LSD - Depression, Anxiety

Hi, I am new to this site. I tried LSD 3 times as a teenager and young adult, also a few other drugs (crack, mushrooms, cocaine). About two weeks after the third time I had a bad trip on LSD, I statred having a "hazy" or foggy" feeling along with depression and anxiety. Does anyone have any thoughts on similar experiences, treatment? It has been 13 yrs now, and I have not been able to find anything that works to help my symptoms except Ativan or Xanax...and the Dr.s are trying to get me off of those.

Finna1; here's from the old hippie's mouth.......

I spent YEARS of doing LSD,Crystal Meth, mushrooms, heroin, speed-ballers, -- hell, you don't need my "resume'"

But considering what dealers & "producers" have added in w/ these drugs today..you never really know what is in that. Just pot...you used to smoke an entire one and catch a mild buzz; not the stuff you take 2 hits & it's "I don't think we're in Kansas anymore, Toto"

Too much acid made for years of the deadliest nightmares imaginable (in 3-D, surround sound & high definition) for almost 14 years. They treated me w/ anti-psychotics, the mildest being Haldol in small doses...it's an idea, but I'm not a doctor. If you're really worried see your GP & have a blood and enzyme panel on you; I would also suggest an EKG (especially w/ coke use; fries your heart muscles) If things still persist ask for a posible EEG and/or a general MRI and maybe even a regular Cat-Scan (CT) Don't treat your brain lightly; it controls the function of every bit of living thing in your body........don't take chances, hon!

Old hippie, DAYZEE

Thanks Dayzee, yea I watered down my resume a bit, but after that last acid trip, I have never been the same. Did( Does) the Haldon work?

I was in school and studied the 60s and while doing that i learned of the music and drugs and things. It changed me .. who would have thought studying something i had no interest in would do this .. i heard groups like Airplane and dead and others. I was like wooow .. i begain to search out people from that generation and begain my real learning and suddenly here i was taking LSD (the real stuff not the paper rat poison today). I was taught LSD isnt to get high its to learn.

Suddenly here i am now into all this stuff i quit my job and made HUGE changes in my life i became a vegetarian and spent my time helping the poor and other things. I made hardly any money and lived like i was from the street. Now mind you i wasnt rich before but i was your usual prep business young adult.

LSD did wonders to me, however like you after stopping ive been looking for the answer. Its been years, sometimes i go to a dr office or anywhere and i look at a white wall and think back to one of my trips and remember how "good" i felt.

Ive tried several other drugs and tried to go to churchs and even talk to drs .. yet i still havent found the answer. I felt in control of myself like confusion and anger and things were pushed away where i could be like me all the way. When i was on LSD i felt like i didnt have issues. I dont want to say my problems were vanished but i had control of them i dont know how to explain it. I learned so much about myself doing it. Sometimes i will admit i crave that high again .. so i can reposition myself mentally and refresh like i just got out of a shower.

I have had bad trips but like being married just cause you have have fights (like a bad trip) doesnt mean you dont love them .. i do have it in my head i need to be me without drugs and things .. there is that craving to go back and just "visit" again. Im not sure if itll be the same or what but to me it was my friend in curing or atleast i felt i was able to do anything without my issues slowling me down.

So if you ever find what makes me feel that same way and i dont mean so much the high itself i mean the way to help with issues .. please let me know ..

I do concur w/ the majority of what amdx64 had said. My reason for doing acid was because I am an artist & philosopher. When I started tripping, I was 10 years old; I'd sit up w. my favorite brother & we would have long, long discussions about the reality of this universe; string theory; ethereal planes of existence; I believe these discussions helped open my mind to really meaningful theories.........but, I still get flashbacks constantly (and that's not always a good thing; there's real been some freaky %#@&#! unexpected...not good.

POINT: I, personally found that Haldol worked very good & didn't have a lot of the nasty side effects like in other anti-psychotics -------BUT, AS ALWAYS: Talk to your doctor first about your experiences & thoughts!

DAYZEE9

10 years old tripping LSD so you could become a better artist and philosopher... thats wild!

Im not saying anything negative or positive to each his own. Thats just wild though, I have a 10 year old daughter and to think she was tripping in her room to enlighten her mind is freaky.... hehe luckily for me she just watches disney channel and wants to be a pop star....

With acid you can have trips years and years after you stop using. Since it is a psychoactive drug it may be realted to your current issues, However I do not have much knowledge of Psychpharmocology... I would agree that it would be best to see your general practioner or prehaps a specialist.

I really doubt that LSD years ago has a thing to do with today's problems. The legal drugs you are currently trying to stop may be more important. The symptoms you describe are typical side effects of these types of drugs. They are also very addictive, as you may already know. You have to be as careful and suspicious of legal drugs as you are of the illegal ones. There are vastly more people injured and killed by legal drugs than illegal drugs.

Dazzee,You may have drug induced Psychosis. Taking a drug like LSD at that young of an age could have done a lot of damage to your developing brain. Even long term use of Pot in the vary young can create problems down the line. I did some drugs like Acid and Mushrooms in my early 20's smoked Pot and other things. Smoked opium a couple of times when I was in Viet Nam. I was lucky because I don't have an additive personality. I never over did it. I have many friends from that era who are either dead or now permenitly waisted. I never had problems with flashbacks or nightmares due to drug use. I do feel the drugs may have help trigger my depression.
You need to see Psychiatrist who has a lot of experience with how drugs effect the brian and what the best treatments for those effects.