[poke53281]

I personally haven't had any adverse effects aside from a sore jaw and a mild ~36-hour serotonin depression following a trip. In the company I took it -- fellow "psychonauts" who always made a serious effort to control the quality of the environment, the quality of the drug, and the quality of their own mental state -- I've never seen anybody else have serious adverse affects, either. We all benefitted from it to varying degrees.

That said, I don't want to dismiss the potential for adverse effects! LSD is a serious tool. It basically gives you the ability to bypass and/or rewrite elements of your brain's BIOS, which is just as powerful and potentially dangerous as it sounds. I can appreciate the possibility for harm if your environment, mental state, or chemistry go awry. It is dangerous to take LSD in a potentially hostile environment where you don't have adequate support, or if you are prone to certain types of anxiety or confusion. There are plenty of people who should probably never take it; personally, I don't recommend it to anyone who isn't already fairly comfortable with observing and controlling their own mind through introspection and/or meditation.

[Energy1]

> It basically gives you the ability to bypass and/or rewrite elements of your brain's BIOS, which is just as powerful and potentially dangerous as it sounds.

What does it mean? Is it possible to convince your brain to "choose" different sexuality, for example, while high on psycs?

[whiddershins]

Timothy Leary claimed that he could and did help people change sexual orientation. I don't know how verifiable any of his claims are.