I was at my dealers last night buying a 1/4 and he pulled out a fat sack containing 2oz of shrooms and asked me if I wanted some to sample, I said sure and the dude laid 3 grams of some potent looking cubes on me and said it should be more than enough for my first dose.

What I'm wondering is how much is good for starting? Should I take the whole 3 grams or should I take less? How intense is the shroom trip compared to say, E or coke? I know what to expect in regards to effects, but not to what extent those effects will go. All feedback in highly appreciated.

take 1/2 in a good enviornment (im sure you can dig up a post about what that would be) and then smoke a bowl. about a half hour later take the other half. have a bowl ready if you need it, as it will calm you down if u start to trip bad.

It's important to respect them...Just like another drug.

I would start ya with 1.5 to 2 grams. Find a cool place to hang out for 4-6 hours with no unplesent distractions, and a friend to keep an eye on you. Enjoy.

3 grams would definately be too much for you first time, especially if the mushrooms are halfway decent. One a couple occasions I have had a single gram really throw me for a loop. So as far as how many you should do your first time, Id say start out, like the gentlemen said above -- with a gram. Wait approximately one and a half hours. If by then you are not as high as you would like to be it would be safe to eat some more.

Psychedelics have this tendency to seem less potent when you start eating more into the trip....

Personally, one of the most difficult phases of the trip is right at the beggining, when the mushrooms start taking effect. No matter how much I eat, I always get this weird feeling.of the trip to come. I always get this sense, that no matter how many times I have done this, I feel like this stranger approaching a strange land where anything could happen. As this feeling peaks, this is when the initial hallucinations come on. It usually occurs in waves, as the space around ripples and shifts. These waves can become more powerful at higher doses, and can overwhelm my attention as they distort my visual fields. Fractal patterns- alot of the times appearing like repeating wall paper patters are a typical hallucination. They appear transluscent, but are very distinct if you pay attention to them -- they split and shift, revelaing different levels of pattern.

As you approach the higher dosages of 8+ grams, the waves are all encompassing. Ive had, on occasion, the waves split reality and reveal alternate dimension where time and space do not follow the same laws. The Forth Dimension worlds you are acustmoed to suddenly becomes a Six, or Eight Dimension world, where thoughts become visual objects -- I have suspected that this is a visual experience of the higher psyhophysical planes -- a sortah energetic plane where other peoples thoughts become visible, and psychic powers becomes very profound. This can explain the experiences that I know many of you have already had -- The experience of tripping with someone close to you, and sharing the same experience or thoughts, or perhaps sharing the same hallucinations --

So...because I get this initial phase of the mushroom gitters, many times I will begin my session by eating a half gram, or maybe a full gram -- waiting a hour , hour and a half to sortah gauge the strength of the mushroom -- once that has been ascertained I will indulge in more --- This method eases you into the trip, and I think, reduces bad reactions that oftimes occurs when people eat too many all at once.

One hour until take off . I've decided to take one gram tonight and save the other two for a special occasion. I think it should be enough, considering the guy I got them from said his friends had to hold him back from beating the shit out of a mailbox and he took 3.

Would I be able to handle this alone, or should I call a buddy up to tripsit? I'm known as a steady head when it comes to drugs, but when treading into new territory one should always excersize caution.

What activities would you recommend? I'd prefer reacting to external stimuli,but mindtrips are cool too. Will I be able to handle watching Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, or should I go with something more light, such as Cheech and Chong or Monty Python?

Again, all replies are welcome

I did 2 my first time. If the dealer said it's good much, then maybe you should prolly do 1. I've done 1 of good mush and tripped out waaaaayyyy better than 3 grams

Get a buddy to watch out for you. A lot of times on mush you don't really think all that much before you say something or do sumthing so...

I happen to have the pleasure of coming from a pretty good mushroom region... I go to school in Upstate NY and have quite a bit of experience.

I think mushrooms are the way to go for a first trip... but I'll make some comments on movie-viewing:
Sometimes I've had visuals that are so good from mushrooms its almost boring to watch a TV... even a good movie. I remember tripping once off of 1.75g and not wanting anything to do with watching a movie... if its not too late for advice, I'd suggest having an alternate plan if you aren't feeling a flic...

I think taking a walk is the best. If you are tripping so hard that you can't focus on where you are or what you're doing, you'll obviously need a friend for this... but if you are comfy with it take a pipe and go for a walk in a park. Leaves are great to look at... water, the sky, city lights... these things are candy for the shroom trippers eyes.
I would also suggest that smoking weed isn't always the best idea if you are having a tough trip. I've found that weed definitely sedates you... but I like to smoke pre and post peak... if you smoke while you're tripping real hard, I've found that you just trip harder.

So there are my tidbits. I'm going to leave a mega-post somewhere in this section soon... I have enough experience that I have many worthwhile things to say... keep your eyes peeled.

Shrooms are the shit. Basically the organic equivalent to acid, without the gut rot and brain damage. They will fuck you up royally however if you get too brass. I've done shrooms dozens of times and twice they have humbled me due to over confidence. The main bad side effect of shrooms is extreme paranoia. But compsared to coming down off some of the other major drugs, it's a walk in the park. Shrooms all the way man!!!!!!!!

Peace......................