lysergic acid diethylamide, aka Acid, is a hallucinogen

hallucinations including hearing sounds, seeing images, and feeling sensations

dilated pupils, rise in body temperature, increase in blood pressure, increase or decrease of heart rate, loss of appetite, sleeplessness, dry mouth, tremors, severe, terrifying thoughts and feelings, fear of losing control, fear of insanity and death, and despair

turns off the brain regions for constraining consciousness, the overactive imagination is caused by the serotonin receptors.

1. Created on accident
2. Originally developed as a respiratory and circulatory stimulant
3. Can cause a disorder that causes permanent damage

Used in the mid fifties to treat psychological and substance abuse patients. Said to have a 50% cure rate of alcoholism

It is chemically similar to both stimulants and hallucinogens, producing feelings of increased energy, pleasure, emotional warmth, and distorted sensory and time perception.

intense feeling of excitement, increased energy, enhanced mood and increased sociability.

negative effect : if you take it more than once or twice or at all if you have an addictive personality.

body effect: increased confidence and energy
lowered inhibitions
feelings of wellbeing
feelings of closeness to others
empathy
anxiety
paranoia, aggression and psychosis
poor muscle control and unsteadiness
muscle aches and stiffness
increased blood pressure & heart rate
nausea
loss of appetite
increased body temperature
sweating
skin tingles
dilated pupils
heightened sensations (sight, hearing, touch)
jaw clenching
teeth grinding.

brief history: MDMA was developed by a German pharmaceutical company in 1912. Originally known as “Methylsafrylaminc,” it was intended as a parent compound to synthesize medications that control bleeding, not to control appetite as is often incorrectly cited