LSD

Melting of the brain

• Binds to serotonin receptors
• Theses are responsible for doing certain functions 
• Interacts with particular receptors
• Inhibits and excites the receptors 
• Complex sensory effects-locus coerulus (LC) 

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Behavior

• Profound distortions or perception of reality- Hallucinations 
• See images, hear sounds, feel sensations that seem real 
• These are known as sensory hallucinations 
• LSD "trip" may have rapid and intense emotional swings
• Very pleasant to very unpleasant- Dangerous

Effects

• Dramatic changes in emotion-Feels more than one
• Altered sense of time and of self
• Crossover senses, synesthesia (hearing colors, seeing sound)
• "Bad Trip"- Flashbacks 
• All of the effects, pleasant or unpleasant are unpredicatable

Potential uses

• LSD has been used in psychiatry for its perceived therapeutic value
• Treatment of alcoholism
• Pain and cluster of headaches 
• Spiritual purposes and creativity
• Does not cause immediate personality change-model psychosis