is the trip of the drug LSD similar to the trip of psychosis
Depends on the psychosis. Mine was, but the LSD is stronger
i sniffed gas and got a bad trip in my teens, in the trip all i could see was bubbles moving and i was in the bubbles, fell into nettles/stringers all i could see was a wasp stinging me
In my experience not at all similar
In short, no. There’s been a great deal of research using drugs as analogues for studying schizophrenia, and none of them can replicate the illness. LSD doesn’t represent negative symptoms at all. It’s been found that a full psychotic break on LSD and schizophrenia are similar in the way patients act and perceive things, but it’s not the same pathing, lsd does things schizophrenia doesn’t, and so on.
From my personal experience, I think diphenhydramine intoxication (benadryl, unisom, ect…) is far more similar. DPH is extremely dysphoric, and you’re much more likely to have full hallucinations and paranoia, you also won’t remember much at all. DMT is also likely to share more in common, being a natural borne chemical in our bodies, related to dreaming, our subconscious state.
Yeah, all very good, but my psychotic break happened while on acid and it was one huge trip for me.
That’s a bit different though, because you’re looking at LSD use on a schizophrenic person. The research was to determine if the drug induced psychosis replicated schizophrenia in otherwise healthy patients
You’re right. Didn’t think of it that way. But I’m not schizophrenic, I have schizophrenia 
lol sorry, I’ve been trying to say this to myself
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It won’t help unless you change the way you feel about it <3
The context is always up to you, no matter the exact words you choose.
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Yep. Sometimes I want to cry because I have this, but I can’t. It sucks
Who said you can’t cry?
There are some similarities, like the change in cognitive processes, but the hallucinatory phenomena is totally different.
I can. I cried a few times since the psychotic break, but never because of the illness
Don’t be afraid to feel sad, eh? It’s a natural reaction to the hard times, if you let yourself be sad and then be done with it, you’ll feel a lot better. Holding it in can lead to depression, and I feel like stifling emotions has an effect on intrusive thoughts as well.
I shouldn’t hijack this thread though, I feel pretty crazy today and I probably need some sleep.
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Never thought about the intrusive thoughts thing, maybe you’re right.
Let’s not hijack this thread any further.
I’m off to a dinner party, have a nice rest
Not at all for me. For me LSD = seeing fractals and neat patterns everywhere. Psychosis = hallucinating voices and sounds and severe delusions.
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Would be more similar is ketamine or pcp maybe or something like that
For me very similiar,unfortunetly its most time a bad trip,but i did live a year bymyself anout two years aftet neing doagnosed,think i was 21. I was living dellusional in a great SZ trip that lasted a year.i wotked?and functioned in society
Taking LSD and having 8 hours of solid fun and altered perceptions was very different from the two solid years of schizophrenia fueled psychosis which was scary, painful, and not fun at all.
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For me it was very different… LSD was more mellow with shapes and colors and feeling connected to everything… digging the vibe.
Psychosis was terrifying with fire and death and feeling like I was in fact dead and was my own ghost… hiding from the people who I thought were out to get me.
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