Effects of LSD on the Central Nervous System?
LSD affects the CNS in a number of ways. Primarily, because of its structure, it binds as an agonist to many serotonin receptors. This augments and mimics the neurotransmitter's effects on processing the sense, emotions, and cognition. The body sends the brain ~11,000,000 signals every second. Evolution caused the brain to only process ~200 of them (0.000018%) on average. This is because the extra signals are not NEEDED for survival (not that they are harmful in any way); only the most basic sensory and emotional signals get processed, leading you to experience an extremely limited sense of the reality compared to what the entirety of your brain can produce for you. LSD augments and mimics serotonin in a way that inhibitory neurons, the neurons that block out those ~10,999,800 signals, become relaxed, allowing the passage of thousands of extra signals about the world around to flood the brain. Those signals are then directed to the appropriate parts of the brain, but because of the extra information, the signals take different routes then they normally do. For example, optical signals might have to find a path to the occipital lobe through the cochlear nuclei, producing sensations of "seeing" that sound that a user is hearing. Since the 5-HT(1A), 5-HT(2A), 5-HT(2C), 5-HT(5A), and 5-HT(6) serotonin receptor subtypes control functions such as memory recall, mood, pupil dilation, imagination, perception, vasoconstriction, sleep, locomotion, and cognition, the agonist affects of LSD cause the user enhanced memory recall, augmented mood, strong pupil dilation, increased awareness of perception and sensory information, vasoconstriction, enhanced reflexes, and abstract and broadly intertwined thought connections, among other things that generate the psychedelic experience.
How can you tell if a newborn has form of mental retardation?
A friend of mine has a 2 month old baby boy. She is worried that there might be something wrong with him. He is very fussy (I think from being really gassy). Also, the part that concerns her is he is always sticking his tongue out in a weird way. I told her that was normal, and a lot of babies do that. But now my curiosity has struck, and I was just wondering what signs to look for?
Can people who used LSD have healthy baby's??
My fiance used LSD when he was young and has an acid bubble in his back. Now, I know that won't go away for affect the baby. But does the sperm count go down? Or is the sperm alive still? Does LSD have anything to do with that?? Please help me! I know, I should ask a doctor, but its kinda late now.. will have to wait til morning.. Just thougth maybe someone out there could help me out,, thanks
What's the worst thing you've been through?
Emotional, sexual and physical abuse at the hands of my step father. I had to come to terms with the fact that yes it happened. Yes, it was painful however, I had no control as a child. I had to accept the fact that my mother did not protect me. However, I also had to come to terms with the fact that in-spite of what happened it shaped who I am today. I am a strong woman, an empowering woman, a woman with a hyper state of consciousness. I am very hyper sensitive to others and my own personal surroundings. I made a conscious effort to ensure that I would not allow this to define who I was or who I would become. I turned it into positives, I knew what it felt like to be treated with such disrespect and would never allow my own children to feel such pain. I had to learn to forgive however not forget as well accept the fact that I would as an adult make the conscious choice not to have a relationship with my own mother. And that was okay. I learned that there are times in life when those who should love you may not and you cannot control another human being. However, you can control your own actions and should always be aware of the way you treat others. When my perpetrator died alone from prostate cancer, I realized God has a sense of humor. I realized that experiences can shape who you are and we are in control of whom we become. We can choose to turn painful experiences into something positive or negative. Edit: I learned to stop asking "why me" and say instead "why not me" others have felt the same pain and daily suffer from depression, suicidal thoughts, etc. However, I do not and for that I am thankful.
Would you recommend trying LSD?
Would I recommend LSD?Given the power I would make it mandatory for everyone to consume LSD at least once in their life. It's a beautiful life-changing experience and I can't stress on the Life-changing part enough. The single 6-8 hour trip will be the greatest life lesson you'll ever receive, good trip or bad trip, you'll learn that everything is in your mind, perception is everything, there is no good or bad nor there is any right or wrong. No such thing as failure or success but mere consequences of your actions. Everything will be different after it, everything will be clearer.It'll show you that the greatest wonder in the entire universe is contained within your mind, it will allow you to see the world and people as they were meant to be. You hear sounds and understand why we have music.It will offer you a fascinating new perspective on the nature of consciousness and thought, allowing you to explore intellectual ideas from totally different angles, making connections between concepts that would normally seem totally disjoint. Some common themes are a sense of universal connectivity, reflection on the nature of self and dissolution of the ego, non-linearity of time (typically dilated, sometimes to an extreme degree), issues of mortality, acute awareness of quality and aesthetics.You'll be more creative, artistic and scientific all at the same time.I have consumed acid about 13-14 times and I can tell you that I classify my life as before acid and after acid.So, I strongly urge you to try it and try it while you are young.P.S. If you have a mental condition, I would not recommend the drug as its effects can not be predicted on an unhealthy mind and be careful while taking acid. Make sure you do your research first, also make sure that you are buying from the right source,as acid is illegal and is manufactured in underground Labs. Taking it is playing pure chemical Russian roulette.