Favourite Drugs?

Quantum Baloney

I think as you get older, your requirements and tastes change on this topic. I would have enjoyed a fair bit of pot until my mid twenties, but then I got into amphetamines and disassociates SOMEWHAT keenly over the last TEN years. Anything that could help my productivity on a day to day basis was helpful, although you have to be careful it doesn't destroy your sense of humour. I still think under the right circumstances and with the right people ecstasy is the most amazing drug, so that is probably my favourite. Mescaline and LSD and mushrooms all have their place in the world, but as you get older I reckon they become a once every couple of years type of thing. Opiates are a fool's game.

Anyway, after jumping off the deep end for twenty years I'm coming around back to cannabis again, a very nice relaxant and a good way to have a laugh with friends/listen to tunes.

Reminds me of Queen's song GET DOWN MAKE LOVE which I always used to get high to in my teens, smoking massive joints laced with pollen, I had the over-ear headphones clamped down over my skull listening to FREDDY MERCURY sing out GET DOWN MAAAAAKE LOVE!! Still my favourite Mercury/Taylor masterpiece

sabat

You can't beat a 10 spot of soapbar wrapped in the foil from a pack of Johnny Blue.

Allinall

I don’t require any drugs.

Just saying.

Quantum Baloney

Allinall wrote: »

I don’t require any drugs.

Just saying.

Don't know what you're missing kid

Aspirin.

I’d like to experiment with ecstasy if I could ensure a safe supply.

Junkyard Tom

The problem with drugs is that they're very moreish.

yourdeadwright

Back in the day nearly 20 years ago you couldn't beat a few "yokes" "bangers" "yips"
Never into Weed, Acid or Mushrooms and Class A's only came around when I was old enough to understand to keep clear,

Thankfully it was just a stage of what you did in your late teens/early 20s and soon passed but they where some good times with good people, Some went on to be are Guards, Pilots, Aircraft engineers who'd have thought back then

keano_afc

Alcohol of course.

BattleCorp

My drugs have changed from hash, coke and E to tablets for blood pressure, cholesterol and an underactive thyroid. Oh how the times have changed. :(

thomas 123

The knock off berrocaboosts from aldi are savage - I sometimes double dose them. Lucky to be still alive.

Quantum Baloney

Junkyard Tom wrote: »

The problem with drugs is that they're very moreish.

Ain't that the truth

Teyla Emmagan

Codeine

corner of hells

Quantum Baloney wrote: »

I think as you get older, your requirements and tastes change on this topic. I would have enjoyed a fair bit of pot until my mid twenties, but then I got into amphetamines and disassociates SOMEWHAT keenly over the last TEN years. Anything that could help my productivity on a day to day basis was helpful, although you have to be careful it doesn't destroy your sense of humour. I still think under the right circumstances and with the right people ecstasy is the most amazing drug, so that is probably my favourite. Mescaline and LSD and mushrooms all have their place in the world, but as you get older I reckon they become a once every couple of years type of thing. Opiates are a fool's game.

Anyway, after jumping off the deep end for twenty years I'm coming around back to cannabis again, a very nice relaxant and a good way to have a laugh with friends/listen to tunes.

Reminds me of Queen's song GET DOWN MAKE LOVE which I always used to get high to in my teens, smoking massive joints laced with pollen, I had the over-ear headphones clamped down over my skull listening to FREDDY MERCURY sing out GET DOWN MAAAAAKE LOVE!! Still my favourite Mercury/Taylor masterpiece

I work with homeless addicts, try a bit of "crack" for three or four days ,unfortunately the comedown is ****.

JibJabWibWab

I'd be a simple cup of tea type person, but I do also like the smell of cocaine...

Iguarantee

Caffeine, without any doubt.

Halenvaneddie

Went to hell and back on cocaine and benzos,today I’m happy to have a few joints now and then, and maybe once a year drop some acid for old times sake

OneLungDavy

Ecstasy is just the most amazing drug. However, I always hated the come-downs.

