Would it be safe for my first shroom trip to be alone? I have no in-person social circle that I trust to trip-sit me. Also, is there a safe and ideally legal way to get shrooms? (hexbear.net)

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[-] Darthsenio_Mall@hexbear.net 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Along with what others have said about tripping in a comfortable/familliar/very safe place, if you've straight up never tried a psychedelic at all then you might consider doing a sub-tripping dose first (a week or two before so your tolerance doesn't eat into the trip dose), dipping your toes so you know a bit what to expect rather than cannonballing into a fullblown trip. It's easy and fun to grow them yourself ✨️

Additional tips not that you asked: if you have dried mushrooms 100% make tea instead of trying to eat them. With a couple teabags for flavor it'll just taste like tea and it hugely cuts down on stomach discomfort and bowel issues. If you grow em/have access to fresh ones though just cook em up in a pan with some butter because they're quite tasty.

[-] john_browns_beard@hexbear.net 4 points 1 year ago

Agreed on the tea, in my experience it certainly doesn't taste amazing but it makes it much easier to get down.

My "recipe":

weigh out desired dose of dried, pulverized shrooms (absolutely buy a cheap mg scale if you don't have one)
bring 8 - 12 fl oz of water to a boil
add shrooms powder, turn heat to lowest setting possible, cover for 10 minutes
add tea bag (I prefer peppermint) and optionally 1 tsp lemon juice - this will greatly reduce the come-up time, slightly increase the potency, and slightly decrease overall trip time - keep heat at minimum for another 10 minutes
pour everything into a cup through a mesh coffee filter, add some sugar if desired, and drink when at a tolerable temperature

You do not have to drink the mushroom chunks, I can confirm it has no noticeable affect aside from being gross.

[-] Darthsenio_Mall@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago

Nice, this is super close to how i do it too. I powder the dried mushrooms in a coffee grinder, pour em in a coffee filter or two that i tie closed like a giant teabag(s), and simmer them in the water on low for about fifteen minutes, squeeze out the shroombags into the pot, then pour that into cups with black tea teabags and honey. I find black tea and honey masks any weird dried mushroom flavor like 90% if not more.

I've tried adding lemon juice but i can't say I've noticed a difference in come up/duration beyond the effect that making tea has in general, although it does make the tea (at least black tea) a little more unpleasant to drink imo. I was probably using more like half of a large lemon between two cups of tea though.

[-] john_browns_beard@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago

The lemon has always had a huge effect for me, I will start feeling the come up within 10-15 minutes and after an hour I'm tripping pretty good. Without lemon it's usually 45-60 minutes before I start feeling it.

Definitely makes it more of an "acquired taste" though.

[-] Darthsenio_Mall@hexbear.net 1 points 1 year ago

Interesting! Maybe I gave up on it prematurely and then became set in my ways, it's been years since I've tried it with lemon. One of the things I like about mushrooms (in general, especially with the tea method) is that it isn't as crazy long a time commitment as lsd, so I'll definitely give it another shot next time 🍋