Psychedelics, Non-psychoactive Cannabinoids, and Autism

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I found out about it when I was hanging out with friends we split two tabs 4 ways, theres been a ton of research on lsd in the 60s, before the war on drugs lsd was considered a wonder drug for psychiatry. my favorite thing to do on lsd is just lay in bed in the dark and think. it was not till I took lsd that I accepted that I have aspergers. lsd seems to bring out the demons you bury deep inside yourself and forces you to confront them

Thanks for the tip -- I'll follow that up.

I suppose I have an instinctive reaction of incomprehension to the idea that microdosing could be desirable. With regard to substance (ab)use, I'm the kind of drinker who wouldn't bother with two pints at lunchtime, when I could spend the whole evening getting wrecked.

Yes, that period of experimental application in psychiatry and psychoanalysis (which I read about in various out-of-date science books when I was a kid) was what attracted me to it as a tool for self-perception, analysis and development. I don't think I was disappointed in my subsequent research.

Like you, I came to recognise some hitherto-unexplored dimensions of my personality as a result of LSD use (in my case, understanding of my own bisexuality), although this was long before my AS diagnosis, which I approached through strictly logical methods (although the personal insight and associated thought processes I followed may not have been available had I not explored my mind with drugs 15 years previously -- who can say?).

I don't like the sound of lying in bed, tripping in the dark and battling one's personal demons though. I'm glad I pursued my LSD use in social settings, where my thought processes were kept active and applied to a range of conversational topics and personal observations. Your method sounds like a short-cut to madness, to me. But again, if it worked for you, then who am I to judge?

If it's not too personal a subject, what were the specific acid-induced realisations that led you to an understanding of your own autism?

(Like I say, tell me to keep my snout out if I'm being too nosy. But the subject of self-discovery through drug use seems to be in keeping with the thread topic).

I haven't tried LSD, shrooms, or MDMA, so I can't comment there. Maybe someday...

But marijuana, whether typical high-THC and low CBD, or the special high-CBD strains, tends to make me less "autistic" in multiple ways, including being more aware of my surroundings, being more flexible and less obsessive, and having better self-awareness of my own actions and energy level.

However, I find high-CBD strains to be less "irritating" to the nerves. The biggest downside to weed for me has not been worse social skills, nor mental dulling, nor addiction. It was the tendency to make me feel "raw" and physically agitated. While some of this could be seen as too much awareness of the outside world, it was at least as much of a "body buzz" issue than anything to do with mood. Essentially, I had sensory issues that I don't normally have, although I suspect that another health problem besides AS had more to do with this than AS itself. It seems CBD has less of this "bad body buzz" than THC, which is not to say it has NO sensory effects, just less jarring ones.