I've recently started taking mushrooms at the weekend. It's a great way to chill out at home, no real downside.

gmisk

Lindt

nicholasIII

Well here's a detailed breakdown.

Favorite stimulant/'upper' drugs:

Ephedrine - tried this when in the States. My uncle got it prescribed for narcolepsy. Feel like 5 cups of coffee without any of the jitteriness.

Nicotine - Ironically, I got introduced into this drug from chewing Nicorrette gum that I bought from the pharmacy. Liked the experience.




Favorite depressant/'downer' drugs:

Opiates - first tried codeine when I was 19. Then tried Vicodin (hydrocodone) in the States as well. Extremely euphoric but a horrendous itch after two hours.

Benzos - When I went to L.A. my GP prescribed me x50 tablets of 2mg Valium (diazepam). Really good with alcohol but you tend not to remember the experience cause of anterograde amnesia. Didn't try any benzos until last year when I got Versed (midazolam) during my wisdom tooth extraction.

Z drugs - My psychiatrist prescribed Stilnoct (zolpidem tartate) during the beginning of the pandemic. Very euphoric. Find it only works well on an empty stomach. Alternatively, it comes on faster when snorted.

Alcohol - tried this as a teen. Great but vastly overrated when you try other drugs.


Favorite hallucinogen drugs:

Cannabis - Was convinced to try this on the last day of school. Thought at first it was just relaxing like nicotine but started experiencing 'glitches' and wondering why the hell it was taking so long to walk back to class. Couldn't stop laughing at everything. Ironically it doesn't 'make you happy' but rather intensifies what you feel. Everything funny is funnier, sad is sadder, etc..

For Forks Sake

thomas 123 wrote: »

The knock off berrocaboosts from aldi are savage - I sometimes double dose them. Lucky to be still alive.

You must have the same flourescent skin tone as Doanld Trump with that amount of Vitamin C in your system

Church on Tuesday

Love.

igCorcaigh

OneLungDavy wrote: »

Ecstasy is just the most amazing drug. However, I always hated the come-downs.

I've recently started taking mushrooms at the weekend. It's a great way to chill out at home, no real downside.

Never liked the body effects of MDMA. Gurning, not being able to pee, terrible hangover. Gave me terrible social anxiety too.

Some strains of cannabis I really enjoy. But others make me lethargic and kinda depressed. It would be great to be able to choose the right strain.

Mushrooms are the healer for me. Not always a pleasurable experience, but good for the mind.

Worst nausea I have ever experienced was from HBWR/LSA.

Weirdest experience ever: 2CE.

igCorcaigh

Church on Tuesday wrote: »

Love.

Oh, catch that buzz
Love is the drug I'm thinking of
Oh, can't you see
Love is the drug for me

nicholasIII

Halenvaneddie wrote: »

Went to hell and back on cocaine and benzos,today I’m happy to have a few joints now and then, and maybe once a year drop some acid for old times sake

Benzo withdrawal is hell on earth. Actually to be more specific, GABAergic withdrawal (alcohol, benzos, GHB, Z-drugs, barbituates) is hell on earth.

You get insomnia, skin sensitivity, light sensitivity, anxiety, hallucinations, memory loss etc..

Halenvaneddie

nicholasIII wrote: »

Benzo withdrawal is hell on earth. Actually to be more specific, GABAergic withdrawal (alcohol, benzos, GHB, Z-drugs, barbituates) is hell on earth.

You get insomnia, skin sensitivity, light sensitivity, anxiety, hallucinations, memory loss etc..

Yeah, it was worse than any comedown I’ve experienced with street drugs,paranoia and anxiety lasted months

frosty123

Prozac

saved my life

A nice solpadeine washed down with some wine

ulster

Coffee

humberklog

Love an E now and again.

Love a nice smoke now and again although I spent a couple of years being a daily smoker and I'm better for not doing it that often.

Love coke but I like chilling with it in company rather than out in general public.

Heroin is in a class of its own and fair play to those who can keep a happy and functioning life whilst using it regularly but I know I'd just fall down the well destruction.

