a building or by gettting so scared that you have a heart attack, both of which rarely happen. But I am still worried if Diabetes will affect it or not...does anyone else have any information.

[Carwy]

Go on ahead and take LSD and destroy your life before it even starts. However while doing it and if anything happens Don't come looking at me and a lot of other people on this forum for help. Because we will not help.

While your at it stop by this link and read all about your new found monkey.

InfoFacts - LSD

[JediSkipdogg]

All I have to ask is.....WHY do you want to take LSD?

[TenderVittleS]

I guess peer pressure's a bitc#! Anyway why don't you stick to weed or alcohol. I didn't know kids still did LSD.

[dgrilli]

Who is your Endo?

Dr. Timothy Leary?

[Dewey]

Originally Posted by SmurfPiel

I have been researching it and have found nothing about it causing diseases later on in life. The only ways to die from it are from accidently jumping off a building or by gettting so scared that you have a heart attack, both of which rarely happen. But I am still worried if Diabetes will affect it or not...does anyone else have any information.

First off, this is not a good discussion for a family forum, esp. from a young person with a whole life ahead of you. Second, if you feel the need to "have" to try some sort of drug, why LSD (& not pot)!? Below are the effects of LSD, and from what I've read, effects are unpredictable, as are the profound mood swings (which can be highly dangerous), etc. Not only will your Diabetes be affected, but your entire brain functions will as well. Read this:

LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide) is one of the major drugs making up the hallucinogen class of drugs. Hallucinogens cause hallucinations—profound distortions in a person’s perception of reality. Hallucinogens cause their effects by disrupting the interaction of nerve cells and the neurotransmitter serotonin. Distributed throughout the brain and spinal cord, the serotonin system is involved in the control of behavioral, perceptual, and regulatory systems, including mood, hunger, body temperature, sexual behavior, muscle control, and sensory perception.

Under the influence of hallucinogens, people see images, hear sounds, and feel sensations that seem real but do not exist. Some hallucinogens also produce rapid, intense emotional swings. One of the most potent mood-changing chemicals, LSD, was discovered in 1938 and is manufactured from lysergic acid, which is found in ergot, a fungus that grows on rye and other grains.
Health Hazards

The effects of LSD are unpredictable. They depend on the amount taken; the user's personality, mood, and expectations; and the surroundings in which the drug is used. Usually, the user feels the first effects of the drug 30 to 90 minutes after taking it. The physical effects include dilated pupils, higher body temperature, increased heart rate and blood pressure, sweating, loss of appetite, sleeplessness, dry mouth, and tremors.

Sensations and feelings change much more dramatically than the physical signs. The user may feel several different emotions at once or swing rapidly from one emotion to another. If taken in a large enough dose, the drug produces delusions and visual hallucinations. The user’s sense of time and self changes. Sensations may seem to "cross over," giving the user the feeling of hearing colors and seeing sounds. These changes can be frightening and can cause panic.

Users refer to their experience with LSD as a "trip" and to acute adverse reactions as a "bad trip." These experiences are long; typically they begin to clear after about 12 hours.

Some LSD users experience severe, terrifying thoughts and feelings, fear of losing control, fear of insanity and death, and despair while using LSD. Some fatal accidents have occurred during states of LSD intoxication.

Many LSD users experience flashbacks, recurrence of certain aspects of a person's experience, without the user having taken the drug again. A flashback occurs suddenly, often without warning, and may occur within a few days or more than a year after LSD use. Flashbacks usually occur in people who use hallucinogens chronically or have an underlying personality problem; however, otherwise healthy people who use LSD occasionally may also have flashbacks. Bad trips and flashbacks are only part of the risks of LSD use. LSD users may manifest relatively long-lasting psychoses, such as schizophrenia or severe depression. It is difficult to determine the extent and mechanism of the LSD involvement in these illnesses.

Most users of LSD voluntarily decrease or stop its use over time. LSD is not considered an addictive drug since it does not produce compulsive drug-seeking behavior, as do cocaine, amphetamine, heroin, alcohol, and nicotine. However, like many of the addictive drugs, LSD produces tolerance, so some users who take the drug repeatedly must take progressively higher doses to achieve the state of intoxication that they had previously achieved. This is an extremely dangerous practice, given the unpredictability of the drug.

[grace girl]

I know one person who tried it once, and has had horrible flashbacks for 20 years since.
I know another person who tried it once...it was a horribly sad funeral. No, the lsd didn't kill them. They went psycho and threw themself in front of a moving train.
I would imagine you know some one who has tried it and they are (or seem) fine, so you think it's no big deal.

Why find out which side you're going to fall on?
It's not worth the risk.

[BlueSky]

The effects of LSD are primarily psychological. It is a psychoactive hallucinogenic. So it generally won't affect your blood sugar if things go well. But if you have a "bad trip", which is usually involves intense anxiety, there will be an adrenalin response and your blood sugar will most likely go through the roof. "Flashbacks", which can continue for years after you stop using the stuff, are likely to have a similar effect. They are usually accompanied by anxiety and paranoia. When adrenalin levels rise, the liver dumps sugar in the bloodstream and blood glucose rises sharply.

[tanyatype1]

My best friend had an absolute freak out one night on acid - she was freakin' out of control - it was really scary. Not fun. Don't try it, it's not worth it.

[caswellhb]

Yes. It will affect your Bg. You will experience spikes and lows. If you are really going to do this, and I hope you won't, please have someone with you who can test you and correct your bg as needed.

Heather.

[ant hill]

It's tough enough to deal with diabetes little own having LSD too. They only question is why?? plus the money you spend on this **** is better spent on lovely food.
I see too many people in mental hospitals who has taken their lives unsuccessfully and have to prove to a group of people to let you out into society and once that you are doing this you will be monitored for a long time. It's not worth the bother.

[xMenace]

Originally Posted by SmurfPiel

The only ways to die from it are from accidently jumping off a building or by gettting so scared that you have a heart attack, both of which rarely happen. But I am still worried if Diabetes will affect it or not...does anyone else have any information.

Am I the only one who finds this funny?

Anyway, I've never tried it, but I know many that have. Most are probably still alive.

I'll give you the same answer I give for most unknowns: try it and test. Test at the 1/2, 1, 2, 4, 6, & 8 hr marks. Don't rely on one set of tests. It should be repeatable. If you get varied results, look for other variables. Check some of your tests by repeating on a different hand, if you can find it. If you still get varied results, be very very careful out there.

[caswellhb]

I agree but have a babysitter with you at all times. It is clear you are going to try it, so your own judgement will be impaired. You will need to have someone sober and clean with you throughout.

Heather.