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T r i p p y T r a i l s

🆘Help & Tips

General Safety Guidelines

  • Be well-rested before the trip
  • Stay hydrated before and during the trip
  • Safe and comfortable environment (set and setting)
  • Have a sober, trusted trip-sitter nearby
  • Avoid caffeine and alcohol before and during the trip

Grounding Techniques

  • Remind yourself that the experience is temporary and will pass.
  • Deep breathing
  • Closing eyes
  • Focus on physical sensations like:
    • Holding a cold object
    • Feeling the ground

Dealing with Physical Discomfort

Muscle Tension & Body Stiffness

  • Gentle stretching or yoga
  • Massage or self-massage with a foam roller
  • Heat pad or hot water bottle

Headaches

  • Put cold compress or ice pack on your forehead
  • Drink water
  • Herbal teas
    • Peppermint
    • Chamomile
  • Put Feet in hot water
  • Ibuprofen or Aspirin

Body Temperature Regulation

  • Cold Sensation
    • Blankets
    • Heating pad
    • Warm shower
  • Overheating
    • Remove extra layers
    • Put cold wet towel on your forehead
    • Fan
    • Cold shower

Jaw Clenching (Bruxism)

  • Chew gum or something soft
  • Gently massage the jaw

Dry Mouth

  • Drink water frequently
  • Chew gum
  • Suck on ice chips

Restlessness or Physical Hyperactivity

  • Engage in light physical activities
    • Walking
    • Stretching
    • Dancing
  • Use sensory items
    • Fidget toys
    • Stress balls

Visual or Sensory Overload

  • Close your eyes
  • Take slow, deep breaths
  • Dimm lights
  • Turn off/down music

Nausea & Digestive Discomfort

  • Peppermint or ginger tea for soothing the stomach.
  • Lie on your back with your knees up to relieve abdominal tension.

  • Nausea

  • Preparation

    • Weeks Leading up
      • Potassium
      • Magnesium (chelated)
      • Vitamine C
    • Day before
      • Avoid long digesting food
    • On the day
      • No caffeine & alcohol
      • Well hydrated
      • Natural, non-processed & light foods (3-6 hours before)
      • Protein bar (1 hor before)
      • Peppermint tea (30 min before)
      • Ginger tablets (just before the trip)
      • Go to the toilet before

    Intake

    • LSD
      • Keep the tab in your mouth for 15 minutes for partial sublingual absorption, then swallow

    Food and Beverages

    • Ginger
      • Fresh Ginger
      • Tablets
      • Beer & Ale
      • Gum
    • Peppermint gum
    • Juice
      • Banana (for low blood sugar)
      • Lemon
    • Tea
      • Chamomile
      • Peppermint
      • Ginger

    Supplements

    • Activated charcoal
    • Calcium carbonate
    • Healing clay
    • Chewable papaya enyzmes
    • Magnesium
    • Vitamin C

    Physical/Mental Techniques

    • Water
      • Put hands in cold water
      • Splash cold water in your face
      • Hot showers
      • Hot water bottle
    • Meditate
    • Distract or focus on something else
    • Lay on your stomach on the ground
    • Change positions regulary
    • Take off some layers of clothes to cool of
    • Rub peppermint oil on your stomach and lower abdomen
    • Breathing exercises
      • Deep breathing
        • Pranayama technique
      • Breath with the stomach, not the chest: 4 sec in, hold 8 sec, 4 sec out
    • Throwing up if overwhelmed (as a last resort)

    Mediaction

    Name Ingredient Usecase Regulation
    Zofran Ondansetron Nausea and vomiting caused by cancer treatment POM
    Motilium Domperidon Nausea POM
    Valoid, Marzine, Nausicalm Cyclizine Nausea, vomiting, and dizziness associated with motion sickness POM
    Imodium Loperamidhydrochlorid Diarrhea, unpleasant feeling of pressure P
    Dramamine Dimenhydrinate Nausea, vomiting, and dizziness associated with motion sickness OTC
    Vomex A Dimenhydrinate Prevention and treatment of nausea and vomiting of different origins, especially for travel sickness OTC
    Omeprazole Omeprazol Heartburn P
    Protonix Pantoprazol Heartburn P
    Pepto-Bismol Bismuth subsalicylate Nausea, heartburn, indigestion, upset stomach, and diarrhea OTC
    Ibuprofen Ibuprofen Pain & Abdominal muscles P
    Aspirin Aspirin Pain, fever, inflammation & Dilates blood vessels, counteracting LSD-induced vasoconstriction P

    Other

    • Cannabis
      • Smoking CBD, THC or combination (Very careful!!)
      • CBD oil
    • Smell
      • Peppermint
      • Lemon

Emergency Contacts / Professional Help

  • In case of prolonged physical symptoms, seek professional help immediately.
  • Contact psychedelic support lines (e.g., Fireside Project) for peer support.
  • Have local medical services or harm reduction contacts ready if needed.