Foweva Awone

Love me a bit of Seroquel. (All prescribed and legit!!) Just makes life that bit more tolerable. Also makes me fat, but sure what harm.

Did you smash it

Junkyard Tom wrote: »

The problem with drugs is that they're very moreish.

Nicked from Russell Brand

ablelocks

was never interested, hash and cannabis made me dozy in college, never tried anything else.

don't see the appeal, would be very concerned about the ingredients and safety and don't want to support criminal gangs.

maybe cannabis if it was legal and there was a non-drowsy version

I like guinness, red wine and whiskey. And lager sometimes.

dartboardio

Ketamine makes me feel quite good without having the nasty next day effects like a night after MDMA or ecstasy.

I used to smoke alot of weed as a teenager but hate the stuff now, makes me paranoid and anxious and feel sick.

Also lyrica (pregabalin), I kind of got into a little habit taking them while in work when I used to work in a takeaway place as a teen, I’d be working alone and would take a few of them and honestly I can’t describe the euphoric, orgasmic feeling it brought for hours on end..

Haven’t taken them in ages now though as I was depending on them and felt like they made me a better person, which sounds like the start of a drug addiction lol

Haven’t taken anything in like 6 months or so anyway, recreationally every once in a while like that is fine

nicholasIII

Foweva Awone wrote: »

Love me a bit of Seroquel. (All prescribed and legit!!) Just makes life that bit more tolerable. Also makes me fat, but sure what harm.

I don't know how anyone can enjoy that **** personally. Antipsychotics could be classified as 'anti-drugs' as they're antagonists at the receptors that drugs stimulate.

Things like cocaine, amphetamines, ecstasy are dopamine and serotonin agonists whereas antipsychotics are antagonists at those very same receptors.

Only really good for psychosis but nothing else. Extremely sedating.

Foweva Awone

nicholasIII wrote: »

I don't know how anyone can enjoy that **** personally. Antipsychotics could be classified as 'anti-drugs' as they're antagonists at the receptors that drugs stimulate.

Things like cocaine, amphetamines, ecstasy are dopamine and serotonin agonists whereas antipsychotics are antagonists at those very same receptors.

Only really good for psychosis but nothing else. Extremely sedating.

I'm prescribed it off-label for anxiety. For me it's kinda like a very light version of a benzo, but non-addictive.

Defo not an upper like cocaine, more of a downer (but not in a bad way, just relaxes you.) Anyone I know who's abused Seroquel are usually users of heroin. Same kinda vibe.

It was extremely sedating the first couple of weeks I started on it, I was in hospital at the time and basically slept for 3 weeks straight, had to be woken up for meds and meals. Was grand though after that... I'm on it nearly four years now. Really stabilised me, my mental health was absolutely chaotic for years before we finally tried it.

Thelonious Monk

Just weed sometimes. My 2 friends and I took some acid I had in my kitchen for the last 4 years a few months ago, that was pretty intense, first time doing it in over 20 years I think. After a few hours I looked like some kind Pokemon in the mirrors with the weird eyes, and I could almost see the blood running through my veins.
I have been reading about that microdosing thing with psilocybin lately, has anyone ever tried this? Meant to work wonders for a lot of things.
My friend in Holland has done ayahuasca weekends there twice now, it sounds like quite the experience but I don't think I have the balls to go through with it, sounds totally intense and quite hard work.

Thelonious Monk

Did you smash it wrote: »

Nicked from Russell Brand

Superhans actually

Mr_Muffin

Alcohol.

I never liked weed. I've seen too many friends, and family members become zombified, and any drive they had sucked out of them because all they wanted to do was smoke. I'm sure it's OK if you can moderate like most things.

nice bit of green

Cannabis in the form of shatter/concentrate is fantastic.
Agree re the cannabis industry falsely pushing a no downsides propaganda. It most definitely does have downsides if abused. But if you can take it or leave it, like most things, it’s a nice treat.

nicholasIII

The Punter wrote: »

The weed industry has very good propaganda about it being a harmless drug.

