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A '''"bad trip"''' (also known as a '''psychedelic crisis''') is a disturbing experience associated with the use of [[hallucinogens]], typically [[psychedelics]] like [[LSD]], [[psilocybin]] and [[DMT]], but can also refer [[dissociatives]] such as [[ketamine]] or [[dextromethorphan]]. A bad trip can sometimes occur with other substances including [[cannabis]] and [[MDMA]]. They can manifest as a range of feelings such as [[anxiety]], [[paranoia]], the unshakeable sense of one's inevitable and imminent personal demise or [[unspeakable horrors|states of unrelieved terror]] that they believe will persist after the substance's effects have worn off. | A '''"bad trip"''' (also known as a '''psychedelic crisis''') is a disturbing experience associated with the use of [[hallucinogens]], typically [[psychedelics]] like [[LSD]], [[psilocybin]] and [[DMT]], but can also refer [[dissociatives]] such as [[ketamine]] or [[dextromethorphan]]. A bad trip can sometimes occur with other substances including [[cannabis]] and [[MDMA]]. They can manifest as a range of feelings such as [[anxiety]], [[paranoia]], the unshakeable sense of one's inevitable and imminent personal demise or [[unspeakable horrors|states of unrelieved terror]] that they believe will persist after the substance's effects have worn off. | ||
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===Aborting trips=== | ===Aborting trips=== | ||
If one decides that they want the trip to end, [[benzodiazepines]] and other [[anxiolytics]] such as some [[antipsychotics]] can be considered as an analogous "eject button" of a downhill-headed or extensively long trip. They are very useful tools in preventing [[anxiety|panic attacks]], [[paranoia]], and possible traumatic experiences. If these are available, be sure to keep them at hand as they are extremely effective tools for mitigating a hallucinogenic crisis. [[Alcohol]] is widely available and can be used as anxiolytic if | If one decides that they want the trip to end, [[benzodiazepines]] and other [[anxiolytics]] such as some [[antipsychotics]] can be considered as an analogous "eject button" of a downhill-headed or extensively long trip. They are very useful tools in preventing [[anxiety|panic attacks]], [[paranoia]], and possible traumatic experiences. If these are available, be sure to keep them at hand as they are extremely effective tools for mitigating a hallucinogenic crisis. [[Alcohol]] is widely available and can be used as an anxiolytic if no better-suited medication is available. Make sure that the combination of two or more substances are not [[dangerous combinations]]. | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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