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Tripping Acid

Fri, 08/22/2008 - 18:49
I wasn't diagnoised with epilepsy until I was 20 and I'm only 21 now. Before I had my first and only seizure I use to experiment with different halluncinogens like acid and shrooms. Since I have been diagnoised I have tried shrooms again and had no problem with them but I am unsure if I should drop acid anymore just because I've read that it can cause seizures. So would it be better to just stay away from it to be safe or has anyone had any experience with it that can give me some advice?

Comments

Re: Tripping Acid

Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 2008-08-24 - 07:58

I just had to jump in here..... Many of the illicint drugs cause damage to the brain, thus worsening seizures in people who already have them. In others, damage from illiicit drugs could be a cause of the seizures in the first place. Thus, it's not just true that people will have seizures anyway, regardless of what they do. People's actions can influence whether or not they develop seizures and/or the likelihood that they can get control of their seizures with medicines.

Hope people think carefully about using illicit substances, alcohol, or other stuff and talk honestly with their doctors about what's happening and what they can do to get better seizure control and not cause further harm to themselves.

Epi_help, Resource Specialist

I just had to jump in here..... Many of the illicint drugs cause damage to the brain, thus worsening seizures in people who already have them. In others, damage from illiicit drugs could be a cause of the seizures in the first place. Thus, it's not just true that people will have seizures anyway, regardless of what they do. People's actions can influence whether or not they develop seizures and/or the likelihood that they can get control of their seizures with medicines.

Hope people think carefully about using illicit substances, alcohol, or other stuff and talk honestly with their doctors about what's happening and what they can do to get better seizure control and not cause further harm to themselves.

Epi_help, Resource Specialist

Re: Tripping Acid

Submitted by wichitarick1 on Tue, 2008-08-26 - 00:43

peace R.C. 

  hi not (high)

   as a long time hippie, druggie all the other names and one of  jerrys kids lol 

    I will say I could not imagine tripping hard and having a gmal and waking up in er after a sz and still tripping and not having a full blown mind altering thing happen that at the least would get ya a quick trip no pun intended. to the phych ward fpr a stay. 

   I will say aslo that on record and now used by several neuro,s and others in the feild . I descibe waking up froma gmal is like the DOWN side if tripping hard, it is sooo accurate. and partial szs can and do resemble the jolt or the after side of these drugs , the wavy not clear out of touch or deep in touch feeling that can only be found with altering the brain somehow.

   I have 14 yrs sober/drug free and still a hippie. but am personnally glad that I have used these things  because of how close the effects are to the szs mental effects .

 some thing funny I have had gmals for 15 yrs  the first period I was not diagnosed because they said if I quit drinking they would stop. I did and they continued . ??

   alcohol levels are a big NO NO. for the brain with E  duuhhh.all the other triggers folks have  hyper , lack of sleep, stress, not perceiving light , hearing taste , are the trade marks of these drugs . not a question there .

   a person with triggers of these types dosing could garuntee a sz I would think and then the altering along with like I said would not be a good trip.  heck I couldnt answer those basic qiestions they ask you name address ph no.  I could,nt answer when tripping  lol COMBINE  the two and WOW coming down out of that  wow , poor er worker . lol. 

    I,ve seriously hurt mysaelf having a sz. and combine the  two would certany lead to disater even death  that is DED for dummies lol.

    here is a clip I found PEACE     i MISS YOU JERRY

   RICK

 

(clip removed by epi_help) 

peace R.C. 

  hi not (high)

   as a long time hippie, druggie all the other names and one of  jerrys kids lol 

    I will say I could not imagine tripping hard and having a gmal and waking up in er after a sz and still tripping and not having a full blown mind altering thing happen that at the least would get ya a quick trip no pun intended. to the phych ward fpr a stay. 

   I will say aslo that on record and now used by several neuro,s and others in the feild . I descibe waking up froma gmal is like the DOWN side if tripping hard, it is sooo accurate. and partial szs can and do resemble the jolt or the after side of these drugs , the wavy not clear out of touch or deep in touch feeling that can only be found with altering the brain somehow.

   I have 14 yrs sober/drug free and still a hippie. but am personnally glad that I have used these things  because of how close the effects are to the szs mental effects .

 some thing funny I have had gmals for 15 yrs  the first period I was not diagnosed because they said if I quit drinking they would stop. I did and they continued . ??

   alcohol levels are a big NO NO. for the brain with E  duuhhh.all the other triggers folks have  hyper , lack of sleep, stress, not perceiving light , hearing taste , are the trade marks of these drugs . not a question there .

   a person with triggers of these types dosing could garuntee a sz I would think and then the altering along with like I said would not be a good trip.  heck I couldnt answer those basic qiestions they ask you name address ph no.  I could,nt answer when tripping  lol COMBINE  the two and WOW coming down out of that  wow , poor er worker . lol. 

    I,ve seriously hurt mysaelf having a sz. and combine the  two would certany lead to disater even death  that is DED for dummies lol.

    here is a clip I found PEACE     i MISS YOU JERRY

   RICK

 

(clip removed by epi_help) 

Re: Tripping Acid

Submitted by rsorrin on Tue, 2008-08-26 - 10:50

I don't think that talking about what drugs people have or have not taken is important or useful in this discussion. We have ALL taken drugs of one kind or another whether they are legal or not. Drugs that are not specifically designed to stop or control your seizures are unwise to use unless there are other medical reasons to take them. You are 21 years old and you have plenty of life ahead of you - almost more than you can bring yourself to imagine. Try not to harm your body any more than it has already been harmed. The older you get the more precious your body will be to you.

I hope you will read this and the other posts and make the right decision. 

 

 

I don't think that talking about what drugs people have or have not taken is important or useful in this discussion. We have ALL taken drugs of one kind or another whether they are legal or not. Drugs that are not specifically designed to stop or control your seizures are unwise to use unless there are other medical reasons to take them. You are 21 years old and you have plenty of life ahead of you - almost more than you can bring yourself to imagine. Try not to harm your body any more than it has already been harmed. The older you get the more precious your body will be to you.

I hope you will read this and the other posts and make the right decision. 

 

 

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