It's not harmless but compared to alcohol, it's very safe.

Alcohol affects mental and physical health when used excessively. You have a higher risk of developing liver cancer/stomach cancer and killing off brain cells. It can also worsen existing mental health. If you take too much alcohol, your body will literally become physically dependent on the drug and GABAergic withdrawal (alcohol, benzos, GHB) are the only ones that can cause death via delirium tremens.

The worst thing weed can do is worsen your mental health and generally that only applies to people who are predisposed to developing psychosis/schizophrenia.

igCorcaigh

Mr_Muffin wrote: »

Alcohol.

I never liked weed. I've seen too many friends, and family members become zombified, and any drive they had sucked out of them because all they wanted to do was smoke. I'm sure it's OK if you can moderate like most things.

The effects also vary quite a lot by strain or by method of delivery.

I find edibles far more energetic than smoking. But maybe some people like that zombifying effect.

sheroman01

dartboardio wrote: »

Ketamine makes me feel quite good without having the nasty next day effects like a night after MDMA or ecstasy.

What's the appeal of Ketamine? Does it not just leave you comatosed to the couch, unable to do anything? Maybe that's why people like it...

humberklog

Did you smash it wrote: »

Nicked from Russell Brand

He nicked it from Super Hans (Peep Show).

Mushrooms, not done them in years but used to have crazy experiences. Everyone needs to do them at least once!

igCorcaigh

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Mushrooms, not done them in years but used to have crazy experiences. Everyone needs to do them at least once!

Psilocybin is probably my favourite drug.

Not just for the experience, but the healing, grounding quality it provides. It has to be respected, it's not a party drug.

The religious experience is something quite transformative.

TheMilkyPirate

If some amazing chemist could make an E with no comedown they would be onto a winner. Some of the best nights of my life have been on ecstasy but the following days just aren't worth it the older you get.

Weed can be amazing as long as you get the right strain for you which is impossible when it's illegal. If I smoke high THC strains I get awful anxiety and it's a terrible experience. 1/1 CBD THC is a different drug altogether so chilled. That's the problem with weed people try it once and they hate it because it's high THC and causes anxiety. I long for the day it's legalised.

I think everyone should try mushrooms or LSD at least once, amazing.

nicholasIII

igCorcaigh wrote: »

Psilocybin is probably my favourite drug.

Not just for the experience, but the healing, grounding quality it provides. It has to be respected, it's not a party drug.

The religious experience is something quite transformative.

What about ayahuasca? I heard David Icke did them during the early 90s in Peru and that's what led to his 'transformation' from a sports presenter to the lad he is today...lol.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VW6ldq2zsI

trashcan

The drugs don’t work, they just make you worse.....

igCorcaigh

TheMilkyPirate wrote: »

If some amazing chemist could make an E with no comedown they would be onto a winner. Some of the best nights of my life have been on ecstasy but the following days just aren't worth it the older you get.

Weed can be amazing as long as you get the right strain for you which is impossible when it's illegal. If I smoke high THC strains I get awful anxiety and it's a terrible experience. 1/1 CBD THC is a different drug altogether so chilled. That's the problem with weed people try it once and they hate it because it's high THC and causes anxiety. I long for the day it's legalised.

I think everyone should try mushrooms or LSD at least once, amazing.

I'm always surprised how different many strains of cannabis can be. And routes of delivery, as I mentioned above.

A legal and regulated cannabis market would help prevent a lot of the negative consequences that cannabis can have on some users.

igCorcaigh

nicholasIII wrote: »

What about ayahuasca? I heard David Icke did them during the early 90s in Peru and that's what led to his 'transformation' from a sports presenter to the lad he is today...lol.

Lol!

I have never tried DMT in any form. I'd be up for it though.

One psychedelic drug that I would be too scared to try is salvia. Looks very disturbing, even dangerous.

Sleeper12

Used to E but now it's cholesterol tablets